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Chegg Busuu is hiring an Android Engineer to develop and maintain their flagship language learning app used globally in over 40 countries and 10 languages. The role involves enhancing user interaction and learning experience by building and optimizing the Android app with a focus on clean architecture, MVVM, and agile methodologies.

Highlights

Design, develop, and ship Android applications for Busuu's language learning platform.
Work with agile (Scrum) teams using Kotlin, Clean Architecture, MVVM, Dependency Injection, and libraries including Retrofit, Hilt, Coroutines, Room, Mockk.
Manage full app development lifecycle from project initiation to app store deployment.
Create unit tests for Android apps, ideally using Mockk framework.
Collaborate with UX teams and contribute to UI design improvements.
Understand and integrate web services and REST APIs support.
Optimize Android app performance and adhere to mobile development best practices.
Strong skills in Object-Oriented programming and Kotlin with an emphasis on code simplicity.
Benefits include free breakfasts, snacks, 2 free lunches per week, private health insurance, training budgets, flexible hours, hybrid work, enhanced parental leave, and social team events.
Applicants should have proven professional Android development experience and a proactive approach to app quality and design.

Android Engineer Full Description

Job Description

Joining Busuu means being part of one of the top EdTech companies in the world, a multiple award-winner recognised for its innovation and impact in language learning.

Busuu's vision is to empower people through languages. We are the world's largest online community for language learning, with 120+ million registered users. We make learning a language easy by combining AI-powered courses with feedback from our global community of native speakers and lesson content designed for real life.

Busuu is part of the global Chegg family. Chegg is the leading student-first connected learning platform and a NYSE listed company.

What does an Android Engineer do at Busuu?

As an Android Engineer, you'll be working on our flagship. shipping to over 40 countries throughout the world in over 10 languages, offering our users a huge variety of languages to learn from. You'll think about how users interact with our learning experience, how to help them learn better and faster and then build an experience that everyone can enjoy learning with.

You'll be learning fast through different initiatives (guilds, reading clubs, learning together meetings, personal learning budget…), and keeping up with the latest industry standards.

Our tech stack:

Our project is based on Clean Architecture principle and MVVM. Working in an agile team (Scrum), we like to brainstorm during problem-solving. Our code base is around 85% Kotlin at the moment and we make use of Dependency Injection and libraries such as Retrofit, Hilt, Coroutines, Room, Mockk and others.

What makes a great Android Engineer at Busuu?

Professional Android development experience, with a history of shipping Android apps
Previous involvement in entire app development lifecycle, from project creation through coding & QA to app store deployment
Knowledge in unit testing in Android (Mockk would be perfect)
Good foundation in Android UI principles. You will be working with a UX team, but your suggestions and design ideas will be appreciated and considered
Understanding of web services and REST APIs
Deep appreciation of mobile development practices and Android app optimisation
Good understanding of Android app architecture and use of design patterns
Strong OO skills, experience with Kotlin with an appreciation for pragmatism and simplicity in code
Pro-active and eager to take responsibility for their domain by monitoring and flagging issues.
An instinct for excellent app design and user experience

At Busuu we want to ensure that you have access to some great benefits:

Our centrally located offices are well-equipped with free breakfast, plenty of snacks and fresh fruit
You get 2 free lunches per week at our office that you can choose out of a wide selection of restaurants in the area
Busuu offers a great Private Health Insurance scheme
There is a dedicated training budget to ensure our employees can continuously grow and progress in their careers
We like to support our teams with their work-life balance so we offer flexible working hours and a hybrid model of working
We offer enhanced maternity and paternity leave (depending on location)
Staying connected as a team is very important to us, so we have lots of social activities for you to join such as team lunches, Thursday socials, quarterly team, and company events

What happens next

We aim to have a simple and speedy hiring process and we want to make sure that we are right for you as much as the other way around.

CV application review - We will review it as quickly as possible
Let's chat - Quick chat with our team about your experience and the role
Interview - With the Hiring Manager
Case Study - At home case study to show off your skills
Interview - Interview to review the task and speak with other colleagues in the team

Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. We pride ourselves on embracing our differences, whether they're cultural, racial, religious, or otherwise. This means each one of us comes to work knowing that we have a voice - and a safe, judgement-free zone to speak freely.

If you like the sound of that, join us. We'd love to hear what you have to say.

Original Job Description

Job Description

Joining Busuu means being part of one of the top EdTech companies in the world, a multiple award-winner recognised for its innovation and impact in language learning.

Busuu is part of the global Chegg family. Chegg is the leading student-first connected learning platform and a NYSE listed company.

What does an Android Engineer do at Busuu?

You'll be learning fast through different initiatives (guilds, reading clubs, learning together meetings, personal learning budget…), and keeping up with the latest industry standards.

Our tech stack:

What makes a great Android Engineer at Busuu?

Professional Android development experience, with a history of shipping Android apps
Previous involvement in entire app development lifecycle, from project creation through coding & QA to app store deployment
Knowledge in unit testing in Android (Mockk would be perfect)
Good foundation in Android UI principles. You will be working with a UX team, but your suggestions and design ideas will be appreciated and considered
Understanding of web services and REST APIs
Deep appreciation of mobile development practices and Android app optimisation
Good understanding of Android app architecture and use of design patterns
Strong OO skills, experience with Kotlin with an appreciation for pragmatism and simplicity in code
Pro-active and eager to take responsibility for their domain by monitoring and flagging issues.
An instinct for excellent app design and user experience

At Busuu we want to ensure that you have access to some great benefits:

Our centrally located offices are well-equipped with free breakfast, plenty of snacks and fresh fruit
You get 2 free lunches per week at our office that you can choose out of a wide selection of restaurants in the area
Busuu offers a great Private Health Insurance scheme
There is a dedicated training budget to ensure our employees can continuously grow and progress in their careers
We like to support our teams with their work-life balance so we offer flexible working hours and a hybrid model of working
We offer enhanced maternity and paternity leave (depending on location)
Staying connected as a team is very important to us, so we have lots of social activities for you to join such as team lunches, Thursday socials, quarterly team, and company events

What happens next

We aim to have a simple and speedy hiring process and we want to make sure that we are right for you as much as the other way around.

CV application review - We will review it as quickly as possible
Let's chat - Quick chat with our team about your experience and the role
Interview - With the Hiring Manager
Case Study - At home case study to show off your skills
Interview - Interview to review the task and speak with other colleagues in the team

If you like the sound of that, join us. We'd love to hear what you have to say.

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