Mobile Engineer

Posting Date: September 1st 2024

Summary
We are seeking a mobile developer with experience in both Kotlin to design, develop, and maintain mobile applications for both Android platform, supporting the development of our research and development of a self-service payment platform to be launched on taxi vehicles. The ideal candidate will have experience in releasing apps on the Google Play Store, and will understand the demands of supporting a production app. Experience in working with custom hardware is also an advantage. Additionally, knowledge of CI/CD and experience in automated testing is required.

Research Areas

• Development of a native Android mobile application specifically designed to operate on a customer hardware (taxi meter)
• Integrate meter application with Transaction Back-End to constantly update meter data to backend to create seamless payment experience at the mobile application
• Integrate with driver pairing system to allow Drivers to pair their account to activate digital payment with the meter and the associate payment terminal
• Continued research and development of functionalities to support future usage trends of Drivers and Fleets on meter and fleet management systems
• Develop functionalities and associate supporting mobile appliication to support easy installation, setup, maintenance and switch-out of meter devices by third party service centers.
• Development on meter application 2.0 with hardware to hardware wired linkage between meter and payment terminal, so as to improve communication speed and stability
• Develop customized flow on meter application to support error cases
• Integrate device with Mobile Device Manager platform to enable over the air control of device

Responsibility

• Design, develop, and maintain mobile applications for both Android and iOS platforms using Flutter and Kotlin.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
• Participate in code reviews and ensure code quality and best practices.
• Troubleshoot and debug issues in production and non-production environments.
• Release and maintain apps on the App Store and Google Play Store.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate mobile applications with our cloud-based applications.
• Work with custom hardware and develop mobile applications that interface with them.
• Implement automated testing and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in mobile development.

Requirement:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 3-8 years of experience in mobile development, with a focus on Flutter and Kotlin.
• Strong understanding of mobile development best practices.
• Knowledge of RESTful APIs and integration with other systems.
• Experience with Git and familiarity with agile development methodologies.
• Experience in releasing apps on the App Store and Google Play Store.
• Experience in working with custom hardware and OTA upgrade strategy is an advantage.
• Knowledge of CI/CD (e.g. github action) tools and experience in automated testing.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

About Us
Vis Mobility Limited is a technology start-up with a mission to rediscover mobile payment user experiences and use cases, starting with the taxi industry and event management industry (ticketing, check-in/out, payment, CRM, etc.) in Hong Kong. We are one of the few private companies that has received funding from the government for our product research and development, with a proof of concept already launched in small scale among Taxis in Hong Kong to validate our product idea. For more information about our current POC launched, check out http://www.d-ash.com/ for more information.

With established partnerships with largest taxi fleets in the market, we aim to further enhance our user experience in the coming two years, with a Consumer Mobile App to be developed and launched and Driver/Merchant Mobile App further enhanced. As such, we are looking for talents to join our small team to innovate and scale together.

We offer competitive salary packages with an employee stock option plan established and premium health insurance included to support our staff’s all round development. We are a scrappy and motivated team looking to make a real impact to Consumers & Merchants - if you are also aspiring to do the same, apply and have a chat with us!