Senior Software Engineer for iOS/Android - BitBar

At SmartBear, we deliver the complete visibility developers need to make each release better than the last. Our award winning and industry favorite tools TestComplete, Swagger, Cucumber, ReadyAPI, Zephyr and BitBar are trusted by over 16 million developers, testers, and software engineers at 32,000+ organizations – including world-renowned innovators like Adobe, Mozilla, FedEx, and Microsoft.  

Senior Software Engineer for iOS/Android - BitBar 

• Improving the solution for mobile devices screen capture and streaming. 
• Improving the solution for remote control of mobile devices. 
• Analysis, design and implementation of new features related to mobile devices. 
• Technical leadership of the mobile team. 
• Automation of maintenance of the mobile devices. 

Product intro 

BitBar is a flexible cloud-based mobile and web application testing platform that allows the users to perform live (manual) or automated testing against desktop browsers (Windows, MacOS and Linux) and real iOS and Android devices.  

Go to our product page if you want to know more about BitBar  

You can even have a free trial to check it out 😊   

About the role 

We offer an opportunity to work with a production deployed system that manages hundreds of real devices and VMs – Androids, iOS, macOS, Windows and Linux that span across multiple locations. We are looking for an experienced software developer who will take part in building a system to help control, manage, and enable the mobile devices we provide to our customers. Your primary responsibility will be to design, develop and maintain features of BitBar. You will work closely with other mobile team members and other engineers that work on all layers of the application. Your day-to-day job will span across both iOS and Android devices.  

We are looking for you if you have:  

• Willingness to explore, learn, try and put it all into practice. 
• Familiarity with some of: 
  • Android and/or iOS mobile operating systems. 
  • Linux/macOS operating systems. 
  • Experience in Go 
  • Scripting languages such as Unix shell and/or Python. 
  • Deep understanding of network infrastructure. 
  • adb / go-ios / pymobiledevice. 
  • Video and audio codecs know-how (GStreamer / ffmpeg). 
  • Knowledge on WebRTC standard.  
  • And openness to learn all others. 
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git & GitHub. 
• 7+ years of experience as a software engineer. 
• English on at least B2 level.  

Nice to-have: 

• macOS or iOS development using Xcode. 
• Android development using Android Studio. 
• Virtualization and containerization experience.  
• Deep understanding of different operating systems. 
• Experience with Appium and Selenium development. 

A perfect candidate will: 

• Have the ability to research new technologies and adapt them to our requirements. 
• Learn new programming languages and tools as needed. 
• Own and commit to all of his/her work and be accountable for the results. 
• Aggressively diagnose problems and solve them in creative ways. 
• Consider reverse engineering a viable way to achieve results. 

Why you should join the SmartBear crew: 

• You can grow your career at every level.  
• We invest in your success as well as the spaces where our teams come together to work, collaborate, and have fun. 
• We love celebrating our SmartBears; we even encourage our crew to take their birthdays off. 
• We are guided by a People and Culture organization - an important distinction for us. We think about our team holistically – the whole person.  
• We celebrate our differences in experiences, viewpoints, and identities because we know it leads to better outcomes.  

Did you know? 

• Our main goal at SmartBear is to make our technology-driven world a better place.  
• SmartBear is committed to ethical corporate practices and social responsibility, promoting good in all the communities we serve.  
• SmartBear is headquartered in Somerville, MA with offices across the world including Galway Ireland, Bath, UK, Wroclaw, Poland and Bangalore, India.  
• We’ve won major industry (product and company) awards including B2B Innovators Award, Content Marketing Association, IntellyX Digital Innovator and BuiltIn Best Places to Work. 

SmartBear is an equal employment opportunity employer and encourages success based on our individual merits and abilities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, ancestry, mental or physical disability, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, medical condition, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), or any other legally protected status. 

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