Overview

About the Role 

As a Senior Android Engineer at Instacart, you will spearhead the development of our Android applications catering to our business users. With over 1 million businesses relying on Instacart, your work will be pivotal in scaling and enhancing the mobile experience to meet the unique needs of this segment. This role involves driving the architecture, design, and implementation of Android applications, ensuring they deliver high performance and robust reliability that our business users require. Your contributions will directly impact Instacart's growth in the B2B sector, setting the stage for how businesses interact with Instacart at scale.

About the Team 

You will be joining a dynamic team that operates like a startup within Instacart, dedicated to harnessing the vast potential of business users. As the first Android engineer on this newly established team, you will play a foundational role in defining the future of the 'Instacart Business' platform. Your leadership will guide the Android development efforts, driving innovation and excellence. This team, composed of top engineers from across the company, is instrumental in transforming how over a million businesses engage with Instacart, with a clear target to double this engagement.

About the Job 

• Architect, build, and maintain excellent Android applications with clean code.
• Implement pixel perfect UIs that match designs.
• Integrate with backend services to make sure we are delivering a great mobile user experience that is super-fast for end users.
• Own important pieces of the product that has high visibility both internally and externally.
• Envision new products and features that are inspired, considered, and forward thinking.
• Lead the entire software development cycle from ideation to deployment and everything in between.
• Communicate and collaborate extensively across multiple teams and functions within the company to drive consensus, align goals, and achieve effective cross-functional outcomes.
• Engage in the full spectrum of the development lifecycle and collaborate with a wide array of business units to deliver solutions that are of the highest quality and usability.

About You

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of Android development experience. 
• Proficient in performance optimization on Android.
• Expertise in Android development technologies, including Kotlin and Java.
• Experience with Android Jetpack libraries and frameworks such as Compose, Room, and MVVM.
• Solid understanding of both RxJava and Kotlin Coroutines.
• Proven ability in rigorous unit testing and practical problem-solving.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, capable of collaborating and influencing cross-functional teams.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced proficiency in RxJava and Kotlin Coroutines.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools like Datadog.
• Skilled in profiling and performance optimization on mobile platforms.
• Adaptability and willingness to wear multiple hats in a startup environment.

Who You'll Be Joining:   

The Mobile Platform team owns the core customer experiences and the overall quality and consistency of our iOS and Android apps. As the manager for the Mobile Platform team, you will be responsible for ensuring all mobile engineering teams across ecobee & Generac are productive in the shared mobile codebases by providing appropriate guidelines and governance. We need to balance the speed of releases, code maintainability, and product quality. You will have a significant influence on our overall strategy by helping define our future state, drive the system architecture, and establish scalable best practices.

How You’ll Make an Impact:  

As an Engineering Manager at ecobee, you will

• Foster a positive, supportive and inclusive work environment.
• Hire and develop a team of engineers & managers - providing coaching, mentoring, motivation, and technical guidance.
• Continuously improve engineering practices - balancing speed, quality, and business impact.
• Deliver high-quality, scalable software on time and on-budget.
• Lead execution of project plans, delivery commitments and risk mitigation.
• Build strong partnerships with cross-functional teams and contribute to the overall direction of the company.

 What You’ll Bring to the Table:

• Experience working as a senior engineer on mobile development teams. (Translates to roughly to 5 or more years of experience.)
• Experience as a manager of mobile engineering teams. (Translates to roughly 3 or more years of experience.)
• Expertise in one of both of Android and iOS native development. (Expertise in both is preferred, however expertise in one and demonstrable knowledge of the other works as an appropriate starting point for this role.)
• Experience working on mobile apps that have had to meet the challenge of scaling alongside large and growing user base.
• Experience delivering results in a fast-pace, demanding, high-stakes and sometimes ambiguous environment.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Experience communicating with technical and non-technical stakeholders across multiple business units.
• Experience with agile and other program management methodologies.
• You proactively identify upcoming risks, issues and bottlenecks within your team and across departmental boundaries.
• You are a smart, curious, and analytical person with a bias for action.

Just so you know: The hired candidate will be required to complete a background check. 

What happens after you apply:  

Application review. It will happen by an actual person in Talent Acquisition. We get upwards of 100+ applications for some roles, it can take a few days, but every applicant can expect a note regarding their application status.  

Interview Process:

• Round 1: A 45-minute phone call with a member of Talent Acquisition.
• Round 2: A 1-hour virtual interview with senior members of our engineering leadership team.
• Round 3: A 1-hour virtual interview with senior members of the mobile engineering team.
• Round 4: A final 1-hour virtual interview with leaders from cross-functional teams you'll engage with regularly.

Staff Quality Engineer, Okta Verify

Position Description:

The Device Authenticator and Fastpass platform team is responsible for building Okta Verify Apps and SDKs. Okta Verify is a mobile app that allows you to securely access your apps via 2-step verification, ensuring that you, and only you, can access your app accounts. It integrates with Android system features by communicating with our backend and grants proper application access.

We are looking for a Staff Quality Engineer to join the team. The team is responsible for developing and maintaining Okta Verify and SDKs across Apple platform, Android and Windows. 

In this role, you would report to the Sr. Manager, Quality Assurance, and be responsible for robust and secure releases and the automated testing of the Okta Verify app and SDKs. You will also be responsible for developing the test plans for new features and working collaboratively with application developers to execute tests, log, track and validate test results. 

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the product management, development, and cross-functional teams using JIRA and Confluence tools to define test plans based on business requirements and application software designs.
• Work with software engineers and engineering management to scope, plan and execute automation and test efforts
• Master, improve, and innovate upon our existing tools and automation for Desktop clients and Web applications
• Interface with Product Management, Development, Documentation, and UX teams
• Partner with Customer Support and field teams to understand customer use cases and build relative test plans
• Develop and maintain high quality functional, regression, and end-to-end tests for Okta Verify app.
• Work closely with Apple, Google and Microsoft Beta programs to certify Okta Verify readiness on major and minor OS upgrades. 
• Develop and maintain automation code in Swift and/or Kotlin. 

 Qualifications:

• 5+ years of product testing and test automation experience
• Able to write new and maintain existing automated test cases
• Experience testing Mobile and Web applications
• Experience working with databases such as MySQL, DynamoDB, etc.
• Experience with JAVA, Selenium, Swift and/or Kotlin, or similar Client automation tools.
• Knowledge and experience in testing Web services
• Experience with security concepts and single sign-on a plus
• Experience with some of the following technologies and services is a plus.
• Log management tools like Splunk, Wavefront
• Active Directory, Azure Active Directory
• Mobile Device Management like Jamf Pro, Microsoft, Intune
• Test experience or academic knowledge of mobile applications
• Experience with collaboration tools like JIRA, Confluence, etc.

Education:

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or related field preferred

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*this role is open to remote working within the UK. Successful candidates will be required to travel to their closest UNiDAYS campus (London or Nottingham) on occasion.

The role in a nutshell

A Senior Software Engineer in UNiDAYS is a hands-on software development role focused on building innovative solutions to delight our members and drive product success in a fast-paced company.

It’s more than just lines of code; we are looking for a commercially-minded Senior Software Engineer who can bridge the gap between user needs and business goals. You will have the ability to build resilient, cost-effective solutions and navigate evolving market demands. 

You will be working closely alongside the rest of our product and engineering teams while defining, refining, building, and measuring the impact of the solutions you implement. These may be across our portfolio of marketplace products, identity products, or elsewhere as the business grows. 

In order to be successful in this role, you will need to translate user needs into market-winning solutions, all while navigating technical challenges and ensuring commercial viability. 

You will need an inquisitive mind as we continue to work with bleeding-edge technologies and migrate our core business logic out into Kotlin Multiplatform libraries. 

Day to day responsibilities 

Working in a cross-functional product team to build end-to-end solutions. This will involve taking part in the standard agile ceremonies, as well as collaborating with other team members in addition to all stages of the software development lifecycle designing/writing/debugging/testing/shipping/supporting the code you develop
Deliver impactful features with a pragmatic approach
Use your technical knowledge and experience to solve problems in the most appropriate way - balancing risks, constraints, user needs, and business needs
Championing user-centric solutions with a keen eye on market fit and profitability
Representing Mobile concerns within the team
Be an active contributor and promoter of the Mobile team 
You will work closely with your teammates to ensure the direction and standards set out for the team are delivered 
Monitoring platform/feature performance & crashes, flagging issues, and writing tickets to address
Contribute to the design and architecture of software systems, ensuring that they are scalable, efficient, and maintainable
Collaborating with external stakeholders and peers 
Support and challenge software engineers through pairing, knowledge sharing, documentation, and mentoring 
From time to time - support our interview process by attending interviews, task assessments, and candidate feedback

What we need from you

Passionate about member experience and creating meaningful experiences for our users
Passionate about the mobile problem space 
Experience working in a cross-functional team and representing mobile concerns
Ability to adapt and persevere through complex problem
Leadership skills
Able to motivate and mentor others
Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Understanding of software development concepts
Proficient in Kotlin with an interest in Kotlin Multiplatform
Proficient with Kotlin coroutines and flows
Working knowledge of Android and iOS, especially Jetpack compose and/or Swift UI
Experience with unit testing
Knowledge of REST APIs, 3rd Party SDK integration
Strong understanding of agile methodologies such as scrum, kanban etc.
Use of GIT and related tools

Nice to Have
Firebase Remote Config / Crashlytics
Continuous Integration
Reactive Programming patterns
UI Automation testing

Perks

We've accomplished a lot since we started in 2011, but in many ways, this is just the beginning. This is the chance for you to get in on ground zero. An opportunity to make a difference within the business with global reach. We are the world’s largest Student Affinity Network, with over 22 million verified members in 115 markets including the US, UK, Germany, India, Canada and Australia. We work with 800 of the world’s biggest brands globally, taking their products and services into the hearts and minds of tomorrow’s professionals, delivering engagement, building affinity and sales. You’ll also be working for a Great Place to Work CertifiedTM company who have been recognised on the UK’s Best WorkplacesTM for Wellbeing and UK's Best Workplaces for Women 2022 list. To find out more about our workplace initiatives, see our UKexclusive case studywith Great Place to Work and be sure to visit ourprofilefor more information.

We offer a fast paced, fun & social working environment where you can truly make an impact. We believe that work should enhance and complement your life which is why we leave it up to you to decide where you work. You can choose to work from your assigned campus (either Nottingham or London) or from home, whatever works best for your individual needs. Your manager may request you attend team meet ups at your campus but other than that it is up to you! We work hard atUNiDAYS, but we also believe in fair compensation for hard work. That's why we're pleased to offer all employees full access to our comprehensive benefits package.

Our perks include:

• 25 days holiday per year increasing with length of service, plus flexible bank holidays
• Competitive salaries
• 4pm finishes every Friday
• Company bonus scheme
• Company pension scheme
• Private health insurance (Vitality)
• Income protection policy
• Life assurance policy
• Employee Assistance Program
• Enhanced parental leave pay
• Core hours with flexibility around how/when you manage your time
• Regular team building activities
• The latest tech and hardware will be supplied from day one
• Good Vibes Program: we know we’ve all had to adapt to new ways of working andUNiDAYShas always taken pride in the community we’ve created in the office but we’re just as committed to creating an innovative approach to fostering connections and improving engagement outside of the office! We want to boost your remote working experience so think virtual parties, pottery classes, wellness classes and guest speakers just to name a few!
• Support for home working for all new team members. We will help assess your home set up and you can expense £150 towards any additional furniture you may need to be safe and comfortable when working from home

About our Product & Engineering team

The driving force behind this fantastic tech business are the talented Product and Engineering team, who work collaboratively to ensure that UNiDAYS stays one step ahead of the competition, with the ultimate goal of giving students the power to make every experience more valuable and rewarding.

The Product and Engineering teams at UNiDAYS are comprised of a bunch of passionate people who work in a fun, fast paced and social environment. Everyone is equal and encouraged to work with each other, whilst having the autonomy to solve problems in the best way they see fit.

The UNiDAYS tech team are passionate about the local Tech Community, hosting and sponsoring local meet ups and hack events. Career development is an important facet of the UNiDAYS tech experience.

Listen to the episode on The Diverse Podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/47-how-to-build-your-dream-career-in-tech/id1515585546?i=1000587931714

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status. 

An overview of this role

The Create:Editor Extensions team is part of the Create Stage in the Dev Sub-department. The Create stage focuses on multiple categories: Editor Extensions, Code Suggestions, the Web IDE, Remote Development, and more.

Our team works on Editor Extensions that support developers directly in their IDEs, where they spend the majority of their time.

You’ll be working on the GitLab Duo plugin for JetBrains. Joining the Editor Extensions team provides the opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI enhancement projects, which are at the forefront of technological advancements. The team's focus on expanding IDE support for Jetbrains IDEs using Kotlin offers an exciting challenge and a chance to contribute to innovative solutions.

Some examples of our projects: 

• Add Duo Chat to the JetBrains plugin
• Integrate a code parser to enhance Code Suggestions
• Integrate a Language Server in the JetBrains plugin

What you’ll do  

• Advocate for improvements to product quality, security, and performance that have a particular impact across your team.
• Solve technical problems of high scope and complexity. Exert influence on the overall objectives and long-range goals of your team.
• Experience with performance and optimization problems, particularly at large scale, and a demonstrated ability to both diagnose and prevent these problems
• Help to define and improve our internal standards for style, maintainability, and best practices for a high-scale web environment.
• Maintain and advocate for these standards through code review.
• Represent GitLab and its values in public communication around broader initiatives, specific projects, and community contributions.
• Provide mentorship for Junior and Intermediate Engineers on your team to help them grow in their technical responsibilities and remove blockers to their autonomy.
• Confidently ship moderately sized features and improvements with minimal guidance and support from other team members.
• Collaborate with the team on larger projects.
• Improve the engineering projects at GitLab via the maintainer program at own comfortable pace, while striving to become a project maintainer.

What you’ll bring 

Mandatory: Kotlin professional experience (3+ years preferred)

• Mandatory: professional experience with Jetbrains IDEs (IntelliJ IDEA, Android Studio)
• Highly desirable: previous experience with IDE support for Kotlin
• Highly desirable: previous experience with Build systems (e.g., Gradle, Maven)
• Highly desirable: previous experience with Frameworks and libraries (e.g., Spring Boot, Hibernate) 
• Highly desirable: experience building, debugging, optimizing software in large-scale, high-volume environments 
• Highly desirable: proven Database skills (e.g., SQL, ORM frameworks)
• Highly desirable: recent experience with Web development with Kotlin or Java (e.g., JSP, Servlets)
• Proficiency in the English language, both written and verbal, sufficient for success in a remote and largely asynchronous work environment
• Demonstrated capacity to clearly and concisely communicate about complex technical, architectural, and/or organizational problems and propose thorough iterative solutions
• Experience with performance and optimization problems and a demonstrated ability to both diagnose and prevent these problems
• Experience owning a project from concept to production, including proposal, discussion, and execution
• Self-motivated and self-managing, with strong organizational skills
• Share our values, and work in accordance with those values
• Ability to thrive in a fully remote organization
• Ability to use GitLab
• Comfort and familiarity with our code review process

About the team

We are currently focused on bringing Code Suggestions to more IDEs, by building dedicated extensions for VS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio, Neovim, and GitLab’s Web IDE. We work on multiple projects written in Typescript, Kotlin, C#, and Lua.

Thanks to our Transparency value, you can see how we work in our Team page. You can even see our roadmaps (Editor Extensions, Code Suggestions) and listen to some of our meetings. 

How GitLab will support you

• Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being
• All remote, asynchronous work environment
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Team Member Resource Groups
• Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Growth and development budget 
• Parental leave 
• Home office support

Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application.