Android Engineer
Hike, India

How is it that in a world that's evolving so quickly that social products still feel the same? Strangely enough, we're still using products that were invented in the 2G era. There seems to be an emptiness with the current experience and today's products are built to force humanity to be superficial. We'd like to change that. With the advancements in technology, so much more is possible today that wasn't even possible, just a few years ago. We believe the timing couldn't be better.

We’re thoughtful about why we do things and here are 5 principles guiding our thinking:

• Advancements in Tech amp; AI: Allowing more bits to be pushed to users in real-time and thus allowing far richer, more personalised experiences.
• User’s Comfortable Online: 50% of people’s waking lives are spent on smartphones in emerging countries.
• Vertical Communities: We don't live our lives in one massive community. We're specific in the activities we engage in (art, gaming, fitness etc).
• New Business Models: Putting customers at the center. These won't be ad-driven in the traditional sense. Think micro-transactions, subscriptions, and more.
• Consumers as Owners: It's a bit strange that consumers aren't part of the value chain. Turning customers into owners is a fascinating thought.

It’s so clear to us that technology evolves but people stay the same. We’re solving for a core human need - social connection and with all the evolution in technology, today we can solve for that in brand new ways.

At our core, we’re a creative company. Ideas and pixels is where we live and we love building magical products that make our users feel ‘wow’ inside. It’s not just about features, it’s also about how they make people feel. We build at the intersection of the scientific and the romantic.

And it all starts with people, the right team that cares deeply about our mission, values and our users. At hike, you'll have the chance to do the best work of your life.

Come join us and shape the future of social with Rush amp; Vibe!

Rush is a new bite-sized gaming service that aims to channel the competitive spirit of India where players can use their skills to Play, Compete amp; Win!

Vibe is an approval-only community (one has to apply to join). With Vibe, we're building a magical amp; safe place online where people can be themselves amp; make new friends.

We’re on a journey to build something new, something different, and making anything innovative amp; new requires the ability to surrender to the unknown. The Hike Code is our value system. It is our guide to navigate through the unknown to build incredible products.

• Top Talent in Every Role: We look for people with an incredible intellect. Both skills and values are important to us.
• Pro-Sports Team: Strengths based, results-driven with a "team-first" attitude
• Customer at the Centre: Everything we do is inspired by how we can better solve for our customer.
• Constant Innovation: It's our DNA to walk into the unknown in search of having a meaningful impact.
• Act Like Owners: We own the output of what we do, even if it's explicitly not our job.
• Thoughtful Decision Making: Clear Mind + Obsession to Simplify + Data-Driven. We strive to be thoughtful.
• Bias for Action: We understand that success is not one big leap but tiny gains compounding over time #ABH.
• Be Open-Minded amp; Coachable: We have a quest to continuously #RiseUp to be the best version of ourselves.

If you've made it till here, you're probably still interested in the role :)

Key Day to Day Responsibilities:

• Provide architectural and technical leadership on further development of hike Android client
• Own the app's architecture end to end
• Lead development efforts on the Android client stack
• Very specifically work on making our App's architecture more performant and own Product metrics around it
• Review changes throughout the app from a performance standpoint and setup tools and processes that allow for it as a playbook.
• Mentor other engineers in the team

We’re looking for someone dynamic and you’ll need to have the below in generous quantities to succeed in this role.

• 2 to 6 years of hands-on programming experience in building mobile apps with relevant experience on Android apps.
• Focus on usability, performance, and integration with downstream REST APIs and services
• Must have sound knowledge of Android architecture components
• Proven ability to architect solutions from scratch as well as jump in and refactor the large existing code base
• Very sharp with Design and code reviews
• Expertise in Design patterns, Experience with working on Dependency injection

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