Lead Engineer at Toymail (www.toymail.co)
From the MIT and Apple alums who also created the popular Clocky alarm clock (www.clocky.com) that has sold millions worldwide, Toymail began as a successfully funded Kickstarter campaign with a mission to revolutionize toys. We make it possible for kids to communicate with loved ones, without putting them in front of another screen, simply by using their toys.
But messaging is just the beginning… IoT as an industry is exploding and will soon represent a sea change in the future of play. We are now expanding to send out content to keep physical toys evolving every day. As the first to market with IoT in the toy space, and two years of R&D behind us, we are laying the foundation to put our technology into millions of top toy brand’s toys. Connected physical products is tricky stuff, and we have been working out the kinks related to connecting them to wifi, child safety issues, and making them work with 100’s of devices (Apple and Android).
Do you want to influence the future of toys? Do you want to work in a fun office with incredibly smart people? Does the idea of growing with a start-up company that creates highly innovative consumer products, becoming a critical member of its operational team appeal to you? If you can answer all of these questions in the affirmative, then working here might be in your future.
We are looking for an incredibly articulate, energetic and creative Apps Engineer who cares deeply about the Toymail mission. We are looking for someone who enjoys responsibility, autonomy and can see a project to completion with minimal help and intervention. We want someone who loves building software that makes puts a smile on customers’ faces and makes difficult things easy. You must be dedicated to building reliable software that respects the trust customers have in us. And it’s a must that you enjoy collaborating closely with firmware engineer
The work:
- Architect, design, build, maintain, and pioneer development future Android and IOS devices applications
- Work closely with a small team of hardware engineers and designers to to build a UI that stands out among the best mobile app interfaces.
- Create applications to encourage usage and gain a larger following
- Ensure that features are being delivered efficiently and on-time
- Work with stakeholders including Sales team, Marketing team and Design team to develop a vision and a product roadmap.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
- Strong communication skills to communicate technical concepts and concerns to non-experts among other teams and executives
- 5+ years work experience as a software engineer or relevant experience
- 3+ years mobile development experience. For iOS, we use plain Objective-C. For Android, we use Java with the Android Software Development Kit
- Experience working with software that integrates with a backend. For the backend, we use Express as the Framework for the web application, which in turn is built on Node.js, which is a framework for scalable network applications. Applications built in Node.js are written in the Javascript programming language. The Backend is hosted on AWS, using Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) as servers. We also use Amazon Simple Storage Service (AWS S3) for images and audio files.
- Experience working with software that integrates with a hardware peripheral
- Experience working on a UI in collaboration with a design team
- Experience working in a commercial software development team
Preferred qualifications:
- Proven track record of shipping software and successfully released apps
- Strong attention to detail on every line of code, every unit test, and every commit message
- Comfortable with rapid development cycles and tight schedules
- Experience working in start-ups and entrepreneurial mindset.
Required Application Steps
- Send a resume and a few sentences explaining why you would like to work at Toymail, and what you can bring
- Must have documentation for working in the US
- Include code examples such as github user and links to websites/projects
- No calls please. Email gauri (at) toymailco.com.
Location
- NYC
Compensation
- $70k – $130k Salary
- 0.01% – .1% Equity
- Health coverage