Senior Android Engineer, Partnerships

Thumbtack; Ontario; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech company is seeking an experienced Android engineer to drive engineering projects and collaborate with teams. The ideal candidate has a minimum of 5 years experience and is proficient with Kotlin and Java. The position offers an opportunity to work on impactful projects within a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of industry experience in engineering.
• Hands-on experience with Kotlin or Java.
• Experience with popular 3rd party libraries and frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Drive engineering projects to completion with a focus on business impact.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to plan and execute engineering projects.
• Lead small teams of engineers on large projects.

Skills

Kotlin

Java

Android Development

RxJava

Retrofit

Crashlytics

Dagger

Job description

Thumbtack helps millions of people confidently care for their homes.

Thumbtack is the one app you need to take care of and improve your home — from personalized guidance to AI tools and a best-in-class hiring experience. Every day in every county of the U.S., people turn to Thumbtack to complete urgent repairs, seasonal maintenance and bigger improvements. We help homeowners know which projects to do, when to do them and who to hire from our growing community of 300,000 local service businesses. If making an impact inspires you, join us. Imagine what we’ll build together.

About the team

The Partnerships team at Thumbtack focuses on unlocking growth by integrating with strategic external partners to drive high-intent demand to our marketplace. Our work spans building APIs, iframe widges, and partner-facing surfaces that connect Thumbtack with platforms like Amazon Alexa, OpenAI, Perplexity, Samsung, Nextdoor, Redfin and Realtor.com.

We’re a fast-moving team of 16 engineers organized into two pods, aka 2 EMs, each focused on a specific set of partner verticals (e.g., retail, HOA, lead aggregators). We work cross-functionally with BizDev, Product, Design, and Data Science to identify and execute high-leverage opportunities that help both Pros and Customers succeed on Thumbtack.

The challenge

Accelerate Thumbtack’s growth by turning the right partnerships into scalable product experiences.

When thinking about partnerships at Thumbtack, imagine how Google powers search across websites with a subtle “Powered by Google” tag—our integrations aim to deliver that same kind of invisible, high-impact value across partner ecosystems.

What you'll do

Drive engineering projects to completion, with a tenacious focus on the business impact of those projects. Skilled at prioritizing tasks to deliver on goals with a sense of urgency

Execute new ideas quickly and effectively in Android while also being a resource to other teams and engineers

Willing, when necessary, to solve tough technical problems at any level of the stack, and be persistent in getting to the solution

Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams such as Product and Design to plan and execute on engineering projects

Work on large projects and lead small teams of engineers

In order to be successful, you must bring

Minimum of 5 years of industry experience in engineering

Hands-on experience with Kotlin or Java

Passionate Android engineer comfortable in building, testing, releasing, and maintaining Android applications

Experience with popular 3rd party libraries, frameworks, and services like RxJava, ButterKnife, AutoValue, Retrofit, Dagger, Crashlytics, and Amplitude, including when not to use one

Thumbtack embraces diversity. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and do not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial, state, or local law. We also will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, consistent with applicable law.

Thumbtack is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation for a medical condition or disability during any part of the application process, please contact: [e-mail] .

If you are a California resident, please review information regarding your rights under California privacy laws contained in Thumbtack’s Privacy policy available at https://www.thumbtack.com/privacy/ .

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