Hi, we are ecobee.
ecobee introduced the world’s first smart Wi-Fi thermostat to help millions of consumers save money, conserve energy, and bring home automation into their lives. That was just the beginning. We continue our pursuit to create technology that brings peace of mind into the home and allows people to focus on the moments that matter most. We take pride in making a meaningful difference to the environment, all while being part of the exciting, connected home revolution.
In 2021, ecobee became a subsidiary of Generac Power Systems.Generac introduced the first affordable backup generator and later created the category of automatic home standby generator. The company is committed to sustainable, cleaner energy products poised to revolutionize the 21st century electrical grid. Together,we take pride in making a meaningful difference to the environment.
Why we love to do what we do:
We’re helping build the world of tomorrow with solutions that improve everyday life while making a positive impact on the planet. Our products and services work in harmony to provide comfort, efficiency, and peace of mind for millions of homes and businesses. While we’re proud of what we’ve done so far, there’s still a lot we can do—and you can be part of it.
Join our extraordinary team.
We're a rapidly growing global tech company headquartered in Canada, in the heart of downtown Toronto, with a satellite office in Leeds, UK (and remote ecopeeps in the US). We get to work with some of North America and UK's leading professionals. Our colleagues are proud to bring their authentic selves to work, confident that what we do is grounded in a greater purpose. We’re always looking for curious, talented, and passionate people to join our team.
This role is open to being 100% remote within Canada while our home office is located in Toronto, Ontario. You may be required to travel to Toronto once per quarter for team and/or company events.
Who’ll You Be Joining:
As a Senior Android developer at ecobee, you will help design, build, and maintain ecobee’s residential app. You will be a technical leader who sets an example of excellence to your fellow developers and provides mentorship to help them improve their skills. You will be involved in the technical details of integrating our hardware and software products into the app for mobile customers. You will collaborate with your peers to guide the technical vision for the Android app. You’ll be working with UX designers, QA, and other Mobile Developers to come up with great solutions to the problems we're trying to solve.
Our app is built using technologies like Kotlin, Compose, GraphQL, Dagger for dependency injection, and Kotest + Mockito for testing. We use Fastlane & Circle CI for deployment.
How You’ll Make an Impact:
- Help shape the future of our mobile app’s architecture by solving our tough technical problems with novel, testable, and maintainable solutions.
- Work with product owners and designers to help break down and define the scope for upcoming features.
- Use customer feedback to inform decisions about where we take our products.
- Provide technical leadership and mentor other developers to grow their skills.
- Manage and optimize the build pipeline (we use gradle and CircleCI).
- Drive continuous improvement in coding standards, automated tests, and scalable code architectures.
- Plan and lead major technical initiatives to maintain and improve the Android app architecture .
What You’ll Bring to the Table:
- Experience working as a senior engineer developing Android apps. (Translates to roughly to 5 or more years of experience.)
- Expertise in native Android development involving Kotlin and it's related ecosystem of tools.
- Technical and people leadership skills, an ability to inspire your team to write high quality code.
- Eagerness to learn about the Smart Home industry.
Just so you know: The hired candidate will be required to complete a background check.
What happens after you apply:
Application review.It will happen by an actual person in Talent Acquisition. We get upwards of 100+ applications for some roles, it can take a few days, but every applicant can expect a note regarding their application status.
Interview Process:
- Round 1: A 45-minute phone call with a member of Talent Acquisition.
- Round 2: A 1-hour virtual interview with senior members of our engineering leadership team.
- Round 3: A 1-hour virtual interview with senior members of the mobile engineering team.
- Round 4: A final 1-hour virtual interview with senior members of cross-functional teams you'll engage with regularly.
With ecobee, you’ll have the opportunity to:
- Be part of something big: Get to work in a fresh, dynamic, and ever-growing industry.
- Make a difference for the environment: Make a sustainable impact while on your daily job, and after it through programs like ecobee acts.
- Expand your career: Learn with our in-house learning enablement team, and enjoy our generous professional learning budget.
- Put people first: Benefit from competitive salaries, health benefits, and a progressive Parental Top-Up Program (75% top-up or five bonus days off).
- Play a part on an exceptional culture: Enjoy a fun and casual workplace with an open concept office, located at Queens Quay W & York St.ecobeeLeeds is based at our riverside office on the Calls.
- Celebrate diversity: Be part of a truly welcoming workplace. We offer a mentorship program and bias training.
Are you interested? Let's make it work.
Our people are empowered to take ownership of their schedules with workflows that allow for flexible hours. Based on your job, you have an option of a office-based, fully remote, or hybrid work environment. New team members working remotely, will have all necessary equipment provided and shipped to them, and we conduct our interviews and onboarding sessions primarily through video.
We’re committed to inclusion and accommodation.
ecobee believes that openness and diversity make us better. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply regardless of race, gender, age, religion, identity, or any other aspect which makes them unique. Accommodations can be made upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Our recruitment team is happy to answer any questions candidates may have about virtual interviewing, onboarding, and future work locations.
We’re up to incredible things. Come and be part of them.
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