WHOOP

Android Engineer

WHOOP$105K — $145K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Empathy for member experience, with a product-focused mindset
  • Strong willingness to rapidly learn Android and external systems
  • Familiarity with Android application structure, lifecycle, and design guidelines
  • Experience building, testing, and delivering native Android apps professionally
  • Proficiency in Kotlin and major frameworks like Coroutines and Android Jetpack
  • Ability to communicate effectively with a RESTful backend
  • Experience using Git for organizing projects
  • Knowledge of best practices in mobile architecture and modular design.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain product features using Kotlin and Java
  • Contribute to ideation and planning of new features
  • Collaborate with Product Engineers on system challenges
  • Document new features and architectural decisions
  • Analyze user metrics to identify bugs and enhance engagement
  • Manage the app's release process and submission to stores
  • Self-organize using tools like Jira, Confluence, and GitHub.

Benefits

  • Generous equity package aligning employee success with company performance
  • Competitive base salary and consistent pay practices
  • Diverse and inclusive work environment
  • Growth opportunities within the organization
  • Supportive culture for ongoing learning and development.
Full Job Description
As an Android Engineer I, you will build on WHOOP's generative AI capabilities to develop and maintain exciting, member-facing features that drive meaningful health outcomes. You will play a vital role in delivering personalized insights across WHOOP and work alongside experienced engineers, designers, and product managers to help members better understand their health, optimize performance, and gain clarity throughout their WHOOP journey.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Utilize knowledge of Kotlin and Java to develop and maintain product features and communicate with a RESTful backend
  • Lead and contribute to new feature ideation, planning, and development
  • Work with Product Engineers to devise solutions to challenges across the WHOOP system
  • Document new features and architecture
  • Analyze and monitor user metrics and feedback to determine crash rate or potential bugs and to improve engagement
  • Participate in the release process including getting the app built, managing build variants, signing, sending and testing through Firebase, and submitting to the App store
  • Self organize using productivity tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Github

QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Product minded engineer with empathy for the member experience
  • Possess a strong willingness to learn and grow rapidly across Android and external systems
  • Experience in Android application structure and components as well as lifecycle and Android Design Guidelines
  • Experience in building, testing, debugging, and delivering native Android apps in a professional environment
  • Knowledge of Kotlin and frameworks such as Coroutines, Android Jetpack libraries (including ViewModel, Flows, and Navigation), Room database, and Retrofit / OkHttp.
  • Well-versed in communicating with a RESTful backend
  • Experience using Git to organize feature work
  • Experience using best-practice mobile architecture and modular design, including patterns such as MVVM, MVI, etc

Learn more about our Software Org and how to be successful in your engineering career at WHOOP via our Career Framework.

This role is based in the WHOOP office located in Boston, MA. The successful candidate must be prepared to relocate if necessary to work out of the Boston, MA office.

Interested in the role, but don't meet every qualification? We encourage you to still apply! At WHOOP, we believe there is much more to a candidate than what is written on paper, and we value character as much as experience. As we continue to build a diverse and inclusive environment, we encourage anyone who is interested in this role to apply.

The WHOOP compensation philosophy is designed to attract, motivate, and retain exceptional talent by offering competitive base salaries, meaningful equity, and consistent pay practices that reflect our mission and core values.

At WHOOP, we view total compensation as the combination of base salary, equity, and benefits, with equity serving as a key differentiator that aligns our employees with the long-term success of the company and allows every member of our corporate team to own part of WHOOP and share in the company's long-term growth and success.

The U.S. base salary range for this full-time position is $105,000-$145,000. Salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within each range, individual pay is based on factors such as job-related skills, experience, performance, and relevant education or training.

In addition to the base salary, the successful candidate will also receive benefits and a generous equity package.

These ranges may be modified in the future to reflect evolving market conditions and organizational needs. While most offers will typically fall toward the starting point of the range, total compensation will depend on the candidate's specific qualifications, expertise, and alignment with the role's requirements.

Learn more about WHOOP.

About WHOOP

WHOOP is a wearable technology company that specializes in fitness tracking. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. WHOOP's flagship product is a wristband that tracks various metrics related to fitness and health, such as heart rate variability, sleep quality, and recovery time. The company also offers a subscription service that provides personalized insights and recommendations based on the data collected by the wristband. WHOOP has raised over $200 million in funding and has partnerships with several professional sports leagues and teams.
Learn more about WHOOP
Size
500 employees
Industry
Founded
2011

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