Android Engineer, Wattpad
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Platform for sharing original writing
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Platform for sharing original writing
1001+ employees
Open for applications
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
Wattpad's mission is to create a world where everyone's story can be heard, and anyone can belong.
Role
Who you are
- You will bring a strong understanding of modern Android development best practices and be eager to contribute to the growth of our platform
- Experience: 2-4 years of experience in Android development
- Programming Languages: Strong proficiency in Kotlin
- UI Frameworks: Expertise in Jetpack Compose for UI development
- Libraries: Experienced with Firebase, dependency injection libraries (e.g., Dagger / Hilt), Room and Retrofit for handling local data & networking calls
- Multithreading & Concurrency: Knowledge about efficiently handling background tasks and managing asynchronous operations using Kotlin Coroutines, WorkManager and other relevant techniques
- Architecture: Familiarity with MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) and CLEAN architectural patterns
- Tools: Knowledge of Git, GitHub, and GitHub Actions for CI/CD pipelines
- Testing: Experience with unit testing and UI testing frameworks
- Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Passion: A genuine enthusiasm for storytelling and the Wattpad community & sincerely enjoys developing using modern Android features
- Eagerness and initiative: You leave the codebase cleaner than you found it. You have an entrepreneurial attitude with strong user empathy values
Desirable
- Background or experience with Ads, Billing & Subscription features
- Familiarity with Epoxy for building complex recycler views
- Familiarity with building Design System UI components
- Worked earlier in a social networking Android application
- Published an Android application to Google Play
What the job involves
- As an Intermediate Android Engineer, you'll play a vital role in developing and maintaining our Android app
- You'll work closely with designers, product managers, and other engineers to create new features, improve existing ones, and ensure the overall quality of the app
- Feature Development: Design & implement cutting-edge Android app features using Kotlin and Compose to deliver an amazing user experience to millions around the world. You will also write functional unit tests for your code
- Maintenance & Optimization: Refactor existing code, fix feature bugs, investigate app crashes and ANRs and improve app performance and stability
- UI/UX Implementation: Translate Figma design mockups into intuitive and visually appealing user interfaces using Jetpack Compose
- Release Master Duties: Periodically releasing weekly app updates to the Google Play Store, updating 3rd party SDKs, monitoring crashes and ANRs
- Team Collaboration: Work effectively with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality product features, contributing to early discussions & tech discoveries of new feature development
- Code Review: Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and knowledge sharing among team members
- Continuous Improvement: Stay up-to-date with the latest Android technologies and best practices
Application process
- Wattpad is conducting all interviews in a distributed manner using applicable third party software where needed and using visual interface tools such as Google Hangouts and Zoom
Otta's take
Theo Margolius
COO of Otta
Content is king and Wattpad has managed to turn create a platform that aggregates the most loved original writing content in the world, turning the traditional publishing industry on its head.
Where authors used to submit drafts to dozens of publishing houses in the hope of getting some eyeballs on their work, Wattpad opened up the process to millions of young authors by letting them easily submit their work, and fostering a community around their software that offers feedback and help.
The e-reading platform is now looking to double down on its strategy of taking its user-generated fiction and turning it into successful intellectual property upon which original series and movies can be based. However a significant challenge for Wattpad is in producing original, marketable content from its platform given the popularity of fanfiction, stories which are based on existing intellectual property.
Another challenge for Wattpad is the current economic conditions which have affected much of the tech sector and are not sparing digital publishing. Having shelved bold plans for the future it also laid off 15% of its workforce in March 2023. Having realigned for its current business needs however, it is now well placed to weather the current market downturn.
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jan 2018
$51m
LATE VC
Apr 2014
$46m
SERIES C
Total funding: $117.8m
Company benefits
- Full health benefits
- Career development & Mentorship opportunities
- RRSP matching
- Generous parental Leave top-up
- Flexible hours
- Regular hackathons
- Healthy snacks & drinks
- Your choice of hardware
- Monthly work-from-home allowance
- Beautiful offices in Toronto and Halifax
- Easy access to transit
Company values
- UserObsessed- We make every decision by stepping into our users’ shoes
- Inclusive - We help everyone belong
- Trailblazer - We push ourselves on how we think and how we act
- BuildItForward - We’re always building a foundation for tomorrow
- PlayToWin - We’re driven to lead the pack
- Resourceful -We make the most of every minute and every dollar
- TeamWork - We do what’s best for the greater good
Company HQ
St. Lawrence, Toronto, ON
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Founders
Allen lau
(CEO)Lau attended University of Toronto where he earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering followed by a master's in the same subject. Thereafter he briefly worked as a software engineer for Brightspark before founding his first notable company, Tira Wireless, a mobile development startup. He is also the co-founder of Two Small Fish Ventures, a fund that invests in Toronto and Waterloo-based early-stage internet companies with strong network effects.
Ivan Yuen
(CSO)Prior to Wattpad, Ivan co-founded FeedM8 and served as the company’s CTO. Before that he was one of the first employees of Tira Wireless, where he helped grow the technical team and developed new and emerging wireless technologies. Ivan graduated from the University of Waterloo with a degree in Computer Engineering and also earned an MBA from the Rotman School of Management.
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