Senior Mobile Software Engineer

We are seeking a Senior Mobile Software Engineer to join our development team. Our ideal candidate has strong experience with both the iOS and Android platforms, application design, online/offline access patterns, and Bluetooth Low Energy. You are a good fit for this role if you have shown initiative in growing systems and can tell the story of what worked and what didn’t work, and how you overcame technical limitations. This role is inherently collaborative; you will work with engineering, marketing, design, and product teams, and interact with colleagues throughout all levels of the company. We are actively looking to increase the breadth of our team by finding candidates with strengths to complement ours.

In this role, you will impact some of the company's most important product development goals as you develop the technology that is at the core of Owl Labs’ groundbreaking products.

What You’ll Do

We are looking for a Senior Mobile Software Engineer who will help maintain and grow the mobile applications that connect to our tremendously successful core of robotics-inspired IoT products. On a daily basis, you’ll carry out some of the various engineering tasks listed below:

• Develop new applications, creating and maintaining reusable modules between applications.
• Continue building and improving the communications and API integrations between mobile applications and our cloud services.
• Add features to the mobile applications that unlock new embedded features on our hardware products.
• Proactive testing, monitoring user behavior, and potential issues with the applications.
• Explore new technologies, tooling, and services to decide when they will be beneficial to adopt.

Qualifications:

More than a candidate that checks every box, we’re looking for people who are excited to work, learn, and grow at Owl Labs—no matter their background or how they identify. If that’s you, we hope you’ll apply for this role.

Requirements:

• 5+ years experience creating non-trivial applications on Android platform.
• 2+ years experience creating non-trivial applications on IOS platform.

• Proficiency in Swift, Java, and the ability to develop clean modular code.
• Experience with many forms of local data storage and synchronization patterns with cloud services.
• Appreciation for building applications that show empathy for the customers using them, and the other developers who work with it.
• Ability to design and build from scratch.
• Skilled at jumping into an existing code base and building on top of it with unit tests.
• Desire and ability to stretch beyond the environments, frameworks, and stacks that you’re already most comfortable with.
• Proactive and clear communication abilities.
• Appreciation for documentation.
• You are a maker. You do what it takes to ship and iterate on what you learn.

The best candidates will have:

• Expert-level experience on both iOS and Android on a widely used application.
• Experience working with the BLE protocol.
• Experience writing Java services code on Android embedded OS devices.
• Experience with React Native and the ability to determine its appropriate use cases.

Owl Labs is over 40% remote and headquarters are based in Boston, MA. This role can be either an on-site or remote position. Please specify in your application. Our team is currently working 100% remote due to COVID-19. 

Who We Are

The environment at Owl Labs has been shaped by the top tech, marketing and sales talent leading it. We share a strong culture of support, learning, and collaboration. Embodying empathy for the remote worker or team, a love of emerging technology, and hustle and grit, everyday the Owl Labs team is shaping the future of work. From leadership to our co-op interns, we encourage creativity, breaking the mold, moving fast to learn quickly and then adapting. It’s a culture of trying new things to stay ahead in the marketplace, and embracing new ideas at every level. We embrace remote work, today and everyday with over 40% of employees working remotely (pre-COVID). The Meeting Owl products contribute directly to the company’s success; it’s at the core of who we are and what we do. 

Owl Labs is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to our values of embracing inclusivity and creating a culture where everyone feels respected and connected, no matter the location of their work environment. We invite applications from people of all walks of life and are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need accommodations due to a disability, please let us know.

What We Offer

• Option to Work Remotely: We practice what we preach. Employees work at our Boston HQ, across the US, and often work a hybrid mix of in-office and remote.
• Flexible Schedule: We all work hard, and so we believe in working whenever you're at your best.
• Free Health Insurance: Enroll in Owl Labs's health plan for $1 for you and your family.
• Unlimited Vacation: We have big goals. It makes sense to take what you need, when you need it.
• Celebrate Inclusivity: Owlers get important holidays, including International Women's Day, Indigenous People's Day and MLK Day.
• Incredible Team: Learn alongside phenomenal folks from some of Boston's most successful tech companies.