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Staff Mobile Engineer

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Papa is a new kind of care built on human connection. Across the country, health plans and employers look to Papa to provide vital social support by pairing older adults and families with Papa Pals, trained and vetted companions, who provide a helping hand and an open ear, resulting in less loneliness and better health. 

Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Miami, Papa is backed by Canaan, Tiger Global Management, Comcast Ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, TCG, Initialized Capital, and Seven Seven Six, among other revered institutional and individual investors. We envision a world where no one has to go it alone. Learn more at Papa.com.

About the Role

We are the team at Papa building our technology platform to enable meaningful human connections between our Papas and Pals.  We own the full stack from the infrastructure, to the database, to the back end, to web and mobile front ends, giving all our team members, regardless of their technological focus area, the opportunity to give input on engineering and product challenges across the entire spectrum of our solutions.

We are a team of highly experienced, and highly competent engineers constantly investing in our own growth, and the growth of others on the team.  We are all in this to win together.  We pride ourselves on our low ego and collaborative approach to problem solving.  Joining us, you will enjoy the emotional reward you get from working on such a meaningful product that has a very direct and beneficial impact on our members all across the country.  Our products are not just an app or a database, it’s a lifeline to real human companionship for so many people that desperately need it.

Papa Impact Statements: 

“Papa is the lynchpin that keeps me going month to month. They’re the piece of the team that allows the other pieces to happen…I can worry about finding another doctor if I have to. Finding another Papa doesn’t happen.” - Member from Tampa FL

“Papa has kind of saved me. Now I have somebody to help me go to my appointments. I’ve got somebody to help me clean my house. I’ve got somebody to talk to. It just took so much pressure off my shoulders. I’m finally feeling like myself again.” - Member from Tacoma WA

”I look forward to seeing them. They make me laugh. I make them laugh. They’ve certainly taken lonely days from me also. It works both ways for us.” - Pal from Rhode Island

Key Responsibilities

  • Mobile development in React Native publishing to the App Store and the Play Store
  • Integrate with a GraphQL and REST based back end 
  • Collaborate with QA to ensure that the app is testable, whether it’s manual or automated testing
  • Help establish and implement a strong and consistent mobile architecture within our applications
  • Work closely with developers in other layers of the tech stack (e.g. back end, platform) to implement meaningful features for our Papas and Pals
  • Work closely and effectively with Product and Design to define feature specifications, scope projects, and provide context for good decision making
  • Exercise a high level of ownership and technical independence to improve our apps and service overall
  • Act as a mobile SME, advocating for mobile specific needs within the engineering team and help drive technical excellence in the mobile development discipline

Minimum Qualifications

  • 4+ years of programming experience in mobile (React Native preferred)
  • 9+ years of software development experience
  • Experience with GraphQL and REST
  • Experience as a technical owner of an application, or significantly sized component of an application
  • Experience working with UX component frameworks
  • Track record of helping set technical direction for a team, driving consensus, and successful cross-functional partnerships
  • Experience building and shipping high quality work and achieving high reliability
  • Experience improving quality through thoughtful code reviews, appropriate testing, proper rollout, monitoring, etc.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience as a Staff Software Engineer
  • Experience with location tracking libraries and implementation
  • Experience writing and maintaining GitHub Actions build plans
  • Experience writing Appium test cases
  • A strong communicator and collaborator.
  • Passionate about improving healthcare access and outcomes.

Location: 

  • Remote US 

Salary & Benefits:

At Papa, we believe in caring for each other. In addition to competitive salaries and challenging work assignments we offer medical, dental and vision insurances, mental health and emotional wellbeing support tools; 401k Plan with match of up to 4%, generous gender neutral parental leaves and PTO, lunch stipends and employee events that promote work life balance and camaraderie.

Job Type: Full-time

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