About Us

Are you looking for an opportunity to make a real difference in your next role?

At Basis, our purpose is to radically accelerate the clean-energy revolution - starting with smarter, safer, and more efficient homes. We’re focused on improving experiences for people through the application of technology, data, and a deep understanding of human behaviour.

Why? As a society, we need to decarbonise and accelerate the transition to alternative energy sources. Existing solutions are expensive and disparate, with limited functionality.

Basis is driven by purpose, real innovation, and ambition. We have a talented team spread across New Zealand, with a creative space by the beach in Takapuna, and a Design Lab in Christchurch where our physical products come to life.

Our team is smart, curious and has some big goals - so if you’re interested in joining a fast-growing and startup that is design-led and puts people at its core, then we’d love to hear from you!

The Role

Due to a change of circumstances, a position has arisen in our top performing Digital Engineering team for an experienced Senior Android Developer. This role will play a critical role in launching our digital experiences to market and extending and refining them post-launch. The role is focused on designing and developing complex mobile applications that integrate closely with our unique hardware offering. It requires a solid technical understanding of current mobile technologies and concepts to achieve this. You will be expected to work with IoT communications technologies like BLE, Wifi and interact with physical hardware both in the office and at home.

Some of the things that you might be involved in include:

• Software Development: Deliver high levels of software development with a full understanding of the typical SDLC involved in professional software development.
• Development & Design: Create complex mobile solutions leveraging a strong technical understanding of current mobile technologies and concepts in order to make independent and informed decisions for Basis projects.
• Research & Discovery: Work closely with Product and Design to define and develop product features.
• Maintain & Improve: Constantly contribute to and improve the app CI/CD pipeline. Work closely with QA Engineers for testing and deployment.
• Mentoring & Peer-Review: Enable knowledge-sharing across our Software Engineering department, and contribute to the development of Basis’s mobile development capabilities.
• Technical Debt: Managing and fixing technical debt and ensuring it isn’t effecting delivery

Please note; as part of the application process you will be asked to provide some work samples. These can be as links or as an attached document/portfolio style (whatever suits you best).

About You

We think you’ll be a fit for this role if have the following skills or experience:

• Around 7+ years of experience in software engineering OR equivalent project experience in mobile app development
• Proficiency in Android development (Jetpack Compose is strongly preferred, but XML Layout, React Native, or Flutter experience is welcome)
• Familiarity with BLE and IoT device integration (on the job training available for candidates with foundational skills)
• Experience with REST and GraphQL APIs OR an understanding of how to interact with APIs
• Knowledge of the mobile app release cycle and deployment processes.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• A growth mindset and a commitment to continuous learning
• Experience with Git or other source control tools
• Ability to deliver results as an individual contributor and as part of a team

Research shows that while men apply for jobs when they meet ~ 60% of the job criteria, women and other marginalised groups tend to apply only when they check every box. So if you think you have what it takes, but are not sure you check every box, we still want to hear from you 🙌

Benefits

• A competitive salary and employee share scheme (ESOP)
• A hybrid-first culture - work from home or come into the office, it's totally up to you
• Unlimited annual leave so that you can take the time that you need to re-energise
• Tools of trade, including laptop and headphones, and we also pay your phone bill!
• Flexible hours - we focus on effort and outcomes, so adjust your hours around your children, hobbies, or other commitments
• A schedule of fun team events throughout the year (ziplining, knife throwing, lawn games, what's next?)
• Office dogs
• Access to our well-being programme which gives you 5x free sessions with a psychologist per year
• A $200 one-off payment towards your home workstation
• A commitment to diversity and inclusion: Pride Committee and partnering with Pride Pledge, DEIB Committee, EEO Policy and well-being strategy!
• Parental leave policy that tops up wages to 100% for the primary caregiver for up to 22 weeks (conditions apply)
• The opportunity to learn and develop from some of the best and brightest minds in the industry!

Let's Talk!

We’d love to hear from you! No need to submit a cover letter - just click 'apply' to answer a few short questions of ours (we find this gives us more insight) and attach your CV.

If you have any questions about the role, fire them over to Steph at [email protected]

Department

Engineering

Role

Software

Locations

Auckland, Christchurch

Remote status

Hybrid Remote

Hybrid - Office/WFH

Yes