Senior Software Engineer - Mobile; iOS

Position: Senior Software Engineer - Mobile (iOS)
Our Mission:

Driving technology always feels old. Not by a little bit. We believe vehicles can be a thousand times smarter, safer, and more connected to the world around us, and our mission is to see it happen. In 2019, we joined forces with Honda as their first startup acquisition, and now we’re expanding our vision into building the future of electric vehicles (BEV) for millions of people around the world.

Why Drivemode:

Drivemode is the new software and user experience division of Honda that is focused on digital experience for new electric vehicles. You will be joining an exciting startup environment that combines impactful work, competitive compensation, and excellent benefits. By becoming a part of our team, you'll contribute to our crucial mission of changing the way people engage with vehicles and help solving the world's environmental challenges.

This presents an exceptional opportunity to be at the forefront of innovation and drive Honda's success in the EV market.

About the role:

You’ll contribute to the architecture and technical vision for a line of companion apps and backend services for the new generation of electric vehicles for the Honda and Acura brands, unveiled at CES this year. Target end-user platforms include Android and iOS.

We’re looking for someone who has a strong sense of ownership of product features and quality, is enthusiastic about trying new technologies, and does not hesitate to do whatever it takes to get things done, even if outside their usual responsibility area.

Responsibilities:

• Develop a vehicle companion app on iOS with a Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) core and native Swift

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• Provide guidance and support across the app feature stack, including the Android app and the server layer

• Partner with product managers, designers, backend engineers, and peers across Honda

• Engage in discussions and contribute ideas to product definitions and designs

• Lead technical discussions, feature development, and architecture reviews

• Design APIs and SDKs together with internal and external stakeholders

• Take ownership of features from concept to delivery

• Support engineering development lifecycle processes in a highly regulated and safety-oriented industry

• Build prototypes to validate the feasibility of challenging requirements and to test new ideas

• Mentor other engineers and proactively raise the level of the team

• Drive company vehicles to support hands-on product development, testing, and real-world validation.

• Get behind the wheel for competitive analysis, benchmarking, and helping shape the next generation of our products

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience with the development of customer-facing native iOS apps

• Team player with a positive attitude and who is committed to continuously improving the team, the product, and the company

• Experience creating readable, thoughtful, and maintainable code

• Experience utilizing dependency injection, asynchronous programming, multi-threading, particularly around structured concurrency

Nice to Have:

• Experience in the Automotive industry

$152,000 - $214,000 a year

This is the position's total compensation package including the company's bonus structure. This position also comes with full benefits. Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to demonstrated skill set, years and depth of relevant experience, and some role-dependent factors. We welcome direct conversations with each candidate about compensation in all of our initial calls.

EEOC Statement

Drivemode is proud of a very diverse team with employees coming from 5 continents/20 countries as of today. Diversity in our workplace has played an important part in our success; we recognize each employee’s unique background, knowledge, experiences, ideas, and viewpoints which are all critical in developing a product that has the greatest impacts on drivers all over the world.

Drivemode provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or any other characteristics that make you unique.

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