We are Jump (jumpapp.com) and we’re a pretty awesome place to work, if I may say so. We’re growing really fast, moving really fast, our customers love us, and we have an incredible team of A+ people. Weren’t you just wishing you had more excitement in your life? :)
We’re looking for engineers to help build awesome mobile apps! (Kotlin + Jetpack Compose)
Autonomy, agency, ownership are all core traits we value as a team.
Excitement, passion, and intelligent fascination with the problems and solutions related to mobile development are fundamental needs.
Kindness, empathy, and a desire to help your teammates as we take on collective responsibility for collective efforts will be markers for individual success.
Who might be a good fit for this role:
2-3 years of experience building Jetpack compose apps.
Though you may not have years of programming experience, you know you’ve got a knack for it.
Really smart and adaptable
You work really quickly and don’t quit until you figure something out
An understanding of the fundamental similarities and differences between Jetpack compose and SwiftUI
Past experience or willingness to learn server-side programming (Elixir, Phoenix Framework, GraphQL)
Nice to have: Past experience with Microsoft Intune integrations in mobile apps
What you would do in this role:
Build new Android app features
Bring features that exist in one platform to the other to reach parity
Help with Tier II support. If CX can’t figure out a customer issue, you look deeper into it.
Work with product/engineering to brainstorm how to solve problems and reduce customer issues
Fix bugs, build features, etc that help reduce customer issues
Design/plan and build great mobile architectures that map well to both platforms
Implement cross platform code for business logic
Write tests for new features and implement tests for existing features
Our hiring process:
A quick 35 minute screening assignment (We’ll give you plenty of notice).
A 48 hour paid challenge where you build a complex app (using AI is encouraged) in Jetpack. If you submit a working app that meet all the requirements by the deadline, we will pay you $3,000. (Again, we’ll give you plenty of notice)
A quick 30 minute chat
Other info:
We buy whatever subscriptions you need (Cursor.ai, ChatGPT, etc)
We’re a small and efficient dev team
We’re growing gangbusters. All revenue-backed, super low churn.
Raised a $20M Series-A a few months ago
Unlimited PTO with manager approval
$30-$70/hour depending on experience
HQ based in SLC, Utah
You can work any hours from anywhere. Our code is clean, well tested, well architected and fun to work in. You’ll love how quickly you can ship stuff!
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