Senior Mobile Engineer

Summary

Join BusRight, a company revolutionizing school bus transportation, as a Senior Mobile Engineer. You'll be a key player in shaping our company culture and development processes while building real-time collaborative routing applications. This role involves developing innovative features for our driver and parent apps (Kotlin and Flutter), integrating with hardware, and working with a talented team. You will also mentor junior engineers and contribute to product direction. The position offers competitive compensation, equity, a learning and WFH budget, flexible PTO, flexible hours, and a remote-first work environment within Europe.

Requirements

• Have at least 5 years of professional experience in mobile development
• Be highly proficient in Kotlin, with experience building and maintaining large-scale applications
• Have a deep understanding of SOLID principles and their application in software development
• Be experienced with commonly used design patterns in mobile application development
• Have hands-on experience with reactive programming frameworks (e.g., RxJava, Kotlin Flow)
• Possess strong knowledge of UI/UX design principles and a user-centric development approach
• Have experience in building routing, mapping, or navigation solutions in previous projects
• Hold a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or have equivalent work experience

Responsibilities

• Build real-time collaborative routing applications integrated with fleet data and analytics
• Iterate towards a self-driven product that can educate users through tutorials
• Deliver an exceptional experience on our mobile apps that includes a Driver App (Kotlin) and Parent App (Flutter)
• Develop innovative features that provide new ways to track the presence of students on the bus and beyond
• Explore and integrate with hardware such as NFC scanners, cameras, and vehicle telematics
• Work with a mature, interdisciplinary dev team of outstanding engineers
• Be in direct contact with the community of users
• Participate in brainstorming sessions, technical scopings, customer feedback forums, and contributing ideas to our product
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance while taking ownership of projects
• Be proactive in identifying and solving problems, rather than waiting for tasks to be assigned
• Challenge existing solutions and assumptions to drive better outcomes
• Effectively communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Thrive in cross-functional teams, understanding the perspectives and needs of other departments
• Stay ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies, continuously improving products and processes
• Be adaptable to changing requirements or priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Understand the ethical implications of your work and advocate for responsible practices
• Have a strong sense of ownership, understanding how your work contributes to the company’s larger vision and goals
• Embody our company values

Preferred Qualifications

• Flutter development experience
• Developing offline-first applications with seamless data syncing
• Working with IoT, MQTT, or other real-time technologies
• Jetpack Compose experience, as we are migrating towards a fully Compose-based UI
• Knowledge of iOS development or cross-platform frameworks like Kotlin Multiplatform

Benefits

• Competitive compensation: $95,000 - $160,000 per year (subject to negotiation based on experience and expertise)
• Equity: Opportunity to own a stake in the company’s success
• Learning & WFH budget: $500 annually for professional development and remote work setup
• Flexible PTO policy: Take time off when needed, no strict limits
• Flexible working hours: Work when you're most productive
• Remote-first work: Enjoy the freedom to work from anywhere in Europe