Staff Android Engineer

Hello, Truecaller is calling you from Bangalore, India! Ready to pick up?

Our goal is to make communication smarter, safer, and more efficient, all while building trust everywhere. We're all about bringing you smart services with a big social impact, keeping you safe from fraud, harassment, scam calls or messages, so you can focus on the conversations that matter.

• Top 20 most downloaded apps globally, and world’s #1 caller ID and spam-blocking service for Android and iOS, with extensive AI capabilities, with more than 400 million active users per month. 
• Founded in 2009, listed on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm and is categorized as a Large Cap. Our focus on innovation, operational excellence, sustainable growth, and collaboration has resulted in consistently high profitability and strong EBITDA margins.
• A team of 400 people from ~35 different nationalities spread across our headquarters in Stockholm and offices in Bangalore, Mumbai, Gurgaon and Tel Aviv with high ambitions. 

We in the Insights Team responsible for SMS Categorization, Fraud detection and other Smart SMS features within the Truecaller app. The OTP & bank notifications, bill & travel reminder alerts are some examples of the Smart SMS features. The team has developed a patented offline text parser that powers all these features and the team is also exploring cutting edge technologies like LLM to enhance the Smart SMS features. The team’s mission is to become the World’s most loved and trusted SMS app which is aligned with Truecaller’s vision to make communication safe and efficient. Smart SMS is used by over 80M users every day. The responsibility of the Staff Android Engineer would be to help the team scale these features across different countries and languages while keeping all information private on the user’s device.

As a Staff Android Engineer you will be leading and developing features that help our Android app to grow in our mature markets as well as new markets. The role involves guiding the engineering team in the exploration, development and implementation of new solutions and iterations. An ideal candidate is an inspiring leader - an expert in tech, communication and bringing great product development practices to the team. You'll be responsible for architecture, code quality, and delivery cadence for the features we build in the team.

What you bring in

• 8+ years of experience in Android development with Java, Kotlin, Coroutines and Dependency injection.
• 2+ years of relevant experience - as a lead / staff engineer 
• Experience in designing and architecting high scale Android applications. 
• Experience with Object oriented programming
• Strong knowledge of SQL databases
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git 
• In-Depth understanding and hands-on experience in Android application development (architectures, design, tools, SDKs)
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs
• Experience in debugging and performance improvements.
• Excellent to-the-point communication skills in English.

The impact you will create:

• Drive the outcome for the team, ensuring that we build our product in the right way.
• Provide key input in prioritization and scope of key products.
• Communicate complex decisions in a clear way, reason well between pros and cons of considered solutions.
• Mentor and guide the engineers, ensuring that they grow their technical skill and cultural fit.
• Write code with great code standards
• Deliver complex features on both front-end intensive tasks and performance improvements on the existing code base
• Cover the code implementations with tests and improve the code coverage
• Participate in code reviews and technical design discussions
• Bring engineering experience to advise product and business teams to make better decisions
• Mentor the junior developers, take ownership of maintaining high engineering standards and growth mindset in the team
• Be the point of contact and liaise with release team on continuous delivery of high quality code and timely resolution of bugs
• Keep up to date with the latest trends, technology and tools, making sure that the team works in optimal conditions.

It would be great if you also have:

• Firebase tools such as remote config, AB testing, crashlytics
• Experience in Architecting multiple high scale applications. 
• Experience with Data structures and Semantic Matching algorithms. 

Life at Truecaller - Behind the code:  https://www.instagram.com/lifeattruecaller/

Sounds like your dream job?

We will fill the position as soon as we find the right candidate, so please send your application as soon as possible. As part of the recruitment process, we will conduct a background check.

This position is based in Bangalore, India. 

We only accept applications in English. 

What we offer: 

• A smart, talented and agile team: An international team where  ~35 nationalities are working together in several locations and time zones with a learning, sharing and fun environment. 
• A great compensation package: Competitive salary, 30 days of paid vacation, flexible working hours, private health insurance, parental leave, telephone bill reimbursement, Udemy membership to keep learning and improving and Wellness allowance.
• Great tech tools: Pick the computer and phone that you fancy the most within our budget ranges. 
• Office life:We strongly believe in the in-person collaboration and follow an office-first approach while offering some flexibility. Enjoy your days with great colleagues with loads of good stuff to learn from, daily lunch and breakfast and a wide range of healthy snacks and beverages. In addition, every now and then check out the playroom for a fun break or join our exciting parties and or team activities such as Lab days, sports meetups etc. There something for everyone!

Come as you are: 

Truecaller is diverse, equal and inclusive. We need a wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives, beliefs and experiences in order to keep building our great products. No matter where you are based, which language you speak, your accent, race, religion, color, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, etc. All those things make you who you are, and that’s why we would love to meet you.