Overview

Position Title: Software Engineer, Android

Company: Facebook

Location: Birmingham, UK

Job Description

Facebook’s mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we’re building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we’re creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Facebook are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities – we’re just getting started.

Responsibilities:

  • Work closely with our product and design teams to build new and innovative application experiences for Android
  • Implement custom native user interfaces using the latest Android programming techniques
  • Build reusable Android software components for interfacing with our back-end platforms
  • Analyze and optimize UI and infrastructure application code for quality, efficiency, and performance

Requirements:

  • Experience building maintainable and testable code bases, including API design and unit testing techniques
  • Experience with multithreading programming and mobile memory management
  • Experience in understanding code bases, including API design techniques
  • Experience with Java language and frameworks
  • Experience with Multi-Threading and memory management specific to mobile devices
  • Experience with caching mechanisms
  • Knowledge on UI design principles and making apps work

About Facebook

Founded in 2004, Facebook’s mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Over 2 billion people use Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, or Messenger every month to stay connected with friends and family, to discover what’s going on in the world, and to share and express what matters to them.