Android Developer

Smarttech Solutions; Ames (IA); On-site; USD 76,000 - 109,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonuses

Comprehensive insurance

Flexible work options

Job summary

SmartTech Solutions in Ames, IA seeks an Android Developer with 5+ years of TypeScript and strong React/Kubernetes experience to advance product roadmap. You will mentor peers, own end-to-end services, and drive Kotlin workstreams to unblock the Ames roadmap.

In this role, you’ll help optimize cloud spend, integrate services, and refactor legacy stacks while enjoying performance bonuses and comprehensive insurance. The position is based on-site in Ames, IA.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of TypeScript experience.
• Strong React experience.
• Kubernetes expertise essential.

Responsibilities

• Trim cloud bill by right-sizing Kubernetes infra in Ames, IA.
• Integrate third-party services and internal tools.
• Pair-program tricky microservices edge cases with Ames engineers.
• Question the deadline-driven React pattern and propose cleaner approaches.
• Lead TypeScript migration and modernize legacy stack.
• Own a technology service end to end, from unit testing to on-call rotation.
• Own mid-level Kotlin workstream to unblock Ames roadmap.

Skills

Empathy

Curiosity

Mentoring

Ownership

Tools

TypeScript

React

Kubernetes

Kotlin

Job description

SmartTech Solutions is looking for a $76,000 - $109,000 Android Developer to join our Ames, IA office and accelerate our product roadmap. Sum it up however you want - part-time Android Developer, $76,000 - $109,000, 5 years of TypeScript, and a stake in SmartTech Solutions that only deepens.

Key Responsibilities

• Trim SmartTech Solutions's cloud bill by right-sizing the Kubernetes infrastructure in Ames, IA
• Integrate third-party services and internal tools into the SmartTech Solutions stack
• Pair-program tricky Microservices edge cases with engineers across Ames, IA
• Question the deadline-driven React pattern everyone copied and propose something cleaner
• Lead the TypeScript migration that finally retires SmartTech Solutions's low-drama legacy stack
• Own a technology service end to end, from Unit Testing schema to on-call rotation
• Own the mid-level Kotlin workstream that unblocks the rest of SmartTech Solutions's Ames, IA roadmap

What You’ll Bring

• The kind of empathy that makes hard feedback land softly
• Real curiosity about why SmartTech Solutions customers do what they do
• Demonstrated capacity to mentor or support mid-level teammates
• An IA sensibility, or genuine curiosity about this market
• The kind of ownership that treats the company’s money like your own

Three things define SmartTech Solutions: an Ames address, a refreshingly-candid culture, and a near-religious devotion to Kubernetes. Learning out loud is encouraged here, so share the C# rabbit hole you fell down yesterday.

We offer $76,000 - $109,000, performance bonuses, comprehensive insurance, and the freedom to shape how and where you work.

The search for a mid-level Android Developer is in full swing, and we want to fill it soon.