Mobile Developer: Native iOS and Android
Who We Are
At Helium Foot Software we strive to delight. We want our clients and coworkers to feel utterly delighted by our work AND by working together. Our business is building mobile apps and our drive is to make them delightful.
What's This About
Helium Foot is so incredibly fortunate to work on interesting and impactful projects. We're looking for a mid-level or higher iOS developer who has some experience (professional, academic, or personal) with Android OR an Android developer who has some experience with iOS. Candidates can come from ANY background to join our team as a contractor or permanent employee. This is a full-time role consisting of a flexible 35-40 hours per week that can be accomplished at home or in our downtown Chicago office. The ability to come into the office for occasional collaborative meetings is preferred but not required.
The Work
A sampling of our projects:
- A set of iOS and Android apps that allow scientific researchers and mental health professionals to deliver self-administered cognitive tests
- A 30+ device (mixed iPad, iPhone, Android) peer to peer system used to run swim meets
- A cross platform app for real time competition results
- Cross platform apps for consumers in the insurance industry
- Data collection tools for a multi-billion dollar academic study
- A cross platform conference app
- Specialty photography apps
- An iPad client for an enterprise content management and workflow system
What We Offer
- A competitive hourly rate or annual salary
- Extremely flexible work hours
- Opportunities to both work from home and in person with the team
- An environment where we already know how to build and ship software
The Requirements
- Strong skills and professional experience as an iOS and/or Android developer using current APIs and tools
- At least a working knowledge of building apps on BOTH iOS and Android
- An enthusiasm for learning and participating in our flavor of agile software development
- An appreciation for the value of unit testing and continuous integration
- Seriously excellent written communications skills in your own unique voice
- Ability to both work independently and recognize when it's time to ask for help
- Empathy
Not Required
- A computer science (or any other) degree
- A background check
- Travel
Tools that we use
- Xcode and Android studio
- Swift on BOTH iOS and Android
- Kotlin
- Git
- BitRise
- PivotalTracker
- Slack
- Zoom
- Gmail/Google Calendar
- Google Docs and Sheets
- Harvest
A Little More About Us
From our manifesto:
- We work hard and go home (or sign off) early
- We are scrappy and resourceful
- We take responsibility for our successes and the lack thereof
- We are transparent
- We are lightweight
Finally...
We know that the confidence gap and imposter syndrome are Real Things and are dispirited knowing that it keeps us from meeting some excellent candidates. Please don't hesitate to apply or to just reach out to us.