Android Engineer, Lime
New Verticals
CA$136-197k
+ Equity and Bonus
Electric bike and scooter rentals
Job no longer available
Electric bike and scooter rentals
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
CA$136-197k
+ Equity and Bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build a future where transportation is shared, affordable and carbon-free.
Role
Who you are
- An experienced Android developer who has delighted customers with software at scale
- You can balance shipping what's needed to learn from customers with laying the foundations for growth when we find success
- 2+ years of industry professional software development experience, and a track record of building impactful products or systems
- Strong background and proven leadership in Android software development
- Owner's mindset: you're focused on outcomes and can solve problems to get there
- Data driven: You instrument your work for decision making, you can reason through data to learn from our customers
- Excellent communication skills and effective management of competing priorities
- Experience with mobile testing frameworks and services
- Brings a learning mindset to the use of software development tools including AI
- Not sure if you meet all the qualifications? If this role excites you we encourage you to apply!
Desirable
- You’re enthusiastic about Lime's mission and micromobility; you want to see cities transform to becoming people-centric and less polluted
What the job involves
- We have established the New Verticals team to bring our fleet of electric vehicles to more people
- We are exploring new solutions and will be learning through iteration with real customers
- You'll ship zero-to-one products and help shape the future of Lime
- As an Android Engineer you'll be delivering commerce experiences to reach our new customers
- You'll work with your home team of backend and mobile engineers to ship new products
- You'll also work within Lime's mobile guilds to maintain and improve our mobile apps and software development practices
- You'll work alongside teammates from Product Management, Design, and Data to build success
- Deliver software enabling new customer initiatives and own the balance between time to launch, ability to pivot, and ability to scale. Operate in the broader context of Lime's mobile app and seek to delight customers through useful design
- Learn from our customers by shipping software and understanding the market environment
- Collaborate with coworkers in Product, Design, Data, and Operations. Ensure solutions interoperate well with Lime's full stack of services. The team's work spans cloud-based backend services, web-based tools, mobile clients, and third-party applications
- Mentor individuals at Lime and participate in learning, growth, and improvement activities
- Engage in the shaping of Lime's Engineering culture
Our take
In recent years, electric-powered mobility companies have attracted an extraordinary amount of interest and funding, in part due to rising eco-friendly sentiment, and in part because of the race to "find the next Uber". Lime is one such company, that has rapidly scaled across multiple geographies to be a key player in the fight for market leadership.
Lime, along with its competitors, has had to grapple with regulation in many of its target markets, but nonetheless has steadily increased its footprint. Since its launch, the company has facilitated millions of trips, making it one of the biggest companies of its kind. Interestingly, the CEO has stated that "cars are our true business rivals—not other scooter companies", suggesting that its biggest business challenge will be to get families to give up their second cars.
With a presence that spans an impressive number of regions - in 2023, Lime began operating in Qatar - the company has cemented itself in the micromobility market and stands to profit from the increasing popularity of these types of services. A substantial increase in ridership enabled Lime to achieve "free cash flow positivity" two years in a row, with suggestions it will pursue a US IPO in 2027.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
17% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Nov 2021
$523m
CONVERTIBLE
May 2020
$170m
SERIES E
Total funding: $1.5bn
Company benefits
- Disability insurance
- 401(k)
Company HQ
The East Cut, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Toby
(Co-Founder & Board Advisor)Founder and CEO of ZERO&. Was a Marketing Manager at Pepsi for 6 years before doing an MBA at Berkeley. Moved into consulting and VC for 5 years before starting Lime.
Brad
(Co-Founder & Chairman)VP of Business Development at Tencent for 8 years. Managing Partner of a VC firm for 3 years, where he worked with Toby. Has an MBA from Berkeley.
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