
Android Engineer II (Healthcare) at Whoop (Boston, MA)
Whoop· Boston, MA· $125k–$175k·
Role details
Competitive Base Salary · Meaningful Equity · Health Insurance · 401(K) · Generous Equity Package
Whoop at a glance
A screen-free 24/7 wearable and subscription platform that tracks sleep, strain, and recovery and coaches members on health and performance.
WHOOP makes a screen-free wrist wearable with always-on sensors and a subscription app that continuously tracks sleep, strain, recovery, heart rate, and HRV, then turns that data into a daily recovery score and personalized coaching. Newer features extend into clinical health, including blood pressure insights, ECG heart screening, and women's hormonal tracking.
~$900M raised · latest: Series G · $575M · March 2026 · backed by Collaborative Fund, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Mubadala Investment Company, Qatar Investment Authority
Summary
Join WHOOP's Healthcare team to design and build scalable Android features that improve user experience and health outcomes. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, high-performance applications using modern architecture patterns.
Job description
At WHOOP, we're on a mission to unlock human performance and healthspan. WHOOP empowers members to perform at a higher level and live longer through a deeper understanding of their bodies and daily lives. Protecting our members’ data and ensuring our systems scale securely and reliably is core to this mission. The Healthcare team is responsible for building the mobile experiences that deliver personalized health insights and recommendations to WHOOP members. As an Android Engineer II on this team, you will develop native Android features that power health-focused experiences while contributing to the core systems that enable secure, reliable, and scalable product development. In this role, you will design and build Kotlin-based Android applications that integrate with backend services and APIs, collaborating closely with product, backend, and infrastructure teams to deliver seamless end-to-end experiences. You will help evolve shared Android frameworks and developer tooling, improve application performance and reliability, and build scalable, maintainable solutions using modern Android architecture and AI-assisted development workflows.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Design, build, and maintain scalable Android features that integrate with WHOOP’s backend services and APIs
- Collaborate with backend, infrastructure, and product teams to ensure seamless and performant end-to-end systems
- Apply modern Android architecture patterns (e.g., MVVM, MVI) and modular design principles to support team scalability
- Improve developer enablement by enhancing shared Android libraries, frameworks, and build tooling
- Monitor app performance, debug complex issues, and optimize for speed, stability, and battery life
- Write secure, well-tested code and participate in design and code reviews to maintain engineering excellence
- Document technical decisions, architecture, and design to promote alignment and knowledge sharing
QUALIFICATIONS
- 2–4 years of professional Android development experience
- Proficiency in Kotlin (and Java when necessary), Android Jetpack libraries, and the Android development ecosystem
- Strong understanding of Android app structure, lifecycle, concurrency (Coroutines), and memory management
- Experience integrating with RESTful APIs and backend services
- Familiarity with modular architecture and scalable design systems (MVVM, MVI)
- Experience using Git and productivity tools like Jira, Confluence, and GitHub
- Exposure to mobile CI/CD workflows, Gradle build configuration, and mobile release processes
- Strong commitment to embracing and leveraging AI tools in day-to-day tasks, ensuring AI-assisted work aligns with the same high-quality standards as personal contributions
This role is based in the WHOOP office located in Boston, MA. The successful candidate must be prepared to relocate if necessary to work out of the Boston, MA office. Interested in the role, but don’t meet every qualification? We encourage you to still apply! At WHOOP, we believe there is much more to a candidate than what is written on paper, and we value character as much as experience. As we continue to build a diverse and inclusive environment, we encourage anyone who is interested in this role to apply. WHOOP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-verifyto determine employment eligibilityThe WHOOP compensation philosophy is designed to attract, motivate, and retain exceptional talent by offering competitive base salaries, meaningful equity, and consistent pay practices that reflect our mission and core values. At WHOOP, we view total compensation as the combination of base salary, equity, and benefits, with equity serving as a key differentiator that aligns our employees with the long-term success of the company and allows every member of our corporate team to own part of WHOOP and share in the company’s long-term growth and success. The U.S. base salary range for this full-time position is $125,000 - $175,000. Salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within each range, individual pay is based on factors such as job-related skills, experience, performance, and relevant education or training. In addition to the base salary, the successful candidate will also receive benefits and a generous equity package. These ranges may be modified in the future to reflect evolving market conditions and organizational needs. While most offers will typically fall toward the starting point of the range, total compensation will depend on the candidate’s specific qualifications, expertise, and alignment with the role’s requirements.
Why work at Whoop
- Hybrid workspace – employees are on-site 4 days a week in Boston’s “best office” whoop.com - Careers
- Benefits – flexible time off, above-market compensation, paid parental leave, health support whoop.com - Careers
- Employee Resource Groups – ADAPT (disability inclusion), BLACK@WHOOP, LGBTQ+ (WHOOP GOOP), Veterans and Military Personnel, Women of WHOOP, Women in Science and Engineering, WHOOP Parents whoop.com - Careers
- High selectivity – only 0.13% of applicants are hired, reflecting a rigorous, standards-driven culture whoop.com - Careers
- Equal Opportunity Employer – committed to diversity and inclusion in all employment decisions whoop.com - Careers