Senior Android Engineer [Remote]

Company: HiRoad
Location: Medford
Posted on: November 22, 2021

Job Description:

Our Mission

We make good things happen by recognizing and rewarding people for taking the high road. How? By reinventing insurance that celebrates people's mindful choices.

Insurance was fundamentally a brilliant idea, but it always had a key challenge - it couldn't identify and acknowledge the positive decisions that individuals made along the way. But when we apply smart mobile technologies, we can. And that's what we do. We help our customers save on their monthly bill. But more importantly, they join a growing movement of people who dare to live more mindfully because doing so is simply better for everyone.

We're a well-funded, talent dense team of people who care about using our skills to do good. From data science, to design, engineering, insurance, product, research, user experience and beyond - we believe in people who believe they can make the world even better. Join us, and let's build the higher path that is HiRoad.

The Role:

We're seeking an engineer to join our Mobile team to help build and enhance our mobile applications. Responsibilities include architecting solutions to solve our complex problems, developing new and innovative experiences within our Android applications, and providing clear estimation and scope of development to format clear roadmaps. You'll analyze and optimize applications for quality, efficiency and performance and collaborate cross functionally within the organization on key projects.

Requirements:

* Architecture is key. You are a strong believer in architecture and making sure that the code we write can easily be tested. You not only look for the solution but the best one that fits any scenario and you're willing to take on any challenge.
* Team Player. You enjoy discussing solutions or bouncing ideas off of team members. Growing your knowledge and sharing it are something you enjoy in your work environment. You also enjoy experimenting and are enthusiastic about new tech.
* You've worked on an app that's lived on Google Play for a period of time. Whether you released an app on your own or with a team, you understand what it's like to have users and the responsibility that comes with that. You are comfortable in a source code environment backed by a distributed version control system - we use git.
* You have a complete high level understanding of major Android components. Services, Activities, Fragments are all common knowledge to you. You may not know all the lifecycle methods of an Activity, but you can easily explain the most important ones.
* You know how to test. You know your code may not be perfect but you have experience writing unit tests to help build confidence that what you write is stable. You also can describe what kind of automated tests can be used and how to apply them to complex components.
* Threading and concurrency in Java/Kotlin and Android are clear to you. You can clearly explain asynchronous options and understand how they run under the hood, able to choose the best option given the task. Race conditions fear your understanding.

Preferred Qualifications:

* Experience refactoring Java to Kotlin
* 5+ years of Android development strongly preferred
* Experience creating custom views (e.g. you implemented on Draw, extended a View object, etc.)In-depth knowledge of at least one of these platforms/frameworks: Google Maps, Location, Work Manager, Realm, Navigation Component
* Knowledge of the Android SDK performance tools and optimization techniques
* Aware of performance limitations of battery life, CPU and memory availability to implement robust and efficient solutions for variety of Android manufacturers
* Familiar with the changes happening with the Android rele

Additional Details:

* Salary: We pay competitive salaries factoring in experience, skill set, and location. We do not offer equity.


* We provide a wide-selection of health and welfare benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and supplemental income plans. We also offer a 401(k) Plan with a company match.


* Wellness and Time Off: We provide Headspace subscriptions, a wellness allowance, and generous time off including four weeks of PTO in the first year of employment with additional time granted upon hire. New parents may also take eight weeks of fully paid parental leave (plus four weeks for parents who give birth) which may be taken within one year after the birth and/or the adoption of a child.


* Professional learning and growth: We provide a generous allowance each year for professional learning, continuing education, and career development.


* Location: May work from anywhere in the US, but will need to be actively available during core meeting hours from 9:00AM - 3:00PM pacific time to collaborate with team members across all time zones.


* Some travel may be required after the San Francisco office re-opens.


* Candidates based in the SF Bay Area will be able to commute to the SF office for in-person meetings and other gatherings. Frequency TBD.



This role is employed by BlueOwl, LLC. BlueOwl, LLC is a separate company in the State Farm family of companies and is the solutions provider for the HiRoad Assurance Company.

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