Full-Time Android Engineer
Life360 is hiring a remote Full-Time Android Engineer. The career level for this job opening is Expert and is accepting USA, Canada based applicants remotely. Read complete job description before applying.
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About the Job
This role is for an Android Engineer within the Life360 team.
This person will be an integral part of the core of our app.
They will be required to become experts in technologies supporting our highly visible mapping, communication, driving & safety features.
As a member of the team, you will be highly involved in architecting, designing, and leading the development of the next generation of our systems and features.
What You’ll Do
Work with a cross-functional team and collaborate closely with design, back-end engineering, marketing, data science, and product.
Design and maintain robust frameworks for Android using tools such as Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, MVVM, or other relevant frameworks.
Create foundational automation workflows that lead to better product quality and reliability.
Opportunity to be on the leading edge of location experiences in a high-visibility team
Roadmap innovative features to bring families closer together through contextual awareness, improved geolocation, and better communication
What We’re Looking For
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
Strong debugging skills
Problem-solving
Architecture mindset
Strong understanding of software architecture principles and experience in making codebases more testable
Strong understanding of the Android ecosystem
Expert knowledge of Kotlin and familiarity with Android frameworks and APIs.
Design, build, and maintain advanced applications for the Android platform with a focus on location-based services
Adaptable and able to pick up new concepts
Conduct code reviews and mentor junior engineers to promote best practices and improve code quality.
Work closely with product managers, designers, and engineers to define, design, and ship new features and test strategies.
A Passion for quality
Pioneer new test strategies via automation to enhance the reliability and efficiency of our testing processes.
Proven experience in developing and implementing automated test strategies
Strong communication
Bonus
- Familiarity with location and other sensors
- Familiarity with background running tasks/services on Android
- Familiarity with networking and persistence technologies
- Familiarity with reactive programming, RxJava or combine
- Familiarity with developing highly polished user interfaces and animations
- Familiarity with all levels of automated testing