Mobile App Lead
Updated on 11/30/2023
Chewie Labs

51-200 employees

Home waste management system combating climate change
Company Overview
Mill is a forward-thinking company that tackles the pressing issue of domestic waste, particularly food waste, which contributes significantly to global warming. Their unique system empowers individuals to manage waste more effectively at home, demonstrating a strong commitment to environmental sustainability. Mill's industry leadership is evident in their proactive approach to a global problem, setting them apart from competitors.
Social Impact

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

$100M

Founded

2020

Headquarters

San Bruno, California

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

-47%

1 year growth

72%

2 year growth

72%
Locations
San Bruno, CA, USA
Experience Level
Entry
Junior
Mid
Senior
Expert
Desired Skills
Android Development
Docker
iOS/Swift
Git
HTML/CSS
React Native
REST APIs
UI/UX Design
CategoriesNew
Software Engineering
Requirements
  • B.S. in Computer Science or related field
  • At least 5 years experience in mobile application software development
  • At least 2 years experience with React Native
  • Fluency in frontend state management practices, like Redux, Flux or similar
  • A solid understanding of authentication patterns, including Cookies, JWT and OAuth amongst others
  • Fluency in HTTP, Status Codes, Security Standards and other web protocols & patterns
  • Experience working with a headless CMS like Sanity or Contentful
  • An understanding of HTML rendering, and all of its variants
  • Strong cross functional and technical collaboration skills
  • Comfortable communicating technical design choices
Responsibilities
  • Design, develop, and implement the Mill Mobile App, using React Native
  • Collaborate with product managers, UX designers, and backend developers to define product requirements that meet customer needs with an elegant technical architecture
  • Effectively work in a fast-paced start-up environment and distill product requirements into clear technical designs and project roadmap, supporting experiments and incorporating learnings into future iterations
  • Proactively identify needs for internal automation, tools, and infrastructure and deliver user friendly, reliable solutions
  • Design for scalability, performance, and robustness
  • Engage effectively with third party firms by delivering clear specifications and requirements and managing execution
  • Collaborate with the rest of Mill’s engineering team in a hybrid model (at least 2 days in office/week)
Desired Qualifications
  • A background in (or eye for) design
  • Native app experience in either Android or iOS is a huge plus!
  • Experience writing backend code when necessary
  • Experience specifying forward looking API contracts for backend development teams to implement
  • Github Actions, Docker and general experience with CI
  • Experience shipping consumer facing products and scaling while maintaining quality
  • Experience working with IOT devices
  • Broad set of skills with experience jumping into new problems and learning quickly!
  • Love iterating with experiments, throwing out the bad, and productionizing the good!