Job description

As a Senior Android Core Engineer, you have the opportunity to work on our entire software stack and expand your knowledge about state-of-the art software engineering. “Core” means that you will be focused on our SDK and the critical services of our products. When you design software, you will have to think about ease of use for third parties, reliability, caching, distributed persistence and resilience in order to build high quality systems. As part of an international startup with 130 employees, you will be contributing to our ongoing growth across many markets.

What does the Tracking squad do?

Collect and ingest various mobile sensor data.
Design, implement and support the tracking services in our mobile SDK.
Solve a wide range of engineering challenges in order to make the critical services of our product more reliable, maintainable and efficient.

Role Responsibilities

Develop parts of our core tracking technology: the FAIRTIQ SDK. It is integrated into our own apps but also into dozens of partnered apps.
Design, implement, maintain and improve mobile services used actively by 700k+ users and contributing to millions of public transport journeys.
Write maintainable, clean, simple, testable, scalable and efficient code.
Work with modern native Android technologies like the Location Manager, sensors, coroutines and flows, Arrow, and many more...
Collaborate with mobile engineers from other squads and bring mobile engineering to the next level.
Monitor released apps and SDK.
Work with developers and product experts to expand our solution worldwide.

Who are we looking for?

BSc or MSc in computer science or a related field
At least 6 years work experience in mobile engineering
Experience working with mobile native technologies, including Kotlin
Broad interest in mobile technologies and tools (Android, CI/CD for mobile, Kotlin Multiplatform, etc…)
Strong software design & architecture skills
Analytical thinking and good problem solving skills
Good team player in an agile team
Strong identification to the FAIRTIQ Values
Creative, self-confident, independent
Willing to learn and adapt to new technologies
Fluent English speaking, writing and verbal language skills

At FAIRTIQ, we believe that our employees are our biggest asset. A healthy culture, based on respect, inclusion, diversity and individual empowerment is the key to our success story. We offer:

Dynamic and international work environment
Chance to be part of a fast growing, international startup
Budget and support for self-improvement
Creativity and innovation boosters with our “Tech Joker Days” (work on whatever you think may help FAIRTIQ)
Guilds: self-organized groups of engineers, with a common interest in a technical or business domain
Lots of leadership opportunities (tech, people)
Flexible working hours

Recruitment Process

Screening interview with Pedro (from the People Team): ~45 minutes
Tech Screening & Coding interview: 90 minutes
System & Software Design interview: 90 minutes

Please apply in English exclusively.

Find out more about our benefits, teams, company culture and tech stack on our FAQ page here!

At FAIRTIQ, we don’t just accept difference, we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive from it for the benefit of our employees, our products and our community. FAIRTIQ is a proud equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity.

Data Protection - Your personal data will be held by Fairtiq for a maximum of 12 months. Under the GDPR, you have the right to request access to your personal data, to request that your personal data be rectified or erased, and to request that processing of your personal data be restricted. Please contact dataprotection@fairtiq.com if you wish for your data to be removed.

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