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Full-Time

Senior Android Developer

Mobile Platform

Posted on 6/18/2024

theScore

theScore

501-1,000 employees

Sports scores, news, and betting app

Consumer Software
Entertainment
Gaming

Mid, Senior

Toronto, ON, Canada

Category
Android Development
Mobile Engineering
Software Engineering
Required Skills
Kotlin
UI/UX Design
Git
Quality Assurance (QA)
Android Development
Requirements
  • 4+ years experience with Kotlin
  • 5+ years experience in commercial Native Android development
  • A demonstrated ability in delivering clean, organized, testable, and highly performant code
  • A solid understanding of the Android Architecture Principles and good practices
  • Experience working with Jetpack Compose
  • Experience with Coroutines and Dependency Injection
  • Highly proficient with profiling, troubleshooting and optimizing app performance
  • Experience integrating APIs and back-end services with mobile applications
  • Experience writing Unit and UI tests
  • Experience working with Git
  • Experience working with large native code bases with significant complexity
  • Solid knowledge of object-oriented design, software development principles, and design patterns
  • Solid knowledge of concurrency best practices and pitfalls
  • A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, and/or equivalent experience
  • A passion for sports and/or gaming is considered an asset
Responsibilities
  • Work with the product team to design, architect, and ship our amazing applications
  • Collaborate with Android developers to improve the development experience
  • Improve our code through refactoring and applying modern design patterns
  • Work with other engineers through technical collaboration, discussion, and code review
  • Create efficiencies by building custom and innovative mobile tooling
  • Maintain and enhance the mobile CI/CD pipeline and tooling
  • Solve difficult problems related to large data sets and responsive UIs
  • Help our QA team to automate testing and continuous integration
  • Keep up to date with the latest advances in Android development
  • Other duties as required

theScore, a subsidiary of PENN Entertainment, offers a popular media app providing personalized live scores, news, stats, and betting information for sports fans, along with a sports betting app delivering a mobile betting and iCasino experience. The company utilizes mobile app development and digital content distribution technologies to create and distribute digital content through web, social, and esports platforms.

Company Stage

M&A

Total Funding

$268.1M

Headquarters

Toronto, Canada

Founded

2012

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

14%

1 year growth

28%

2 year growth

60%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • The acquisition by Penn National Gaming could lead to enhanced resources and synergies, offering employees opportunities for growth and innovation.
  • The substantial funds raised from the IPO can be leveraged to invest in cutting-edge technology and content, potentially leading to rapid company growth and career advancement opportunities.

What critics are saying

  • Integration challenges with Penn National Gaming could lead to operational disruptions and cultural clashes, affecting employee morale.
  • The highly competitive digital sports content and gaming market may pressure theScore to continuously innovate, which could lead to high stress and burnout among employees.

What makes theScore unique

  • theScore's integration with Penn National Gaming positions it uniquely as a leader in digital sports content and gaming, unlike standalone sports media companies.
  • The recent $186.3 million IPO in the United States provides theScore with significant capital to expand its technological and content offerings, setting it apart from less well-funded competitors.
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