Software Engineer-Android

Summary

Join Ditto, a fast-growing startup, as a Software Engineer to design, implement, and test mission-critical applications using Ditto's peer-to-peer technology. You will work on a small team, collaborating with end-users, handling the full application lifecycle from design to operational support. As a Software Engineer, you will lead technical implementation for Ditto’s App Builder, help customers solve complex issues, become an expert in mobile application development using Ditto, advocate for customer needs, design and build interfaces, and support application development teams. The role requires a minimum of 3 years of software development experience and expertise in Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, networking protocols, Bluetooth development, mobile databases, and test automation. Ditto offers competitive salaries, stock options, comprehensive benefits, and a flexible vacation policy.

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years in an active software development role
• Ability to develop complex applications using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose
• Experience developing with networking protocols and communications (e.g. REST, TCP, UDP, QUIC)
• Experience developing with Bluetooth particularly in a mobile device context
• Experience developing with databases on mobile devices
• Read and understand the intent of code, logs and stack traces, debugging in distributed environments
• Knowledge of test automation frameworks, as well as common CI/CD practices
• Strong communication skills, particularly written communication skills. As a distributed team, async communication is the norm and the development process often includes written architecture and design documents

Responsibilities

• Lead technical implementation for Ditto’s App Builder
• Help Ditto’s customers solve complex issues with our solutions, e.g., resolving questions on SDKs, architecture, performance, scaling and everything in between
• Be an expert on best practices for developing mobile applications using Ditto at scale
• Advocate for customers’ needs, working with the engineering and product teams to debug and reproduce problem reports and escalate problems to include other team members as needed
• Work with the developers and product managers to design and build interfaces (UI and API) to meet their needs
• Support application development teams with delivery requirements and pipelines (security/authentication, integration and test, and production distributions)

Preferred Qualifications

• Development background in multiple languages: Kotlin, Swift, Java, Rust, Javascript
• Experience on multiple mobile frameworks: iOS, Flutter, React Native
• Experience developing with lowcode/nocode software and APIs
• Experience building libraries/frameworks/SDKs for distributed platforms
• Experience with mesh networks, BLE, Wifi, and other mobile transports/radios
• Experience with network administration, performance testing, or troubleshooting

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Stock options
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage
• Flexible spending account (FSA)
• Flexible vacation policy
• 401(k) plan