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Do you enjoy creating mobile applications that allow users to live more productive and healthier lives? Do you enjoy creating mobile applications for Android devices? Are you willing to build a bridge between software and hardware and apply cutting-edge techniques to serve the users? Are you excited about solving some of the most challenging problems in transportation and urban planning? If so, you might be VeoRide’s next Android Application Developer?

Responsibilities and Duties

• Developing, integrating and deploying VeoRide’s Android mobile application.
• Supporting system testing and new version release and upgrades.
• Quickly learning and understanding existing software structure and code.
• Producing functional new features to our Android mobile application in order to improve our user experience.
• Troubleshooting and debugging to maintain our current Android mobile application.
• Creating and translating designer mock-ups and wireframes into usable code.
• Improving reliability, scalability, and performance of our current Android application.
• Recognizing cutting-edge industry application developments and sharing them with our software development team.

Qualifications and Skills

• BS or MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• High level of fluency with Android mobile application development (Java, Kotlin, C++ or similar language)
• 2+ years experience in the software development sector/technology industry
• Applications published on the Google Play store  
• Familiarity and comfort with the Android mobile development life cycle
• Great insight on system design and object oriented programming
• Logical thinker and effective communicator with a clean and efficient coding style
• Cooperative and collaborative working style with other individuals and development teams (especially the UI design team)
• Fluency and experience with other programming languages and platforms is highly desirable (AWS, golang, Spark, MySQL, PHP, JavaScript)
• Deep understanding of algorithms and design pattern is a plus
• Passionate about making the world a better place to live and bike

Benefits and Perks

• Competitive Salary and Benefits
• Opportunity to work in a fast-paced, hyper-growth technology company
• An Awesome Downtown Location
• VeoRide Credits
• A Commitment to Professional Development and Mentorship

Company Overview

Bicycles are 200 years old, but dockless bike sharing is new. At VeoRide, we are bringing the next generation of smart, dockless bike sharing to cities and universities globally in order to make them more sustainable and livable. In our quest to identify the best combination of bike-sharing technology and customer service, we design and manufacture our own bicycles and hardware and software systems to provide a greener and healthier mode of transportation.