Android Engineer, Partnerships

Backend Software Engineering

Team

Location

Virtual, United States

Department

Engineering

Job Type

Full Time

Thumbtack helps millions of people confidently care for their homes.

Thumbtack is the one app you need to take care of and improve your home — from personalized guidance to AI tools and a best-in-class hiring experience. Every day in every county of the U.S., people turn to Thumbtack to complete urgent repairs, seasonal maintenance, and bigger improvements. We help homeowners know projects to do, when to do them, and who to hire from our growing community of 300,000 local service businesses. If making an impact inspires you, join us. Imagine what we’ll build together.

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About the team

The Partnerships team at Thumbtack focuses on unlocking growth by integrating with strategic external partners to drive high-intent demand to our marketplace. Our work spans building APIs, iframe widges, and partner-facing surfaces that connect Thumbtack with platforms like Amazon Alexa, OpenAI, Perplexity, Samsung, Nextdoor, Redfin and Realtor.com.

We’re a fast-moving team of 16 engineers organized into two pods, aka 2 EMs, each focused on a specific set of partner verticals (e.g., retail, HOA, lead aggregators). We work cross-functionally with BizDev, Product, Design, and Data Science to identify and execute high-leverage opportunities that help both Pros and Customers succeed on Thumbtack.

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 “Opinions from all across the organization are valued and listened to, and it’s easy and encouraged to get involved with a project you’re passionate about."

Michelle

Senior Manager, Engineering

 “Opinions from all across the organization are valued and listened to, and it’s easy and encouraged to get involved with a project you’re passionate about."

Michelle

Senior Manager, Engineering

The challenge

Accelerate Thumbtack’s growth by turning the right partnerships into scalable product experiences.

When thinking about partnerships at Thumbtack, imagine how Google powers search across websites with a subtle “Powered by Google” tag—our integrations aim to deliver that same kind of invisible, high-impact value across partner ecosystems.

What you'll do

  • Drive engineering projects to completion, with a tenacious focus on the business impact of those projects. Skilled at prioritizing tasks to deliver on goals with a sense of urgency

  • Execute new ideas quickly and effectively in Android while also being a resource to other teams and engineers

  • Willing, when necessary, to solve tough technical problems at any level of the stack, and be persistent in getting to the solution

  • Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams such as Product and Design to plan and execute on engineering projects

  • Work on large projects and lead small teams of engineers

In order to be successful, you must bring

  • Minimum of 3 years of industry experience in engineering

  • Hands-on experience with Kotlin or Java

  • Passionate Android engineer comfortable in building, testing, releasing, and maintaining Android applications

  • Experience with popular 3rd party libraries, frameworks, and services like RxJava, ButterKnife, AutoValue, Retrofit, Dagger, Crashlytics, and Amplitude, including when not to use one

Expected salary ranges

  • For candidates living in San Francisco / Bay Area, San Jose, New York City, or Seattle metros, the expected salary range for the role is currently $169,600 - $219,500.
  • For candidates living in Austin, TX or Washington DC metros or in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, or Washington states, the expected salary range for the role is currently $152,700 - $197,600.
  • For candidates living in all other US locations, the expected salary range for this role is currently $144,200 - $186,600.

Actual offered salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as calibrated job level, qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role.

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Thumbtack by the numbers

$600B+
opportunity in Thumbtack’s market home services
4M+
customers in past 12 months
90M+
projects started on Thumbtack
13M
5-star reviews
$3.2B
valuation (as of June 2021)
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Perks & Benefits

Supporting you at work and beyond

In addition to our virtual-first model, we offer:

Paid time off

Recharge with PTO, in addition to 20 company-wide holidays each year, including a week-long end-of-year shutdown.

Remote work stipend and reimbursements

$1,000 USD/$1,400 CAD annual stipend for professional development, self care, office set-up and more. We also provide cell phone and Wi-Fi reimbursements.

Support for parents and caregivers

All parents receive up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave, and birthing parents receive 8 additional weeks, for a total of 20 weeks of 100% paid parental leave (US & CAN).

Family formation benefits

$30,000 USD/CAD lifetime max reimbursement for family planning.

Mental health and financial coaching

12 coaching sessions and 12 therapy sessions for yourself and your dependents. We also offer one-on-one financial guidance from a financial wellness provider.

Thumbtack Bucks

$1,800 USD/CAD annual stipend to book a pro on Thumbtack for virtual or in-person services — anything from home care services to planning a child’s birthday party and beyond.

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Perks & Benefits

Supporting you at work and beyond

In addition to our virtual-first model, we offer:

Paid time off

30 days of PTO (pro-rated based on start date), including a week-long, end-of-year shutdown and a 15% night shift differential.

Remote work stipend and internet allowance

PHP 46,600.00 annual stipend to use for professional development, self care, office set-up and more. We also provide PHP 1,500/month internet allowance.

Mental health and financial coaching

12 coaching sessions and 12 therapy sessions for yourself and your dependents. We also offer one-on-one financial guidance from a financial wellness provider.

Inclusive healthcare

HMO coverage includes yourself and up to three of your dependents (two at no cost). We also cover common-law and same-sex domestic partners.

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