Mobile Android Engineer

Confirmed live in the last 24 hours

501-1,000 employees

Smartphone-based ride-hailing service in Algeria

Company Overview

Yassir, a transport service company, stands out for its extensive reach, operating in over 50 cities across Algeria, Canada, France, Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal, and South Africa, demonstrating its global industry leadership. The company's mission to make life easier for its users, coupled with its commitment to social values, fosters a positive and impactful work culture. Its competitive advantage lies in its user-friendly smartphone application, which allows users to book a driver and travel safely at any time, ensuring a seamless and secure transportation experience.

Consumer Software

Social Impact

Fintech

Company Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$217.7M

Founded

2016

Headquarters

Palo Alto, California

Growth & Insights

Headcount

6 month growth

↑ 18%

1 year growth

↑ 56%

2 year growth

↑ 90%

Locations

Montreal, QC, Canada

Experience Level

Entry

Junior

Mid

Senior

Expert

Desired Skills

Android Development

Data Structures & Algorithms

Docker

Git

Kotlin

Redis

REST APIs

Kubernetes

CategoriesNew

DevOps & Infrastructure

Software Engineering

Requirements

Design and build mobile applications for Android
Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications
Collaborate with a team to define, design, and ship new features
Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs
Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization
Participate in brainstorming sessions and contribute ideas to our technology, algorithms and products
Work with the engineering and design teams to understand end-user requirements, formulate use cases, and then translate that into a pragmatic and effective technical solution
Dive into difficult problems and successfully deliver results on schedule
Must have technical skills
A minimum of 2 years of experience
Language: Android, Kotlin
Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notification
Web architecture: Rest and restful APIs, micro-services
Version control: GIT
Nice to have technical skills (Strongly advised)
Containers: Docker, kubernetes
Caching, Redis server
Scaling, Web load balancing
BSc/MSc in Engineering, Computer Science or relevant field

Desired Qualifications

Experience in a rapidly growing company in the mobility, on-demand, or fintech space is a plus

About Yassir

Yassir is the leading super App for on demand, ride-hailing, last-mile delivery, payment services and more, set to change the way daily services are provided. It currently operates in 45 cities across multiple countries. It has raised $150 million in Series B funding, five times what it raised in its previous priced round last November with world class investors such as BOND and Y Combinator, which is the precursor of the likes of Airbnb, Stripe, Dropbox, Doordash, among others.

We’re not just about serving people - we’re about creating a marketplace to bring people what they need while infusing social values.

ABOUT THE ROLE

In this role, you will be part of our engineering team, working with a high quality code base and the latest tools, where you will promote your skills to be an expert in complex frontend development in Android (kotlin) native platforms. Your primary focus will be development of mobile applications and their integration with back-end services. You will be working alongside other engineers and developers working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, a commitment to a highly dynamic environment, where root cause analysis and rapid collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and the creation of quality products are required.

TASKS

Design and build mobile applications for Android.
Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications
Collaborate with a team to define, design, and ship new features
Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs
Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization
Participate in brainstorming sessions and contribute ideas to our technology, algorithms and products.
Work with the engineering and design teams to understand end-user requirements, formulate use cases, and then translate that into a pragmatic and effective technical solution
Dive into difficult problems and successfully deliver results on schedule

REQUIREMENTS

Must have technical skills
A minimum of 2 years of experience
Language: Android, Kotlin
Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notification
Web architecture: Rest and restful APIs, micro-services
Version control: GIT
Nice to have technical skills (Strongly advised)
Containers: Docker, kubernetes
Caching, Redis server
Scaling, Web load balancing
Experience in a rapidly growing company in the mobility, on-demand, or fintech space is a plus
BSc/MSc in Engineering, Computer Science or relevant field

BENEFITS

Great compensation and bonuses including stock options.
Ground floor opportunity with the team; shape the strategic direction of the company
Sharp, motivated co-workers in a fun office environment or in remote
Paid company holidays
Full social coverage

WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN YASSIR

Join one of the fastest-growing tech companies in North Africa
Have a lasting impact on our company’s culture
Make a real impact on the world by helping us bring affordable financial and on-demand services to millions of Africans
Work on some really hard technical challenges from identity infrastructure for Africans, digital payment networks to complex mapping and routing systems across the continent.
We are the first Algerian startup to go through Y Combinator program and we’re backed by top investors including Unpopular Ventures, Rebel Fund and DainTree.VC

Do you want to become part of our first-class team? You should definitely send us your application. 🚀