Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join WeatherBug, a division of GroundTruth, as a Senior Software Engineer (Android) and contribute to our hyperlocal weather forecasting platform used by over 10 million users. This remote role, based in India, requires core work hours from 8:30 pm to 12:30 am IST. You will design, architect, and code software solutions, participate in code reviews, automate testing, and maintain debugging tools. You will also collaborate with cross-functional teams and provide operational support. This senior role demands significant experience in Android development, Agile methodologies, and problem-solving. WeatherBug offers a comprehensive benefits package including parental leave, flexible time off, health insurance, wellness programs, and various reimbursements.

Requirements

• 4 year degree in Computer Science or related field OR 9+ years of experience in Software Development
• 7+ years of experience in software engineering
• 5+ years of experience using Android application programming tools (Android, Android Architecture, Kotlin/Java, Android Studio, OkHttp, RxJava, Image Loaders, SQLIte)
• 2+ years fo experience in Jetpack Compose
• 3+ years of experience on an Agile team
• Proficient in Kotlin Coroutines , Concurrency and Multithreading
• Knowledge of object-oriented design principles, patterns, best practices, performance optimizations, and memory management
• Ability to communicate across all teams within the organization to provide solutions
• Ability to take a given problem and execute a solution
• The ability to troubleshoot high complexity issues
• Demonstrate strong self-driven skills alongside technical expertise
• Ability to mentor and guide junior and mid-level engineers
• Effective communication and documentation skills
• Problem-solving and critical-thinking ability to handle edge cases and unexpected issues
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams (designers, product managers, QA )

Responsibilities

• Design, architect and create the documentation for the entire system down to the details to meet team needs
• Code entire software solutions to solve current problems, identify and fix issues within their areas of expertise
• Participate as a CodeOwner within their expertise and stakeholder throughout in code-reviews
• Automate unit, integration, and end to end testing solutions and incorporate with the testing team flow
• Be able to run you code in pre-production and ensure quality
• Help maintain debugging tools for team
• Work with vendors to ensure 3rd party SDKs are working properly
• Perform and monitor mobile releases for Android
• Teardown and destroy old solutions, products, and resources when no longer needed
• Provide operational support of your deployed code and all code within your domain of expertise
• Determine issues within the entire team and prevent problems from occurring
• Coordinate across all business teams to identify, resolve, mitigate and prevent technical issues, risks, and provide solutions
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using React Native(Function Components, Hooks, Redux, Java Script/TypeScript)
• Experience in ingesting and exposing large datasets in weather industry
• Experience in advertising industry
• Experience with GitHub, Jenkins, Spinnaker, Artifactory

Benefits

• Parental leave- Maternity and Paternity
• Flexible Time Offs (Earned Leaves, Sick Leaves, Birthday leave, Bereavement leave & Company Holidays)
• In Office Daily Catered Lunch
• Fully stocked snacks/beverages
• Health cover for any hospitalization. Covers both nuclear family and parents
• Tele-med for free doctor consultation, discounts on health checkups and medicines
• Wellness/Gym Reimbursement
• Pet Expense Reimbursement
• Childcare Expenses and reimbursements
• Employee assistance program
• Employee referral program
• Education reimbursement program
• Skill development program
• Cell phone reimbursement (Mobile Subsidy program)
• Internet reimbursement
• Birthday treat reimbursement
• Employee Provident Fund Scheme offering different tax saving options such as VPF and employee and employer contribution up to 12% Basic
• Creche reimbursement
• Co-working space reimbursement
• NPS employer match
• Meal card for tax benefit
• Special benefits on salary account