Senior Android Developer
SpotHero is looking for a Senior Android Developer who is excited to lead our merry band of Android fans into new territory. We need someone who can balance pushing the envelope on the New Hotness with stability, who’s ready to work with our backend and design teams to make the user’s experience buttery smooth, and who’s ready to help the rest of our Android team continue to learn and grow. If you’re an active user of SpotHero, we’d love to hear your feedback on the app, too!
Who we are: SpotHero is a rapidly growing tech company that’s making life easier for the daily driver. Drivers across the nation use the SpotHero mobile app or website to reserve discounted parking on-the-go or in advance.
What You’ll Do:
- Add new features like Instant Apps support, and potentially new platforms like Android Auto.
- Help forge our Android code standards as we move into the future.
- Continue to stabilize and modernize our existing codebase.
- Make clear recommendations for long-term technical decisions, such as potential new languages or other major tools.
- Work with an Android-obsessed product owner (seriously, you should have seen him waiting for his Pixel) and a switch-hitting mobile team lead who’s super-excited about Android dev to deliver an awesome, Material-compliant Android experience to our users.
Who You Are:
- You’re an experienced Android engineer who’s Seen It All. You remember the days when the Support Library was but a fever dream every time you typed Build.VERSION.SDK_INT.
- You’ve helped every team you’ve been on to bring best practices into play, especially those which focus on keeping the app working well for the user.
- You’re able to to collaborate and work efficiently as part of a team, particularly with design, backend and iOS.
- You’re flexible rather than dogmatic around the best ways to build, but you do appreciate a good code standards argument about where an interface should be placed in its containing class.
- You have a strong desire to help others learn, through both traditional teaching methods and through constructive code review.
Prerequisites:
- Experience developing, releasing, and maintaining native Android Applications (point us to your apps on Google Play if you can!).
- Deep understanding of the Android SDK, particularly the Application and Fragment lifecycles.
- Experience with unit testing (preferably using JUnit 4) and UI testing (preferably using Espresso).
- Solid understanding of the Material Design guidelines, and an ability to converse intelligently about them with the design team.
Bonus points if you have:
- Experience speaking or writing about code.
- Built any Gradle plugins or other development tools.
- Experience developing in Kotlin and/or RxAndroid.
- Experience developing homescreen widgets.
- Experience developing Android Wear and/or Android Auto applications.
- Experience in the care and feeding of Continuous Integration servers.
- Crazy stories about supporting obscure Android devices and/or horror stories about Eclipse..
What we are offering:
- Career game changer – A truly unique opportunity to work for a fast growing startup in a role with strong potential for growth.
- Excellent benefits – We cover 90% of Medical Premiums, 50% of Dental & Vision Premiums, and offer company sponsored Life Insurance.
- Flexible PTO policy and great work/life balance – We value and support each individual team member.
- Fun perks like snacks, catered lunches, happy hours, wellness programs, and SpotHero swag.
- Annual parking stipend (duh – we're a parking company!) and pre-tax commuter benefits
- 401(k)
- The opportunity to collaborate with fun, innovative, and passionate people in a casual, yet highly productive atmosphere.
- A workplace recognized as the Startup of the Year by Built in Chicago and one of Chicago’s Best Places to Work for Women Under 35 by Crain’s Chicago Business.
NOTE: We are considering applications for this position from candidates not located in Chicago, where we are headquartered. However, you must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and able and willing to travel to Chicago on a quarterly basis.