Box - Software Engineer, Android

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Software Engineer, Android

Los Altos, CA

Engineering

Full-Time

As an Android developer, you will join a small, tight-knit group bringing our award-winning web-based cloud content management platform to mobile devices. Passion, excitement, and the drive to create amazing products are all musts; you want nothing more than to take advantage of cutting edge technology to delight customers. In addition, you will be working with the biggest device manufacturers and major carriers to define how phones and tablets interact with the cloud. We regularly meet with companies like Samsung to talk about and work on the future of content on mobile devices. As Android adoption has now eclipsed iOS it has become critically important to Box and it will only become more of a focus. We're looking for passionate engineers to drive new feature development on the Android platform. Our ideal candidate will have Java experience and the ability to learn new technologies and frameworks quickly. You will have product sensibilities and the ability to communicate with many people across departments. Joining Box means you'll be on the cutting edge of content management, leading the development of a critical application for over 5 million users and 60 thousand businesses. You'll also play an instrumental role in shaping the future of the cloud on mobile devices by working with the biggest players in the field. With our popular iOS devices, recent Android launch and our upcoming desktop presence, Box is poised to define how people access their cloud-based content across all devices.

Qualifications

• 4-year degree from a top-notch Comptuer Science or comparable program
• Exceptional Java development skills
• 1+ years experience building Android native applications
• Strong knowledge of related CS theory: MVC, OOP, threading
• Experienced with learning new frameworks on a variety of platforms

Nice-to-have Skills

• Experience developing highly rated and popular applications for Android
• Web application work experience

Find out about our engineering team at our tech blog (http://tech.blog.box.com/), or by following us at www.twitter.com/BoxEng and www.youtube.com/boxeng. About Box: Box provides a secure way to share content and improve collaboration on any device. Desktop, tablet or mobile. From monolithic corporations to mom and pop stores, Box believes technology should never limit anything you do. Businesses of any size can be more productive, inventive and powerful on Box. The company is well funded by top VC firms like Andreessen Horowitz, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and U.S. Venture Partners. Box is proud to be on Forbes’ list of America’s Most Promising Companies, is used in 180,000 businesses - including 97% of the Fortune 500 – and is the go-to product of 20 million people.

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We’re looking for product-aware engineers who are thoughtful, responsible and passionate builders who appreciate user experience. We’re looking for someone who is not only well versed in Android development, but also has a strong understanding of good UX and isn’t afraid to get their hands dirty in backend code. We believe that great product people use lots of products, so if you’re an active user of Airbnb, we are listening.

Why is Android important at Airbnb?

Not only is mobile quickly becoming the preferred means to book travel, but mobile uniquely enables our hosts to be responsive and connects our guests to their surroundings. Because of the unique form-factor of mobile, we put a particular emphasis on the user-experience design. Our apps have been featured in the app store, Google Play and at WWDC. 

What are examples of work that Android engineers have done at Airbnb?

• We built a calendar management tool because keeping our systems synced with the ever-changing schedules of our hosts is critical.
• We’ve internationalized the app into 18 languages.
• Increasingly we are building functionality that only exists on mobile. Although there are a number of such things in flight, at the time of writing this, they hadn’t yet been shared publicly :-).

The following experience is relevant to us:

• Experience shipping one or more Android apps, ideally currently available on Google Play.
• Personal projects that show an aptitude for engineering and product sense.
• Ability to work in areas outside of their usual comfort zone and get things done quickly.
• Generalist Engineer experience.

Benefits

• Stock
• Competitive salaries
• Quarterly employee travel coupon
• Paid time off
• Medical, dental, & vision insurance
• Life insurance and disability benefits
• 401K
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Apple equipment
• Company sponsored tech talks and happy hours
• Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
• Much more...

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Box - Sr. Software Engineer, Android

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Sr. Software Engineer, Android

Los Altos, CA

Engineering

Full-Time

As a Sr. Android developer, you will join a small, tight-knit group bringing our award-winning web-based cloud content management platform to mobile devices. Passion, excitement, and the drive to create amazing products are all musts; you want nothing more than to take advantage of cutting edge technology to delight customers. In addition, you will be working with the biggest device manufacturers and major carriers to define how phones and tablets interact with the cloud. We regularly meet with companies like Samsung to talk about and work on the future of content on mobile devices. As Android adoption has now eclipsed iOS it has become critically important to Box and it will only become more of a focus. We're looking for passionate engineers to drive new feature development on the Android platform. Our ideal candidate will have Java experience and the ability to learn new technologies and frameworks quickly. You will have product sensibilities and the ability to communicate with many people across departments. Joining Box means you'll be on the cutting edge of content management, leading the development of a critical application for over 5 million users and 60 thousand businesses. You'll also play an instrumental role in shaping the future of the cloud on mobile devices by working with the biggest players in the field. With our popular iOS devices, recent Android launch and our upcoming desktop presence, Box is poised to define how people access their cloud-based content across all devices.

Qualifications

• 4-year degree from a top-notch Computer Science or comparable program
• Exceptional Java development skills
• 2+ years experience building Android native applications
• Strong knowledge of related CS theory: MVC, OOP, threading
• Experienced with learning new frameworks on a variety of platforms
• Passion for cloud technologies

Nice-to-have Skills

• Experience developing highly rated and popular applications for Android
• Web application work experience

Find out about our engineering team at our tech blog (http://tech.blog.box.com/), or by following us at www.twitter.com/BoxEng and www.youtube.com/boxeng. About Box: Box provides a secure way to share content and improve collaboration on any device. Desktop, tablet or mobile. From huge corporations to mom and pop stores, Box believes technology should never limit anything you do. Businesses of any size can be more productive, inventive and powerful on Box. The company is well funded by top VC firms like Andreessen Horowitz, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and U.S. Venture Partners. Box is proud to be on Forbes’ list of America’s Most Promising Companies, is used in 240,000 businesses - including 99% of the Fortune 500 – and is the go-to product of 27 million people.

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