Ad Hoc Labs are the makers of Burner, one of the top-grossing independent apps in the world. Our mission is to build best-in-class software products that empower our millions of customers with better control of their privacy, communications, and identity, and to do it as a self-sustaining company whose culture and practices we can be proud of.
Our bestselling app Burner has been the category leader in virtual phone number apps for more than five years, serving millions of consumers with a way to generate additional phone numbers when needed, keep them indefinitely or use them only temporarily, and delete them when finished – all without the hassle of wireless carriers or contracts. Burner was named a top 50 app by TIME and has been covered extensively in the press, including the New York Times who said “a thin layer of privacy between yourself and the rest of the world, when needed, is hard to put a price on”.
On our team, we rely heavily on extreme programming techniques in our development efforts. We are highly collaborative and often engage real-time via pair and group programming sessions. As a member of our team, you'll be expected to do the same, and we hope that excites you.
We're looking for someone who values:
- Simplicity
- Streamlined communication
- Consistent, constructive feedback
- Respect
- Courage
If that gets you fired up, please read on.
Responsibilities:
- Create new features and develop prototypes
- Actively mitigate technical debt
- Look for gains in effectiveness and efficiency in every aspect
- Lend your expertise to inform prioritization of work
- Troubleshooting customer issues
- Support other teams
Skills & Qualifications:
- You have at least 5 years of experience in Android development
- You have experience maintaining and improving legacy code bases
- You know how to take complicated code and turn it into simple, testable, low-maintenance code
- You know how to build Android UI with Compose or XML
- You've implemented flexible and testable navigation abstractions
- You've worked with MVI and/or MVVM architectures
- You have a fundamental grasp of functional programming techniques
- You're comfortable with coroutines and reactive streams
- You know how to safely migrate a database
- You've optimized build times both locally and in CI environments
- You verify your work with automated tests that are simple to understand and maintain
- You're comfortable with using extreme programming
Nice to Haves:
- Experience building communication app like calling or messaging
- Experience building offline-friendly apps
- Experience using Kotlin Multiplatform in production
Ad Hoc Labs is a remote-first company. Select roles may require regional geography and/or frequent travel. All candidates need to be able to maintain a productive remote working environment with access to video-quality internet.
We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive company and we encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds.
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What We Do
We’re a company of app builders focused on making mobile communication faster, easier, and more intuitive. Our apps put you in control of who can reach you and when. They connect you with the people who matter and block those who don’t. They help you organize your contacts and communicate more productively. And they protect your identity and privacy.
In short, we make apps that make your phone a better phone.
