Mobile Software Developer

WhatsApp, acquired by Facebook in February 2014, is a cross-platform mobile messaging app which allows you to exchange messages without having to pay for SMS. WhatsApp has been ranked as one of the Top 25 Most downloaded apps in over 100 countries on the App Store and has received over 1 Billion installs on Google Play. Our spacious office is located in the heart of downtown Mountain View. 

As a software engineer at WhatsApp you will work alongside our small team of 45 engineers to create new features and provide a world-class user experience for our more than 900 million monthly active users. 

We are looking for Mobile Software Developers for all our platforms: iOS, Android, Windows Phone.

Responsibilities

• Create new, awesome features for millions of users
• Write efficient, maintainable code for mobile phones
• Own release and QA cycles of your code
• Work with customer support to fix reported bugs

Experience

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent. MS or PhD is a plus
• Passionate about user experience
• Ability to work in a very small team
• Experience with Java, Objective-C, C#, or C/C++ programming and debugging skills
• Strong understanding of application architecture and object-oriented design
• Android, iOS, Windows Phone development experience, with deep knowledge of best practices, APIs and libraries
• 2 + Years of Mobile Software Development
• Working experience with networking and messaging protocols
• Proficiency in the following areas: multi-threaded programming, TCP/IP sockets, SQL
• Experience developing native mobile apps is strongly preferred, but not required
• Must be able to work onsite daily in our office in downtown Mountain View, CA