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New! The publication beta now supports navigation. Opt in now. Homepage Open in app Sign in Get started The Cadence of Music, Science and Engineering at Pandora. Follow Following Latest Choosing a Reactive Programming Framework for Modern Android Development Choosing a Reactive Programming Framework for Modern Android Development When embarking on the journey of developing a new application, a team must establish the foundational technologies upon which their… Elijah Verdoorn Sep 6, 2019 AsyncTask, Rx, and Coroutines… Oh My! AsyncTask, Rx, and Coroutines… Oh My! An Android Apprentice’s journey to understand Pandora’s migration from AsyncTask to newer APIs Liz Nelson Sep 5, 2019 Announcing Bottom Navigator Announcing Bottom Navigator An Android Multiple Backstack Bottom Navigation Library Miguel Vargas Aug 16, 2019 Crafting the Perfect Internship Playlist Crafting the Perfect Internship Playlist Disclaimer: These are my experiences from being a Pandora software developer intern in the summer of 2019. All opinions expressed are my… Uthman Alibalogun Jul 29, 2019 AndroidX Migration AndroidX Migration A lesson in Git, Gradle, and Patience Charles Anderson Mar 11, 2019 Wake up to Pandora with the Clock app from Google Wake up to Pandora with the Clock app from Google It’s 7 o’clock. I tug my blanket tightly over my face, hoping to whisk the morning away. The sound of my favorite playlist soothes me to a… Uchenna F. Okoye Mar 6, 2019 What Is Readable Code? Audio available What Is Readable Code? Code creates interfaces. But code itself is also an interface. Janeen Neri Feb 11, 2019 Quality Conversations Quality Conversations The way you give feedback to employees makes a huge difference. Dave Edwards Jan 14, 2019 Keeping Pace with New iOS Releases Keeping Pace with New iOS Releases How We Updated Pandora on iOS 12 Launch Day Debayan Majumdar Jan 7, 2019 One Audio Sequencer to Rule Them All One Audio Sequencer to Rule Them All Last month Pandora announced a public podcast beta in conjunction with the Podcast Genome Project. This rollout introduced many exciting… William Seemann Dec 5, 2018 Investing in Pandora’s Core Differentiators Investing in Pandora’s Core Differentiators Data is one of Pandora’s core differentiators. Since the launch of our service in 2005, Pandora listeners have created 13 billion stations… Brett Uyeshiro Nov 26, 2018 Using MemSQL to Query Hundreds of Billions of Rows in a Dashboard Using MemSQL to Query Hundreds of Billions of Rows in a Dashboard Overview Kaan Erdener Aug 13, 2018 Engineering Interviews at Pandora Engineering Interviews at Pandora Congratulations! You have an onsite interview at Pandora. Now what? Wayne Christopher Jul 13, 2018 KBrowse: Kafka Search KBrowse: Kafka Search Pandora is happy to announce our release of KBrowse as an open source project! Patrick Tuckey Jun 15, 2018 Building the Next Generation of Personalized Themed Playlists Building the Next Generation of Personalized Themed Playlists Claire Dorman, Oriol Nieto, and Erik Schmidt Claire Dorman May 23, 2018 Apache Airflow at Pandora Apache Airflow at Pandora Big data pipelines don’t run themselves. Beyond the obvious need to scale pipelines up to large data volumes, there’s a lot of work that… Ace Haidrey Mar 15, 2018 Saving the (Dev) Environment Saving the (Dev) Environment Disposable Environments Eric Huynh Jan 29, 2018 The Value of Sound Design in Audio Ads The Value of Sound Design in Audio Ads Zhen Zhu, David Reiley and Kate Hawkins Zhen Zhu Dec 1, 2017 I Just Gantt Get Enough I Just Gantt Get Enough For the past few years, I’ve worked as a Technical Project Manager at Pandora, helping to ship some of the company’s most ambitious… Andrew Von Rosenbach Oct 27, 2017 It’s About Time It’s About Time Building Pandora for Android Wear 2.0 Allison Van Pelt Sep 27, 2017 A Brief Study of Supernovas A Brief Study of Supernovas Grunge, Depression, and a Career in Engineering Dave Blundell Aug 17, 2017 Artist Affinity Targeting Artist Affinity Targeting The Creator Services team was finally ready to pilot our Artist Audio Messaging feature, where artists could connect to fans in their own… Katrina Glaeser Jul 18, 2017 Promotional Song Targeting Promotional Song Targeting Results and design of the framework for intelligently and seamlessly promoting tracks on Pandora Andrew Asman Jul 18, 2017 About Latest Stories Archive About Medium Terms...