We’re looking for a programmer to lead us on Android and push us further into the platform. This is a unique opportunity: we don’t hire often! We’ve got a serious foothold in the ecosystem, and we want you to take us to the next level.

Here’s a little preview of Basecamp for Android right now:

We’re happy to welcome applicants based anywhere around the world. Our office is based in Chicago, but our team is spread out over multiple countries and time zones. You can work from anywhere! We’re so serious about working remotely that we even wrote a book about it.

Basecamp offers benefits for the long run, including: 4 day work weeks during the summer, an exercise and CSA stipend, a 1 month sabbatical every 3 years, maternity and paternity leave, and health insurance that covers children, marriages, and domestic partnerships.

Who are we looking for?

We’re looking for someone who lives and breathes mobile, and especially on the Android platform. Fluency in Android’s patterns and APIs is a must. (Half-hearted iOS ports drive us crazy too!) We would love to talk to a developer who has experience shipping applications with a team, or independently on your own projects.

What will you work on?

You’ll work on our mobile team to support and improve Basecamp for Android, side by side with our other programmers, designers, and QA team that enable our customers to get their work done better on the run.

You’ll join the our team of programmers who work on our Rails and iOS apps. Basecamp is the home of Ruby on Rails, and we’ll be happy to introduce you to our infrastructure. Part of being a programmer at Basecamp is our on-call rotation, where we help fix day-to-day issues for our customers using our products.

We also believe strongly in putting everyone on support, which usually happens around once a month. If you have some experience with Rails, that’s a bonus—but not a requirement.

How can you apply?

We love cover letters. They’re a great way to introduce yourself, but don’t be afraid to surprise us in other creative ways too. We want to see what you’ve built and shipped, so any existing applications on the Google Play Store that we could try out would be great to include.

We’ve filled this position. Thanks for your interest!