Android Team Lead

*WHO ARE WE? *

ZipoApps is an Israeli start-up using cutting-edge technology to manage and optimize a large portfolio of mobile apps. Our mission is to find, evaluate, purchase and grow mobile apps. We have recently secured round A funding, have 180+ apps in our portfolio, and are currently experiencing exponential growth.

THE ROLE

We are looking for highly experienced Android developers with a passion to lead a team while helping build and scale our Android apps portfolio. In this role, you will manage a small team of Android developers and help our R&D team create, code, test, and maintain various Android apps. You will work closely with other team leads, developers, and QA testers, using the Agile methodology and a quality-first approach.

Hiring manager: Alik Hochner, Founder and CTO (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alikhochner/)

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

Must-have:

• 5+ years of experience developing Android applications in both Java and Kotlin
• Proficient UI programming skills
• Up-to-date with the latest technology (Kotlin coroutines, RxJava, etc.)
• Experience with commonly used Android components and libraries
• Expertise with peripheral development tools (Android Studio, git, Firebase, etc.)
• Experience in the development of an app that was released on Google Play (100,000+ downloads) Familiarity with Agile management: Kanban
• Excellent communication skills in both written and verbal English
• Leadership skills

Nice-to-have:

• Previous experience as a team leader
• Familiarity with CI

HOW DO WE WORK?

We are a distributed team of more than 60 people, all working remotely and communicating partially synchronously (we usually overlap with our teams for 3/4 hours daily and are free to work on some of the tasks whenever it suits us best). We value open communication, proactivity and work/life balance and we measure our freelancers on performance, rather than on the time spent on the job.

*WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU? *

• 100% remote or hybrid work model
• Flexible full-time working hours
• A competitive pay, based on skills and experience
• Paid national holidays
• The opportunity to grow together with the company & take ownership from day 1

INTERESTED?

Our recruitment process consists of the following steps:

• HR interview with the recruitment manager: 30 min.
• technical discussion with one of our Android team leaders: 30 min.
• take-home challenge (around 2/3 hours of work)
• final interview with the CTO: 30 min.

We look forward to hearing from you!