{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"3c3082cbef23d1292ccb3db1","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/3c3082cbef23d1292ccb3db1","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/3c3082cbef23d1292ccb3db1","title":"Android Software Engineer","description":"Philo: TV on the Internet!!!\nAt 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.\nAndroid Software Engineer\nThe Android team at Philo is responsible for building our product experience on all Android-based mobile platforms (Google/Galaxy/Amazon stores). We're a small collaborative team building apps with high engagement and millions of installs, which collectively are responsible for a large 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.\nWe are seeking an enthusiastic, experienced Android engineer with a deep technical background building high-quality, high-engagement Android applications for TV and mobile. You will help model best-practices to the team, and unblock your teammates when they are stuck.\n\nResponsibilities:\nDrive continuous improvements to the reliability, performance, and UI of the Android applications. In practice this means managing our tech debt backlog, and advocating for improvements as needed.\nProvide input on system architecture and design tradeoffs.\nHelp the team manage and plan for the application releases. We have a rotating release shepherd, who is a member of the Android team and is responsible for the nuts and bolts coordination of each release (every week). In this role you would help guide the shepherd and make hard decisions about feature inclusion.\nMonitor app performance and triage crashes, bugs and performance regressions as they arise.\nCollaborate with internal stakeholders across marketing, support, design, product, and data science teams to ensure smooth feature delivery.\nQualifications:\n5+ years of software development experience\nExperience with Kotlin, Coroutines, and their surrounding ecosystem\nExperience developing an Android app with video streaming features\nExperience with Jetpack Compose\nExperience with MVVM, MVI, and/or Clean Architecture\nExperience with adaptive layouts for a variety of form-factors\nExperience with Compose testing and JUnit\nNice to have:\nExperience with ExoPlayer\nExperience with GraphQL-based APIs\nExperience with cross device interoperability (e.g. casting)\nExperience building multi-modal experiences\nExperience managing releases on one or both of Google and Amazon app stores\nThe Android codebase uses MVI paradigms, and we are slowly adding Compose to our larger components. Of particular note, our business logic is largely encapsulated by a shared Kotlin Multiplatform Codebase, so for newer features, the business logic lives outside of the Android code.\nMore about Philo\nAt Philo, we're a company that puts people first—both our subscribers and our team. We empower our colleagues to do their best work while supporting one another in pursuing shared goals. We value pragmatism, pride in our work, and passion, with transparency and openness as fundamental parts of our culture.\nWe're committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility as we grow the Philo team and shape the future of TV. We believe that a diverse range of voices and perspectives enables us to innovate faster and create the best experiences for our subscribers. Philo is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We're committed to supporting every candidate and employee. If you need an accommodation at any stage of the process, please email recruiting@philo.com and we'll work with you to meet your needs.\nPhilo offers access to top-rated networks, including AMC, BET, CMT, Comedy Central, Discovery, Food Network, Hallmark, HGTV, History, Investigation Discovery, Lifetime, MTV, Nickelodeon, OWN, VH1, WE tv, and more, along with groundbreaking originals and blockbuster movies included with AMC+. Our service also includes 80+ free channels and premium add-ons like STARZ and MGM+.\nOur extensive library boasts over 75,000 titles, and our unlimited DVR allows users to save their favorite shows and movies for up to a year, skipping ads for a seamless viewing experience. Stream on up to three devices simultaneously, whether on your phone, tablet, laptop, or TV using Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, Samsung TV, Android TV, Vizio TV, or Chromecast.\nPhilo is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in New York and Cambridge, MA. Our leadership team includes a co-founder of Facebook and alums from Meraki and HBO, backed by NEA and industry partners like Discovery, Viacom, AMC, and A&E.\nJoin us at Philo and be part of a team that's shaping the future of TV!\nStatus: Full-time\nLocation: San Francisco, CA or remote within the U.S.\nCompensation: Includes annual salary, company stock options, and health benefits. Salary is determined by experience and location:\nSan Francisco, New York City: $175K - $210K\nBoston, Los Angeles, Seattle, DC Metro: $165K - $200K\nDenver, Atlanta, Las Vegas, Sacramento, Chicago, Austin: $155K - $190K\nTexas, Florida: $150K - $180K\nWe 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:\nFull health, dental and vision coverage for you and your family\n401(k) plan with employer contributions (we match 100% of deferrals up to 3% of pay and 50% of the next 2% of pay)\nFlexible working hours\nUp to 20 weeks of fully paid parental leave\nUnlimited paid time off for vacation and sick leave\n$2,000 annual vacation bonus (we pay you to take a two week vacation)\n$5,250 annually for professional development and educational assistance\n$1,250 annual home office + TV stipend during first year of employment ($250 annually thereafter)\n$500/month ($6,000/year) bonus for employees who commit to working at least 3 days per week in our offices, plus generous commuter benefits ($315/month towards transit, rideshare, bike rental, or parking at our HQ office in San Francisco)\nFree Gympass subscription — an all-in-one corporate benefit that gives employees the largest selection of gyms, studios, classes, training and wellness apps\nDog-friendly office\nAnd much more!\nFor California Residents: Philo's CCPA Notice at Collection – Employees, Applicants, Owners, Directors, Officers and Contractors\nPursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.","company":"Philo","rawCompany":"philo","city":"Remote","state":"OR","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-04-14T10:31:24.643Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1254.00","title":"Web Developers","slug":"web-developers"}],"industries":[{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Android Software Engineer","description":"Philo: TV on the Internet!!!\nAt 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.\nAndroid Software Engineer\nThe Android team at Philo is responsible for building our product experience on all Android-based mobile platforms (Google/Galaxy/Amazon stores). We're a small collaborative team building apps with high engagement and millions of installs, which collectively are responsible for a large fraction of the billions of minutes watched on Philo each year. 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Our leadership team includes a co-founder of Facebook and alums from Meraki and HBO, backed by NEA and industry partners like Discovery, Viacom, AMC, and A&E.\nJoin us at Philo and be part of a team that's shaping the future of TV!\nStatus: Full-time\nLocation: San Francisco, CA or remote within the U.S.\nCompensation: Includes annual salary, company stock options, and health benefits. Salary is determined by experience and location:\nSan Francisco, New York City: $175K - $210K\nBoston, Los Angeles, Seattle, DC Metro: $165K - $200K\nDenver, Atlanta, Las Vegas, Sacramento, Chicago, Austin: $155K - $190K\nTexas, Florida: $150K - $180K\nWe 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:\nFull health, dental and vision coverage for you and your family\n401(k) plan with employer contributions (we match 100% of deferrals up to 3% of pay and 50% of the next 2% of pay)\nFlexible working hours\nUp to 20 weeks of fully paid parental leave\nUnlimited paid time off for vacation and sick leave\n$2,000 annual vacation bonus (we pay you to take a two week vacation)\n$5,250 annually for professional development and educational assistance\n$1,250 annual home office + TV stipend during first year of employment ($250 annually thereafter)\n$500/month ($6,000/year) bonus for employees who commit to working at least 3 days per week in our offices, plus generous commuter benefits ($315/month towards transit, rideshare, bike rental, or parking at our HQ office in San Francisco)\nFree Gympass subscription — an all-in-one corporate benefit that gives employees the largest selection of gyms, studios, classes, training and wellness apps\nDog-friendly office\nAnd much more!\nFor California Residents: Philo's CCPA Notice at Collection – Employees, Applicants, Owners, Directors, Officers and Contractors\nPursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.","datePosted":"2026-04-14T10:31:24.643Z","dateModified":"2026-04-14T10:31:24.643Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Philo","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Remote","addressRegion":"OR","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"3c3082cbef23d1292ccb3db1"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/3c3082cbef23d1292ccb3db1"}}