Android Software Engineer (Cambridge)
Company: Philo
Location: Cambridge
Posted on: March 16, 2023
Job Description:
Philo: TV on the Internet (TVoIP) At Philo, we're a group of
technology and product people who set out to build the future of
television, marrying the best in modern technology with the most
compelling medium ever invented - in short, we're building the TV
experience that we've always wanted for ourselves. In practice this
means leveraging cloud delivery, modern tech stacks, machine
learning, and hand-crafted native app experiences on all of our
platforms. We aim to deliver a rock solid experience on the
streaming basics, while cooking up next generation multi-screen and
multi-user playback experiences. Android at Philo The Android team
at Philo is responsible for building our product experience on four
different platforms from one codebase - Android Mobile, Android TV,
Amazon Fire Tablets, and Amazon FireTV. We're a small autonomous
team building apps with high engagement and millions of installs,
which collectively are responsible for a huge fraction of the
billions of minutes watched on Philo each year. We are passionate
about crafting the best possible UX to connect our users with the
content they love, providing a seamless viewing experience while
surprising them with new features and capabilities. Recent projects
on our Android platform have included:
- Leading development of our Philo Connect feature, a
cross-platform second-screen experience that lets you fully control
your large screen ("Ten foot") viewing experience from your
smartphone, maintaining a synchronized playback session that lets
you browse for new content while controlling your current content
playback. This technology is also the building block for upcoming
co-viewing features.
- Building a generic focus management framework that we think
simplifies a lot of the gaps in system focus, and is much
lighter-weight than leanbacks GridView. It is a set of custom views
that delegate focusSearch and onRequestFocusInDescendants. We hope
to open source this library very soon!
- Starting to build out Kotlin Multi Platform libraries to share
code between our iOS and Android apps.
- Developing our own lightweight MVI framework that we built on
top of RX, which we are now starting to port over to coroutines.
Philo engineers own what they build from start to finish and are
passionate about continuously delivering delightful features to a
huge user base. If you're an Android hacker who cares deeply about
writing quality code, using the latest tools & technologies to push
the envelope of what's possible on the platform across a variety of
form factors and viewing experiences, we would love to talk to you!
A strong candidate is:
- Extremely proficient in Kotlin
- Familiar with the Android ecosystem, including feature sets and
best practices across devices and operating system versions
- Experienced with reactive programming and/or coroutines Nice to
have:
- Experience with video playback
- Experience with or interest in Android based set-top box
platforms (Fire TV, Android TV, etc)
- Experience with GraphQL-based APIs
- Experience with TV Integration Framework
- Experience with cross device interoperability (e.g.
casting)
- Experience building multi-modal experiences More about Philo We
strive to build engaging and easy to use streaming apps across a
large number of platforms (Android Mobile, Android tablets, Android
TV, Amazon FireTV, Roku, iOS, Apple TV, and web), while delivering
a large variety of content to our users. Today there are over 60
channels included in our basic package -- our lineup includes many
popular cable networks, like A&E, Accuweather, Animal Planet,
AXS TV, BBC America, BET, Cheddar, ComedyCentral, CMT, Discovery
Channel, Food Network, Game Show Network, Hallmark, HGTV, IFC,
INSP,Lifetime, MTV, Newsy, Nickelodeon, OWN, Paramount Network,
Sundance, TV One, Vice and VH1. We also offer premium add-on
channels from Starz and Epix, and we're always adding more content!
We're a company that puts people first - both our subscribers and
our team. At Philo, our philosophy is to empower our colleagues to
do their best work while supporting each other in pursuing shared
goals. We value pragmatism, pride in our work, and passion. We
believe in having transparency and openness across all parts of the
company. We are committed to diversity and inclusion as we grow the
Philo team and shape the future of TV -- we believe that a diverse
set of voices and perspectives on our team enables us to innovate
faster and create the best experience for our subscribers. Philo is
headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in New York
and Cambridge, MA. Our leadership team includes a cofounder of
Facebook as well as alums of Meraki and HBO. Philo is backed by NEA
and industry partners including Discovery, Viacom, AMC, and
A&E. Status:Full-time
Location: Cambridge, MA; San Francisco, CA; Brooklyn, NY or
remote
Compensation: Includes annual salary between $130K-$200K depending
on experience and location, company stock options and health
benefits. We value a diverse and inclusive workplace and we welcome
people of different backgrounds, experiences, skills, and
perspectives. Philo is an equal opportunity employer. We believe
that everyone does their best work when they are supported by each
other and the company, and we offer a generous set of benefits to
make sure the Philo team is happy and healthy. Here is a sampling
of the benefits we offer our team:
- Full health, dental and vision coverage for you and your
family
- Flexible working hours
- Generous paid parental leave
- Unlimited paid time off for vacation and sick leave
- $2000 annual vacation bonus (we pay you to take a two week
vacation)
- $5000 annually for professional development and educational
assistance
- $500 "TV stipend" for new employees to upgrade their home
watching setup
- $1000 annual home office stipend for employees to upgrade their
home work setup
- $500/month ($6,000/year) bonus for employees who commit to
working at least 3 days per week in our offices
- Dog-friendly office
- And much more! For California Residents:Philo's CCPA Notice at
Collection - Employees, Applicants, Owners, Directors, Officers and
Contractors
Keywords: Philo, Cambridge , Android Software Engineer (Cambridge), IT / Software / Systems , Cambridge, Massachusetts
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