Senior Software Engineer (android) - Remote Eligible

Senior Engineer

Airtasker, the Australian tech company that connects people who need to get things done with those who have the skills to do it, is Australia's number 1 marketplace for local services. We are headquartered in Sydney, creating more than $1bn of income since we started in 2012 for our community members. We have since gone global through taking Airtasker to the US and the UK creating new marketplaces in these areas of huge opportunity! We also grew our business in 2022 through the successful acquisition of trades-focussed Australian marketplace, Oneflare!

Our mission is to empower people to realise the full value of their skills. This doesn't just apply to those who use our product. It's also for our whole team of go-getters who bring the product to life and deliver impact to our community on a daily basis. Because we believe work (and life) is always better when you truly know and appreciate your strengths and skills.

We're looking for a senior engineer who thrives on building high-quality, user-facing systems at scale. You'll work across our modern Android application and the supporting backend services, contributing to features that directly impact how millions of Australians connect and get work done.

Our Android app is built with Kotlin Multiplatform, Jetpack Compose, and clean architecture patterns, integrating with a sophisticated microservices ecosystem including our BFF (Backend for Frontend) APIs, Rails monolith, and various Kotlin services. You'll help shape both the mobile experience and the platform that powers it.

We work remotely across Portugal and Vietnam. The team runs async-first, with a couple of hours' overlap each day for the occasional sync.

What You'll Do:

• Design and build features across our Android application and supporting backend services
• Collaborate with product and design teams to deliver user experiences that scale to millions of users
• Contribute to our Kotlin Multiplatform codebase, sharing code between Android, iOS, and web platforms
• Build and maintain integrations with our BFF APIs and microservices architecture
• Improve our engineering practices around testing, observability, and deployment automation
• Mentor other engineers and contribute to architectural decisions across the platform
• Help migrate legacy systems to modern patterns while maintaining system reliability
• Work with technologies like Jetpack Compose, Kotlin Coroutines, Dagger/Hilt, and modern Android tooling

What It Takes To Be Successful In The Role:

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with strong fundamentals in computer science
• Expertise in Kotlin and modern Android development (Jetpack Compose, MVVM, Clean Architecture)
• Experience building and consuming REST APIs, with understanding of backend service integration
• Strong knowledge of databases, caching, testing strategies, and CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with observability tools and practices (monitoring, logging, distributed tracing)
• Experience with multi-module Android architecture and dependency injection patterns
• Excellent communication skills and experience working in distributed teams
• Comfortable working across mobile and backend technologies as needed
• Experience with Kotlin Multiplatform or cross-platform development approaches

Our People Experience:

Our people team at Airtasker are dedicated to designing an industry leading people experience. This means creating an environment where you are empowered to do your best work and realise the full potential of your skills.

Thriving

• Hybrid working - when it comes to working, there's no "one size fits all" approach, with Airtasker you choose the environment that helps you do your best work.
• Airtime - welcome to no Slack and meeting-free Fridays! Airtime is designed so we regularly have dedicated focus time for work and personal growth.
• Recharge days - each quarter we have a company-wide Recharge Day, equivalent to 4 additional days of leave per year. It's a day for everyone when the world can wait and self-care takes centre stage.

Rewarding

• Fair and equitable pay - this is a core commitment to our people. Every year we review industry data to ensure our compensation framework supports everyone to be recognised for the full value of their skills.
• Tenure leave - To celebrate our people's commitment to Airtasker, we offer tenure leave starting from your 3rd anniversary with the company. This begins with 3 extra days of leave per year, gradually increasing to a maximum of 5 days per year.

Belonging

• DAREtasker - join our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee! Every month we meet to create meaningful and impactful programs of work that embrace belonging at Airtasker.
• Celebration swap - not everyone celebrates the same things. That's why, at Airtasker, you can swap national, state or territory public holidays for the ones that matter to you.

Growing

• Learning and development - learning at Airtasker is on the job, guided by managers, enhanced by peers and led by ourselves. We deliver learning programs and budget allowances to invest in your growth.
• 360 performance reviews - feedback is a gift. Every year we run 360 reviews across the business to recognise achievements and promote personal growth.
• Volunteer leave - Our team members can take a day each year to lend a helping hand and support a cause they are passionate about.

Celebrating

• Awards - and the winners are… our go-getters! Whether it's our peer-nominated quarterly Values Awards or our periodic Go-Getter Spirit Award, we love celebrating our people and spreading good energy.
• Vibe committee - good vibes only! Our Vibe Committee delivers events that hit the sweet spot of bringing us all together to enjoy each other's company whether you're local or remote.
• Birthday leave - All of our people get an extra day of leave during their birthday week to take time away from work to celebrate.

At Airtasker we believe in culture add - that each person is different and has their own background, learnings and unique experiences that can add to the Airtasker cultural tapestry. We pride ourselves on our inclusive culture, and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.