Senior Android Engineer at Gamechanger

About GameChanger:

We believe in the life-changing impact youth sports have on and off the field because they encourage leadership, teamwork, responsibility, and confidence—important life lessons that have the power to propel our youth toward meaningful futures. We recognize that without coaches, parents, and volunteers, organized youth sports could not exist. By building the first and best place to experience the youth sports moments important to our community, we are helping families elevate the next generation through youth sports.

So if you love sports and their community-building potential, or building cool products is your sport, GameChanger is the team for you. We are a remote-first, dynamic tech company based in New York City, and we are solving some of the biggest challenges in youth sports today.

The Position:

The Gameday Capture team powers all video experiences in the GameChanger app. It delivers a stable, feature-rich streaming experience for coaches and parents, and a delightful way for fans to follow the action when they can't be at the game. The team's work is central to how GameChanger connects families and fans to the moments that matter most.

As an Android Software Engineer, you will use modern tools to develop features in our native Android application and across the stack. You will build engaging user-facing features by contributing your expertise, writing code, and making architectural decisions on a team of Product Managers, Designers, QA Analysts, and Engineers. You will report to one of our Product Engineering Managers.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead feature development for community engagement, scorekeeping, fan experiences, and team management throughout the stack, with a focus on our Android app.

• Work with peers on important decisions about how our applications are architected and built.

• Team up with designers, testers, and product managers to find the best solutions for our customers.

• Teach and learn with engineers across the company.

• Promote responsible engineering practices and mentor team members.

• Drive consensus on your team and solutions to challenging problems.

Who You Are:

• Solid understanding of software engineering fundamentals.

• Experience leading successful Android projects.

• Experience shipping beautiful, high-quality apps.

• Participate in regular design and code reviews with development team members to confirm use of best practices.

• Understand and evaluate new technologies, develop skills in new technologies.

• Passion and experienced working with the latest Android tech.

• Comfort working in a cross-functional product team.

• Experience mentoring engineers and organizing work within a team.

Experience:

• Our apps are written in Kotlin and use a reactive Model View Intent (MVI) architecture driven by Realm, RxJava, and the Jetpack lifecycle components.

• Your team will also do iOS development in Swift, so having background there would be a bonus, but is not required.

• Our backend APIs are built with TypeScript, Node.js, Redis, Kafka, and PostgreSQL and run in AWS. It's not required that you know these, but we prefer that you are open to full-stack development.

• Experience or interest in product analytics, A/B testing and product experimentation at scale is an added bonus.

Perks:

• Work remotely throughout the US* or from our well-furnished, modern office in Manhattan, NY.

• Unlimited vacation policy.

• Paid volunteer opportunities.

• Technology stipend - $4,000 every 2 years after your start to make sure you have the latest and greatest technology

• WFH stipend - $500 annually to make your WFH situation comfortable.

• Learning stipend - $500 annually towards continued development

• Monthly physical, mental, wellness & learning stipend offered through Holisticly

• Monthly lifestyle stipend offered through Fringe

• Full health benefits - medical, dental, vision, prescription, FSA, HRA, HSA, and coverage for family/dependents.

• Retirement savings - Traditional and Roth 401K plans are offered through Vanguard, with an immediate company match.

• Life insurance - basic life, supplemental life, and dependent life.

• Disability leave - short-term disability and long-term disability.

• Company paid parental leave - up to 20 weeks for birthing parents and up to 12 weeks for non-birthing parents.

• Family building benefits offered through Progyny.

• DICK’S Sporting Goods and their family of brands teammate discount.

The target salary range for this position is between $160,000 and $190,000. This is part of a total compensation package that includes incentive, equity, and benefits for eligible roles. Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by several factors including experience, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. We constantly review all teammate pay to ensure a great compensation package that is fair and equal across the board.

*DICK'S Sporting Goods has company-wide practices to monitor and protect us from compliance and monetary implications as it pertains to employer state tax liabilities. Due to said guidelines put in place, we are unable to hire in AK, DE, HI, IA, LA, MS, MT, OK, and SC.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Our Interview Process & AI

We recognize that AI has become a common part of everyday life and professional work, and its use continues to evolve rapidly. Our perspective on AI in the hiring process will evolve as well. At this time, we ask that candidates please refrain from using AI tools during interviews and assessments, as we want to see your authentic self. We will clearly indicate if and when AI use is acceptable in the process. If you have any questions or need accommodations, we're here to help. Thanks for helping us keep the process fair and secure for everyone!

IMPORTANT NOTICE: All official recruitment communications from GameChanger will come from an email address ending in @gc.com or [email protected]. If you receive communication from any other domain, please be cautious, as it is likely fraudulent.