Android Developer
Who We're Looking For
Native is looking for an Android Developer to help expand, optimize, and maintain our mobile application used by a fleet of on-demand workers in 20+ countries. Our application has a range of unique challenges as it is a data intensive tool used by gig economy workers with varying degrees of internet connectivity, the need to preserve battery life while working (unlike Uber, our workers are not inside a vehicle at all times), that must rely on a wide variety of device qualities, is multilingual, and needs to retain an easy to use interface. We like bright, fast, get-shit-done types comfortable with a global footprint and moving quickly.
It’s a big job on a small team. So we’re looking for someone who can deliver swiftly with serious attention to usability.
Responsibilities
• Lead, design, create, and support Android app development
• Swiftly identify and fix bugs and issues arising from our Ops team
• Coordinate with our global operations teams in Bogotá and London to ensure the swift rollout of new features and tests
• Aid and support A/B tests in the marketplace in service of global ops
Requirements:
• 5+ years of serious ownership of Android app development (including UI/UX)
• Demonstrated experience with an on-demand/marketplace app strongly preferred (eg Postmates, Uber, Lyft, Onfleet, etc)
• Familiarity and experience implementing with and optimizing Mapbox
• Demonstrated ability to reduce UI/UX visual complexity
• You’re a good communicator, outgoing, and able to confidently present Native in front of very diverse audiences, both internally and externally
• Familiarity or fluency with another language (eg Spanish, French, Arabic, etc) ideal but not required
• Total self-starter who is biased toward execution and willing to own key challenges within a small team
Benefits:
• Competitive Salary
• Medical benefits
• Decent vacation
• Ground floor of a fast-moving startup with a massive global vision