Senior Android Identity Engineer (Kotlin) — A/B Testing

ESPN; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

ESPN in Santa Monica is seeking a Senior Product Software Engineer for Android to build login, registration, and account experiences across mobile and TV devices, using Kotlin and the Android SDK. You will ship experiments and telemetry to drive improvements at scale.

You will collaborate with product, data science, design, legal, and privacy teams, maintain shared SDKs used by Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ apps, and ensure high code quality through tests and reviews.

Qualifications

• 5 years of relevant experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent training or work experience.
• Build Android mobile and Android TV experiences in Kotlin, with a strong command of the Android SDK, application lifecycle, and UI with Jetpack Compose and/or the View system.
• Ship features behind feature flags or remote configuration, and run A/B tests or phased rollouts in a production application.
• Build telemetry to measure and monitor the success of each feature.
• Understand Android internals and how to diagnose device-specific issues.
• Deliver features with a high level of code quality, including unit and integration tests.
• Communicate effectively with cross-functional partners across product, data science, design, legal, and privacy.

Responsibilities

• Build identity experiences for Android mobile and Android TV using Kotlin and the Android SDK.
• Design, build, and ship A/B tests and phased rollouts on login flows serving hundreds of millions of users.
• Build features behind feature flags and remote configuration so variants can be delivered, adjusted, and rolled back independently of the Android release train.
• Build telemetry to measure and monitor the success of each feature, and partner with product and data science on metrics, guardrails, and experiment readouts.
• Develop and maintain shared Android SDKs consumed by the Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ application teams.
• Understand the internals of Android and how to debug and diagnose device issues.
• Maintain a high level of code quality with each feature delivery by including unit and integration tests, and perform regular code reviews to drive continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.
• Create and update documentation across the software development lifecycle, including integration guidance for partner application teams.

Skills

Kotlin

Android SDK

Jetpack Compose

Android TV

A/B testing

Telemetry

Unit testing

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

LaunchDarkly

Android Studio

Remote configuration

Git

Job description

ESPN in Santa Monica is seeking a Senior Product Software Engineer for Android to build login, registration, and account experiences across mobile and TV devices, using Kotlin and the Android SDK. You will ship experiments and telemetry to drive improvements at scale.

You will collaborate with product, data science, design, legal, and privacy teams, maintain shared SDKs used by Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ apps, and ensure high code quality through tests and reviews.