About us:
What started with a shared love of food and technology has evolved to become the only neutral, cross-brand platform that seamlessly brings appliances, home cooks, and recipes together–Fresco’s KitchenOS.
Smart kitchen appliance users are expected to reach 248 million worldwide by 2027. The Fresco KitchenOS platform is designed to facilitate the transition to that future for both appliance makers and home cooks. Fresco connects any compatible appliance, across brands so that users can focus on what they do best, preparing meals and are committed to building the best possible cooking experience.
From iPads and smart speakers to appliance screens and smart home assistants, Fresco delivers an effortless cooking experience and connects dots in the kitchen. Fresco partners with the appliance makers like BOSCH, Kenwood, Instant Brands, GE Appliances, Electrolux, LG and Panasonic and are growing fast.
Founded in 2012, Fresco currently operates globally and has offices in Dublin, Ireland, and Spain.
About the role
Fresco is looking for a talented Android Kotlin Engineer with Kotlin Multiplatform experience to join a passionate team with the mission to bring value and a great user experience to our products. This role will be involved in setting the foundations of our core mobile (and potentially web) technology by implementing a common piece of software in Kotlin Multiplatform.
You will learn about the new and growing domain of smart kitchen appliances and develop the Fresco app with input from design sprints, user testing and partner requests. Combining IoT devices and step-by-step recipes provided by our platform with modern design patterns and best practices.
Fresco’s main product is Kitchen OS, a system that interacts with IoT devices, third-party services, customer-facing apps and web tools while maintaining a strong brand identity. You will need to coordinate and work with other teams taking care of individual components.
This role is open to candidates in Dublin, Spain or Portugal. In Dublin, we have embraced hybrid working, so you may work from home for up to 4 days per week, and remotely from anywhere in the world for up to 4 weeks per year.
In Spain or Portugal, you must be willing to travel to our Spanish HQ in Madrid on a monthly basis.
This role reports to the Lead Android Engineer.
Your responsibilities
- Suggest and implement architectural decisions in our SDK based in Kotlin Multiplatform.
- Extend the features and the potential consumers (web technology) of the SDK
- Contribute to mobile team in general, specially in Android Kotlin projects
- Collaborate in creating a very professional documentation for external consumers of the SDK
- Own the entire development lifecycle for the specific project, including testing and releasing
Your qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in software development
- 5 years in mobile technology (Android Kotlin mainly)
- Knowledge/Experience in Kotlin Multiplatform
- Understanding of common design patterns and GUI architectures
- Experience with functional reactive programming, Coroutines, Architecture Components, BLE and WiFi network management
- Knowledge of clean code practices
- Proactively present ideas, expectations and information in a concise, well-organised way
- Experience with git-flow and code review
- Experience in implementing A/B experiments
Desired qualifications
- Experience in managing/coordinating small teams
- Experience with front/back end technologies
Expectations
In 3 months, you’ll have gained an understanding of the main components of the apps, being able to deliver improvements and new functionalities driven by quarterly team objectives.
In 6 months, you’ll have delivered a functionality that impacted the achievement of the company goals for 2025, and significant contribution in the maintenance and the quality of the codebase.
Fresco is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Fresco will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact careers@frescocooks.com
What’s it like working at Fresco?
We get a lot done by prioritising well and being effective instead of busy. We care deeply about our customers and the product experiences we provide. We treat each other with respect, speak our minds, and always listen to each other—regardless of function or seniority. We are authentic, humble, and most importantly, trust each other to do a great job.
When we aren’t working, you’ll find us on company retreats, cooking for each other, singing in punk bands, climbing mountains, or playing video games - we are an eclectic bunch, but we share a passion for food and cooking.
We offer a competitive compensation package, equity, healthcare, a hybrid working model, and much more.
Like with any good meal, a career at Fresco is both rich and rewarding, with many opportunities and room for growth. If you’re ready to serve up your best work at Fresco, get in touch!
What you’ll get.
- The chance to work at a hyper-growth, venture-backed startup in a budding industry
- The ability to feel true purpose in your work and generate success on a global platform
- Competitive compensation
- Meaningful share options as part of our Employee Share Option Scheme
- A stipend each year to level up your skills–courses, conferences, books, screencasts, or whatever challenges you
- A flexible, hybrid work model to suit your needs
- The opportunity to work remotely from anywhere in the world for up to 1 month per year
Just like the ingredients in our kitchen, we believe that diversity of ideas is what makes the workplace great. Fresco is proud to be an equal opportunities employer, and we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from candidates from a range of national, ethnic, or cultural groups. This job description works as a guide for the caliber of person we need, but we also understand that skills are transferable. If you are an exceptional candidate with mismatching experience, please apply and explain why you would be a great fit for Fresco.
