Senior Android Engineer

About Aura:

Aura’s mission is to create products that bring people closer together through photos, videos, and memories. We’re the leading brand in WiFi-connected digital picture frames, with a range of products ranked #1 by Wirecutter, The Strategist, WIRED, and Oprah. Featuring a crystal-clear display, seamless software updates, and a user-friendly app, Aura makes it easy for loved ones to share and display their favorite photos and videos in frames that complement any home decor. 

Headquartered in New York City, our team consists of data-driven, creative, and forward-thinking collaborators focused on delivering the highest quality digital frames on the market. We value innovation, and consistently experiment with new technology and product offerings to ensure our customers always have the most enjoyable photo-sharing experience. 

This genuine love for the product, combined with our commitment to our customers, has fostered sustainable and profitable growth. Today, Aura frames display billions of photos worldwide, bringing people closer together wherever they are.

How you will add value:

You will join our growing Product Engineering team and work closely with designers and product managers to build new features, improve the experience, and ship app updates to millions of happy customers. Our apps are the primary touch point for our product and are the key to delighting our customers, so we are especially interested in someone who takes a strong customer-focused engineering approach. We believe that our customers and their needs should be at the center of every technical decision, and we are relentlessly focused on delivering the best possible product. As a member of a small team, you will be directly responsible for a variety of important projects. The team values quick iteration and close collaboration with designers, product managers, and other stakeholders across the company.

The stack:

Our Android mobile app is built on a hybrid of Kotlin and Java. We have developed a highly performant photo upload pipeline that runs in the foreground and in the background, so our users' photos can be seamlessly processed.  We have a communication stack built on Bluetooth and WiFi that makes managing our hardware device simple and intuitive for our users. Our frame runs an Android app that shares code with our mobile app, providing a connected way for us to build new features and fix bugs. Our web app and the ability to email photos to the frames also provide key connectivity touch points for our customers.

What excites you about an opportunity:

• Own projects from the first line of code, through testing, to production, as well as monitoring analytics after it is released
• Develop new features, fix bugs, and make other improvements to our Android client app and the frame app
• Maintain and improve build systems, testing infrastructure, and QA processes
• Work on our Rails API as needed to support our apps’ features
• Collaborate with designers and product managers to deliver beautiful and functional new features
• Participate in code review on GitHub – when one of us shines, we all shine
• Be responsible for your own weekly tasks through self-organization, communication, and time management
• Participate in our sprint rituals (sprint planning, daily stand, and biweekly retros!), as well as other team and company meetings

We are excited about you because:

• Have at least 5 years of native Android experience, including at least two years on an app with at least 10,000 monthly active users
• Have recent startup experience
• Be ready to work in a hybrid Java and Kotlin codebase
• Have a deep familiarity with Android technologies and trends
• Have experience building world-class UI on the Android platform
• Are comfortable working in a small team and taking ownership over various aspects of the app
• Are focused on user experience and use metrics, research, and feedback to measure success
• Take a detail-oriented approach to user interface, including comfort digging into design files
• Work iteratively and think from the customer's perspective
• Are self-motivated and can learn new skills quickly
• Can clearly communicate your decisions and can present your work to stakeholders, including our founders and other executives
• Are comfortable working on a distributed team
• Are located in NYC or San Francisco, and are willing and able to join us in the office at least 3 days a week

Because you matter:

We believe in creating a happy and supportive work environment, so you can excel at your job and enjoy coming into work each day.

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