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Senior Android Engineer - Web Experience (all genders)

Created on 01-02-2023
Location Berlingo

Description

Babbel is the world’s first and most sold online language learning platform, driven by the purpose to create mutual understanding through language. This means building an ecosystem of language learning offerings that helps people connect across cultures. Babbel, Babbel Live and Babbel for Business provide users with the most effective solution to be able to communicate with real people, in real situations.  Babbel’s team consists of 750 Babbelonians representing over 65 different nationalities working in Berlin and New York.


For more information, visit www.babbel.com or download the apps in the App Store or Play Store.


We are looking for a Senior Android Engineer to join our office in Berlin, Germany!


Our team collectively tackles the most impactful opportunities in our lesson and review learning activities in order to provide high-quality and engaging learning experiences. What we do is maintain and constantly improve our core learning content delivery by our Universal Lesson Player. You will work closely with the product & engineering managers, product & learner experience designers, subject matter experts, and cross-platform engineers to bring this mission to reality for Babbel learners. We are using a hybrid approach to run our learning journey. In your role, you will have the opportunity to work with delivering learning content to users using a blend of native Android technologies and frontend Web technologies like React and Redux. Read more about our technical setup on our tech blog.


You will:
  • Deliver high-quality, scalable mobile apps by contributing to the discovery and delivery of new features on Android and web platforms
  • Be part of a user-focused team, who builds end-to-end learning experiences 
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to inform decisions ranging from User Experience to API design
  • Participate in our knowledge-sharing culture: improving the codebase by doing code reviews, and delivering high-quality software 
  • Maintain and proactively improve the overall technology stack and infrastructure of the Android app(s)
  • Independently focus on continuous learning and improvement while actively sharing knowledge with colleagues
You have:
  • Several Android apps behind you developed with: Kotlin, Java, Jetpack libraries (Compose, Lifecycle, etc.), RxJava, Coroutines, Flow, DI/Dagger/Hilt, Retrofit, WorkManager, Testing with Espresso, Mockito and UI test
  • Ability to maintain and develop CI/CD pipelines, preferably with Fastlane, Bitrise, Github Actions
  • Some experience with, and an interest in learning more about, frontend web development using React
  • Fluency in written and spoken English

Some perks of becoming a Babbelonian:


  • Enjoy 30 vacation days and the chance to take a 3-month Sabbatical. Plus family and life situation counseling.
  • Decide how, when and from where you want to work with our flexible working hours and remote friendly options as Jobbatical (up to 3 months inside the EU) or work from our fully equipped office with nap, faith and family rooms. 
  • Learn and grow with the internal learning opportunities, and use a yearly learning & development budget for external training. Learn languages with Babbel for free with your full access to Babbel & Babbel Live classes.
  • Take advantage of your mobility benefits options and a discounted Urban Sports Club membership. 
  • Be part of our employee communities (such as Femgineers, DE&I Ambassadors and LGBTQIA groups), attend cultural and regular social events. 

Diversity at Babbel


As part of our ongoing journey towards building a diverse, equitable and inclusive company, we welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in tech. We are a learning company, inside and out, and we encourage you to apply even if you do not fit all the technical requirements - all candidates are assessed based on skills, qualifications and on our business needs. Please state your pronouns in your application, and let us know if you’d like to be addressed by a name other than the one appearing on your official documents. If you have a disability or special need, feel welcome to inform us, so that we can provide you with the proper assistance in the application process.


 


Sounds good? We are already looking forward to hearing from you! Check out also our jobs page, our blog and our techblog to get an impression about #lifeatbabbel!

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