Hybrid Android Engineer

at SafetyCulture

• Job title: Android Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Android, Cloud, IoT, Java, Kotlin
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Sydney, Australia

About the role

• Android Engineer providing best mobile experience for customers at global tech company SafetyCulture. Engaging in Android development challenges and mentoring others in a high-performing team.

Responsibilities

• Ensure best mobile experience for our customers
• Provide strong technical knowledge and insight into Android development using Kotlin and Java/C++ while coaching and mentoring others
• Own delivery of practical solutions to solve real-world problems for customers, impacting positively
• Face exciting technical challenges as scaling occurs
• Be part of a high-performing team and trusted to build and run a system that serves hundreds of thousands of users with the goal of millions
• Empower engineers to learn new skills and use technology to solve customer problems, including IoT, machine learning, and event-driven architecture.

Requirements

• Strong Android development background and experience with Kotlin
• Experience with Jetpack Compose
• Passion for native mobile development and the Android ecosystem
• Solid experience and knowledge of concurrency and multi-threading
• Demonstrated focus on quality and ability to use automated testing methodologies
• Understanding of REST, HTTP and efficient networking on Android
• Excellent problem solving, critical thinking, prioritisation and communication skills
• Able to demonstrate SafetyCulture values (Think Customer, Open Honest Always, Better as a Team, Be Bold Bring Action)
• Prior experience in mentoring others (desirable)
• C++ experience (we use a C++ shared library for our mobile clients) (desirable)
• Experience with Adaptive Layout and reactive functional programming concepts (desirable)
• Understanding of the customer experience in a mobile application, including UX, performance, networking, usage data, and crash reporting (desirable)
• Experience building SaaS or cloud services at scale (desirable).

Benefits

• Equity with high growth potential, and a competitive salary,
• Flexible working arrangements, we encourage you to create the best work blend while working from your home and the local SafetyCulture office;
• Access to professional and personal training and development opportunities; Hackathons, Workshops, Lunch & Learns;
• We encourage involvement in the community, open source work, attending talks and events, and experimenting with new technologies.
• In-house Culinary Crew serving up daily breakfast, lunch and snacks
• Wellbeing initiatives such as subsidised fitness programs, EAP services and generous parental leave policy
• Quarterly celebrations and team events, including the annual Shiplt! global offsite
• Table tennis, board games, gym sessions, book club, and pet-friendly offices.