A home is the biggest investment most people make, and yet, it doesn't come with a manual. That's why we're building the only app homeowners need to effortlessly manage their homes ?" knowing what to do, when to do it, and who to hire. With Thumbtack, millions of people care for what matters most, and pros earn billions of dollars through our platform. And as one of the fastest-growing companies in a $500B industry ?" we must be doing something right.

We are driven by a common goal and the deep satisfaction that comes from knowing our work supports local economies, helps small businesses grow, and brings homeowners peace of mind. We're seeking people who continually put our purpose first: advocating for pros and customers, embracing change, and choosing teamwork every day.

At Thumbtack, we're creating a new era of home care. If making an impact and the chance to do good inspires you, join us. Imagine what we'll build together.

Thumbtack by the Numbers

Available nationwide in all 3,143 U.S. counties
70 million projects started on Thumbtack
More than 4 million customers in the last 12 months
Pros earn billions on our platform
More than 8 million 5-star reviews for our stellar pros
1000+ employees and $3.2 billion valuation (June, 2021)

About the Customer Growth Team

The Customer Growth team is responsible for driving more customers to Thumbtack, assisting customers with project completion the first time, and engaging them to become repeat users. The team has 2 main pillars: Acquisition and Engagement. The Acquisition lane is focused on acquiring new customers for Thumbtack via channels such as SEO, optimizing the landing pages for customers on the website, promoting our native app acquisition and cross-sells, as well as developing new effective growth loops. The Engagement lane is focused on building features to help customers discover all of our product offerings, providing customers inspiration, guidance, and recommendations for starting and managing projects on Thumbtack, and powering smarter engagement marketing campaigns to regain and re-engage our customers.

Challenge

Our team works from the top of the funnel which creates a challenge in terms of scale in both the number and variety of users. More specifically, it requires us to consider how we go about scaling and designing experiences for a wide range of users that we aren't incredibly familiar with immediately. Many of the experiences that we build in our apps are to onboard, engage, and re-engage our users which requires consistent A/B tests in relation to their experiences.

Responsibilities

As an Android engineer, you'll play a vital role in helping us build a fantastic product. You'll join us in our mission to build an amazing mobile experience for millions of our users.
Many of our products are developed on mobile first, you'll have the opportunity to capture valuable insights.
The sky is truly the limit as we work to help people manage everything home-related from a single platform.

Must-Have Qualifications

Minimum of 2 years of industry experience in engineering
Passionate Android engineer who is an expert in building, testing, releasing, and maintaining Android applications
History of shipping consumer focused apps that users love on the Play Store, you can show what you've owned
Excited by the potential of mobile technology to transform the lives of small businesses around the country

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

Experience with popular 3rd party libraries, frameworks, and services like RxJava, ButterKnife, AutoValue, Retrofit, Dagger, Crashlytics, and Amplitude
Hands-on experience with Kotlin is a plus
Strong eye for user oriented design and experience
Familiarity with Material design principles and components
You're data-?driven and dedicated to thorough testing to maintain high-?quality software

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Benefits & Perks

Virtual-first working model coupled with quarterly in-person events and Camp Thumbtack
20+ company-wide holidays including two week-long shutdowns
Libraries (collaborative workspaces) in San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Toronto, and Manila
Stipends for remote work support, home office set-up and Thumbtack services
Cell phone and WiFi reimbursements
Subscriptions and Employee Assistance Program for mental health and well-being

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. 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/.

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 recruitingops@thumbtack.com.

*Currently, Thumbtackers can live anywhere in Ontario or British Columbia, Canada or the Philippines or in any of the following US states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, Washington DC. Our long term vision is to hire across all of the United States and Canada, but this expansion will take a few years.

Summary
Company name: Thumbtack
Remote job title: Android Engineer, Customer Growth
Job tags: CrashLytics, quality assurance, Android