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.

About Life360

Life360’s mission is to keep people close to the ones they love. Our category-leading mobile app and Tile tracking devices empower members to protect the people, pets, and things they care about most with a range of services, including location sharing, safe driver reports, and crash detection with emergency dispatch. Life360 serves approximately 66 million monthly active users (MAU) across more than 150 countries. 

Life360 delivers peace of mind and enhances everyday family life with seamless coordination for all the moments that matter, big and small. By continuing to innovate and deliver for our customers, we have become a household name and the must-have mobile-based membership for families (and those friends that basically are family). 

Life360 has more than 500 (and growing!) remote-first employees. For more information, please visit life360.com.

Life360 is a Remote First company, which means a remote work environment will be the primary experience for all employees. All positions, unless otherwise specified, can be performed remotely (within the US) regardless of any specified location above. 

About The Team

Our team consists of a diverse group of very talented Quality Engineers who work with one of the largest developer groups in the organization. We span across multiple different scrum teams, working on various aspects of the Life360 app specialized in Location related features such as maps, pillar, safety features, user magic delights, scaling experiments into features, and much more. Our team takes a lot of pride in delivering a high-quality product while we continuously try to shift left to test earlier in the product life cycle.

About the Job

The Life360 mobile app is a critical component of our business, serving 66 Million MAU and growing users daily. As we continue to enhance its features and functionality, ensuring a seamless user experience becomes paramount. Manual testing alone is time-consuming, error-prone, and inefficient. By introducing automated UI testing, we can proactively identify defects, reduce regression risks, and maintain a high standard of quality. 

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Mobile Automation Intern to join our team on a three month duration basis. As an intern, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our mobile application by participating in the designing, implementing, and maintaining our native automated test suite. 

The US-based rate for this position is 35/hr. 

What You’ll Do

• Collaborate closely with our native automation testing team to understand functional requirements and create and maintain Life360’s native automation framework
• Translate functional requirements into detailed test cases
• Create, maintain, and execute highly efficient and scalable automated native test scripts for both functional and regression testing
• Perform thorough analysis of test results and present the results to stakeholders
• Identify improvement opportunities of the test automation suite to improve efficiency and coverage
• Work closely with cross functional teams to ensure seamless integration of native automated tests into the development process
• Self-motivator, who can work independently, is able to learn quickly, meets deadlines and demonstrates problem-solving skills.
• Effectively communicate technical information in a clear and concise manner 

Week 1-2: Orientation and Setup

• Introduction to the company's mobile app development environment.
• Familiarization with the native automation tools and frameworks (e.g., XCTest for iOS, Espresso for Android).
• Setup of development environment, including IDEs, SDKs, and emulators/simulators.

Week 3-4: Learning the Basics

• Introduction to the concepts of native automation testing.
• Hands-on tutorials and exercises on writing basic automated tests using XCTest (for iOS) or Espresso (for Android).
• Exploring documentation and resources for native automation frameworks.

Week 5-6: Test Scenario Design

• Understanding the importance of test scenario design and planning.
• Learning how to identify test scenarios for native mobile apps.
• Practice designing test cases and scenarios for different functionalities of a sample mobile app.

Week 7-8: Test Script Development

• Hands-on experience with scripting automated tests for native mobile apps.
• Writing automated test scripts using XCTest (for iOS) or Espresso (for Android).
• Debugging and troubleshooting test scripts.

Week 9-10: Test Execution and Reporting

• Execution of automated test suites on emulators/simulators and real devices.
• Learning how to analyze test results and generate reports.
• Exploring integration with continuous integration (CI) systems for automated test execution.

Week 11-12: Project Work and Presentation

• Working on a project to automate tests for a real-world mobile app or a specific feature.
• Collaborating with development and testing teams to understand their requirements and challenges.
• Presentation of the project work, including a demonstration of automated tests and findings.

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field expected in 2024 or 2025
• Experience with mobile development lifecycle in production setting
• Experience with mobile development tools and frameworks such as Android Studio, Kotlin, XCode and Swift in production environments
• Experience with mobile network, API design, and testing in production environments
• Knowledge of UX native automation principles on mobile applications
• Have the ability to solve complex problems with practical, maintainable, and scalable solutions
• Strong communication, documentation and writing skills
• Ability to coach and assist other team members when needed

Life360 Values

Our company’s mission driven culture is guided by our shared values to create a trusted work environment where you can bring your authentic self to work and make a positive difference 

• Be a Good Person - We have a team of high integrity people you can trust. 
• Be Direct With Respect - We communicate directly, even when it’s hard.
• Members Before Metrics - We focus on building an exceptional experience for families. 
• High Intensity, High Impact - We do whatever it takes to get the job done. 

Our Commitment to Diversity

We believe that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better results. Together, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of our employees. It fuels our innovation and connects us closer to our customers and the communities we serve. We strive to create a workplace that reflects the communities we serve and where everyone feels empowered to bring their authentic best selves to work.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Life360. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any legally protected status.  

We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply. We believe that a diversity of perspectives and experiences create a foundation for the best ideas. Come join us in building something meaningful.Even if you don’t meet 100% of the below qualifications, you should still seriously consider applying!

#LI-Remote

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This role is open to being 100% remote within Canada while our home office is located in Toronto, Ontario. You may be required to travel to Toronto once per quarter for team and/or company events.

Who’ll You Be Joining:  

As a Senior Android developer at ecobee, you will help design, build, and maintain ecobee’s residential app. You will be a technical leader who sets an example of excellence to your fellow developers and provides mentorship to help them improve their skills. You will be involved in the technical details of integrating our hardware and software products into the app for mobile customers. You will collaborate with your peers to guide the technical vision for the Android app. You’ll be working with UX designers, QA, and other Mobile Developers to come up with great solutions to the problems we're trying to solve.   

Our app is built using technologies like Kotlin, Compose, GraphQL, Dagger for dependency injection, and Kotest + Mockito for testing. We use Fastlane & Circle CI for deployment. 

How You’ll Make an Impact:  

• Help shape the future of our mobile app’s architecture by solving our tough technical problems with novel, testable, and maintainable solutions.
• Work with product owners and designers to help break down and define the scope for upcoming features.
• Use customer feedback to inform decisions about where we take our products.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor other developers to grow their skills.
• Manage and optimize the build pipeline (we use gradle and CircleCI).
• Drive continuous improvement in coding standards, automated tests, and scalable code architectures.
• Plan and lead major technical initiatives to maintain and improve the Android app architecture .

What You’ll  Bring to the Table:   

• Experience working as a senior engineer developing Android apps. (Translates to roughly to 5 or more years of experience.)
• Expertise in native Android development involving Kotlin and it's related ecosystem of tools.
• Technical and people leadership skills, an ability to inspire your team to write high quality code.
• Eagerness to learn about the Smart Home industry.

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 senior members of cross-functional teams you'll engage with regularly.

About Life360

Life360’s mission is to keep people close to the ones they love. Our category-leading mobile app and Tile tracking devices empower members to protect the people, pets, and things they care about most with a range of services, including location sharing, safe driver reports, and crash detection with emergency dispatch. Life360 serves approximately 66 million monthly active users (MAU) across more than 150 countries. 

Life360 delivers peace of mind and enhances everyday family life with seamless coordination for all the moments that matter, big and small. By continuing to innovate and deliver for our customers, we have become a household name and the must-have mobile-based membership for families (and those friends that basically are family). 

Life360 has more than 500 (and growing!) remote-first employees. For more information, please visit life360.com.

Life360 is a Remote First company, which means a remote work environment will be the primary experience for all employees. All positions, unless otherwise specified, can be performed remotely (within the US) regardless of any specified location above. 

About The Team

The Product Design team is the driving force behind the design vision, strategy, creation, and execution of extraordinary member experiences at Life360. We are a small, ambitious group of talented product designers that share an unwavering commitment to craftsmanship and delight in everything we create. At the heart of our mission is a deep-seated dedication to serving our members through the transformative power of design. Join us in shaping a future where design excellence is at the core of our mission to deliver exceptional experiences and create lasting connections with our members.

About the Job

We are actively seeking a skilled Senior Visual & Motion Designer to join the talented Life360 Product Design organization. This role calls for a pivotal contributor who will be instrumental in defining the visual language and motion design of our product experiences. Your expertise will bridge the gap between UX and UI, helping bring to life the member experience in a way that is visually engaging and delightful. If you have a sharp sense of innovative design and a history of successful product initiatives this role is for you. The ideal candidate will thrive in a remote environment, demonstrating exceptional communication and collaboration skills to effectively connect with both the team and stakeholders. 

The US-based salary range for this position is $140,000 to $195,000 USD. We take into consideration an individual's background and experience in determining final salary- therefore, base pay offered may vary considerably depending on geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The compensation package includes a wide range of medical, dental, vision, financial, and other benefits, as well as equity.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and execute innovative visual and motion design strategies that enhance user engagement and interaction within our native mobile apps.
• Design and animate user interface elements that are seamless as members navigate through the product experience.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of our design system, ensuring that it meets the evolving needs of our products and facilitates efficient design and development processes. This includes creating and updating visual and motion design guidelines, components, and patterns that are scalable and reusable across multiple platforms and devices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure consistency in visual language across all product touchpoints.
• Lead visual design projects from concept through completion, including the creation of storyboards, animatics, prototypes, and design specifications.
• Stay ahead of emerging trends and technologies in visual and motion design, and proactively incorporate this knowledge into your work to keep our products at the forefront of innovation.

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years of native mobile visual & motion design experience (iOS, Android), with a focus on creating engaging and delightful user experiences
• A Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field
• An aesthetically captivating portfolio that showcases a breadth of design expertise, particularly in visual, motion, and design systems
• Proficiency in contemporary design tools and technologies, coupled with an awareness of industry trends and challenges
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, capable of effectively articulating design rationale to a diverse audience
• A resilient and adaptable mindset, thriving in a dynamic and collaborative remote work environment
• Leadership experience is considered a bonus, showcasing the ability to inspire and guide teams.
• A positive attitude is essential—we value healthy discussions and prioritize ideas over egos.

Our Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits
• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance plans (100% paid for employees)
• 401(k) plan with company matching program
• Mental Wellness Program & Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental well being
• Flexible PTO, 13 company wide days off throughout the year
• Winter and Summer Week-long Synchronized Company Shutdowns
• Learning & Development programs
• Equipment, tools, and reimbursement support for a productive remote environment
• Free Life360 Platinum Membership for your preferred circle
• Free Tile Products

Life360 Values

Our company’s mission driven culture is guided by our shared values to create a trusted work environment where you can bring your authentic self to work and make a positive difference 

• Be a Good Person - We have a team of high integrity people you can trust. 
• Be Direct With Respect - We communicate directly, even when it’s hard.
• Members Before Metrics - We focus on building an exceptional experience for families. 
• High Intensity, High Impact - We do whatever it takes to get the job done. 

Our Commitment to Diversity

We believe that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better results. Together, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of our employees. It fuels our innovation and connects us closer to our customers and the communities we serve. We strive to create a workplace that reflects the communities we serve and where everyone feels empowered to bring their authentic best selves to work.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Life360. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any legally protected status.  

We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply. We believe that a diversity of perspectives and experiences create a foundation for the best ideas. Come join us in building something meaningful.Even if you don’t meet 100% of the below qualifications, you should still seriously consider applying!

#LI-Remote

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