Android Developer

Role overview

We’re looking for Android developers to join our talented teams in Bratislava, Košice, Prague, Brno, Budapest, or anywhere in the world remotely. If you’re enthusiastic about clean code and have a background in Android development we welcome you to apply and learn more about our growing community. We’re currently hiring various skill levels and value a strong foundation of analytical thinking and determination to learn. In a senior position, this job will also entail leading a team of junior developers and providing feedback where necessary. Our demanding recruitment process is in place to ensure you can work with the most efficient and high quality team. Our engineers hold Masters and PhD degrees in computer science, win coding competitions, and have worked for leading tech giants.

Who you are

• Curious
• You’re often learning new things and finding clever solutions.
• Autonomous
• You feel confident making decisions and suggesting your own ideas. You trust yourself and others to make the right call and take responsibility.
• Open Minded
• You want to be part of a welcoming community and use technology to make the world better.
• Purposeful
• You make well-reasoned and specific decisions. Rather than just follow trends, you would prefer to do meaningful and lasting work with technology.
• Fast learner
• You get oriented to new concepts quickly. You have demonstrable critical thinking skills and understand the value of reasoning out problems.
• Informed
• You keep up with new features in application development and the tech industry as a whole.
• Intuitive
• You have a good feeling for user experience and can develop mobile applications with end users in mind.
• Techie
• You love technology but never use it for its own sake – always looking for what makes the most sense in context.
• Process designer
• You are process driven and detail oriented. You can design new processes, understand and modify existing ones, and retire obsolete ones.

What you’ll do

• Writing and maintaining code for a variety of projects in fintech - including blockchain startups, scaleups, and large corporations.
• Provide supplemental architectural designs: MVVM/Clean Architecture.
• Manage the fragment and activity lifecycle.
• Support ongoing projects by implementing new features.
• Plan out and provide support for UX design.
• Share your knowledge and experience with your team.
• Test features and fix application bugs.

A great Android developer should have

• Strong understanding and experience with Kotlin.
• Experience with Android Jetpack libraries: Navigation, DataBinding, WorkManager, LifeData, Room.
• Knowledge of frameworks such as Retrofit, Moshi, Glide, Lottie.
• Experience with unit testing.
• Understanding of intuitive UX design.
• Background in supporting the whole lifecycle of Android apps: initial setup, development, building process, and distribution to end users.
• Strong intuition for problem solving and process improvement.
• Ability to clearly and concisely communicate your thought process.
• Advanced English language skills.

What you get in return

• Compensation
• 1800 – 9000 € + Equity
• Opportunity
• Our community enables you to expand your knowledge and follow your personal projects to their fullest potential.
• Autonomy
• In return for the responsibility you take on, we give you the freedom to get your work done the way that suits you.
• Purpose
• We want your work to have a positive impact and feel meaningful.
• Transparency
• Whenever possible, we will share the company’s decisions, triumphs, mistakes, lessons learned, and future plans.

Benefits and Perks

• Work from Home and flexible hours
• If you need to pick up your kids from school or head to a doctor’s appointment that’s fine with us – we let you structure your hours around your needs. Work from home is an option if you feel it suits your workflow.
• Performance and compensation evaluations
• We offer quarterly compensation evaluations and provide feedback for your performance.
• Family Friendly
• We’re happy to offer paid parental leave, 2 weeks off for partners with newborns, and shortened hours for new parents who wish to return to work.
• We also host family friendly events and more.
• Unlimited sick days
• You know best how much rest you need and we trust you to use your unlimited sick days with integrity.
• Vacation Days
• We don’t track vacations, so you can arrange vacation and extended leaves with your department manager according to project schedules.
• Paid days for professional growth
• We want to show our commitment to constant learning. You can arrange time for continued education, training, and tech conferences.
• LGBT+ Friendly
• From building products like the digital bank Daylight to address underbanking in the LGBT+ community to hosting our very own pride events – we stay true to our values by taking action.
• Community and team-building activities
• Our events and parties help you enrich your social life and build team spirit and camaraderie with your Vacuumlabs colleagues.
• Concierge services
• If you get busy and the little tasks start to add up, you can ask our concierge to recommend and schedule professionals, send or receive parcels, and even have your groceries delivered to the office.
• Daily lunch
• Depending on the office location, we provide catering or outside meals.
• Wellbeing
• We provide on-site mental health professionals for both crisis intervention and long term therapy. You can also purchase a MultiSport card (currently unavailable in HU).