About GitHub: As the global home for all developers, GitHub is the complete AI-powered developer platform to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 100 million people, including developers from 90 of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to build amazing things together across 330+ million repositories. With all the collaborative features of GitHub, it has never been easier for individuals and teams to write faster, better code.
Locations: In this role you can work from Remote, United States
Overview:
The Client Apps organization at GitHub builds best-in-class experiences for our users to interact with Git and GitHub from whatever environment they choose. We are the small but mighty group responsible for the official GitHub CLI, GitHub Desktop, and GitHub Mobile apps. We are a product-driven organization that values building software collaboratively with our users as well as our internal partners.
The GitHub Mobile team is advancing the way developers across the world collaborate on GitHub through native Android and iOS apps. Launched in March 2020, GitHub Mobile quickly became a core product with over 12 million downloads across both platforms and 4.67-star rating in Google Play.
Stack: Our Android app is built with Kotlin and uses Apollo to communicate with GitHub GraphQL APIs.
Responsibilities:
Our team is distributed worldwide which means we work asynchronously most of the time. Your typical week would include:
Brainstorming on architecture and product decisions with the team. It's a small team, everyone's input matters!
Building new features that will simplify our users' workflows
Collaborating with iOS and backend engineers to create a unified product
Jamming on pixels with designers to propose new ideas or provide feedback
Testing the app at bug bashes before releases to ensure we're shipping a high quality product
Qualifications:
Required Qualifications:
2+ years experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience shipping production software, coding in languages including, but not limited to, Kotlin, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python
OR Associate’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) experience
OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
OR equivalent experience
Experience developing Android apps and distributing them through Google Play
Preferred Qualifications:
A personal Android device. We are looking for someone who is familiar with the platform and even a fan of it!
Experience with Git and GitHub
Experience with GraphQL APIs
Knowledge of design, testing, and debugging best practices
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Passionate about healthy team culture and collaboration
Compensation Range: The base salary range for this job is USD $81,000.00 - USD $214,900.00 /Yr.
These pay ranges are intended to cover roles based across the United States. An individual's base pay depends on various factors including geographical location and review of experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant. At GitHub certain roles are eligible for benefits and additional rewards, including annual bonus and stock. These rewards are allocated based on individual impact in role. In addition, certain roles also have the opportunity to earn sales incentives based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee's role. GitHub Leadership Principles:
GitHub values
Customer-obsessed
Ship to learn
Growth mindset
Own the outcome
Better together
Diverse and inclusive
Manager fundamentals
Model
Coach
Care
Leadership principles
Create clarity
Generate energy
Deliver success
Who We Are: GitHub is the world’s leading AI-powered developer platform with 100 million developers and counting. We’re also home to the biggest open-source community on earth (and 99% of the world’s software has open-source code in its DNA). Many of the apps and programs you use every day are built on GitHub.
Our teams are dreamers, doers, and pioneers, leading the way in AI, driving humanitarian efforts around the globe, and even sending open source to Mars (and beyond!). At GitHub, our goal is to create the space you need to do your best work. We’re remote-first and offer competitive pay, generous learning and growth opportunities, and excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are—because we know that people flourish when they can work on their own terms.
Join us, and let’s change the world, together.
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