Software Engineer (Android/Python)

Job Summary:

Join our team as a Software Engineer and play a pivotal role in revolutionizing the beverage industry. We're developing a cutting-edge, Android-based beverage-making machine, and we need your expertise to bring it to life. This role offers a unique and dynamic blend of Android development, backend interaction, data analysis, and the potential to explore AI agent and machine learning technologies.

You'll start by diving deep into our existing server-client architecture, gaining a comprehensive understanding of its functionality. Your primary task will be to reimplement this architecture from the existing client-server architecture to the Android platform, ensuring seamless communication and performance. Beyond Android development, you'll contribute to data engineering and analysis efforts, utilizing Python as needed, helping us unlock valuable insights from our beverage machine data. We're also venturing into the exciting realm of AI agents and machine learning, offering you the opportunity to expand your skills in these emerging fields.

We're looking for a partner, not just an employee. Someone with a strong software engineering foundation, a passion for innovation, and a desire to contribute to a groundbreaking product. If you're ready to tackle challenging problems and shape the future of beverage technology, we want to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Reimplement the existing server-client architecture for our beverage machine, with a primary focus on the Android platform.
• Develop robust and user-friendly software components, primarily within the Android ecosystem, for our beverage machine.
• Collaborate with backend engineers to ensure seamless communication between software components and our cloud service.
• Contribute to data collection, processing, and analysis efforts, utilizing Python as needed.
• Explore and implement AI agent and machine learning concepts to enhance the operational efficiency of the support/operations team.
• Design and implement efficient and maintainable code following object-oriented programming principles and SOLID principles.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and knowledge sharing.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues in a timely manner.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of our development processes.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 4+ years experience in Software Engineer 
• Familiarity with Android application development (Kotlin or Java).
• Basic understanding of Python programming.
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming principles and SOLID principles.
• Experience using Git and version control systems.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with RESTful APIs and network communication.
• Experience with data engineering and analysis tools.
• Knowledge of machine learning concepts and frameworks.
• Experience with database management.
• Experience with embedded systems.
• Experience with beverage or food industry related projects.