Job Description

About Centific
Centific is a frontier AI data foundry that curates diverse, high-quality data, using our purpose-built technology platforms to empower the Magnificent Seven and our enterprise clients with safe, scalable AI deployment. Our team includes more than 150 PhDs and data scientists, along with more than 4,000 AI practitioners and engineers. We harness the power of an integrated solution ecosystem--comprising industry-leading partnerships and 1.8 million vertical domain experts in more than 230 markets--to create contextual, multilingual, pre-trained datasets; fine-tuned, industry-specific LLMs; and RAG pipelines supported by vector databases. Our zero-distance innovation(TM) solutions for GenAI can reduce GenAI costs by up to 80% and bring solutions to market 50% faster.
Our mission is to bridge the gap between AI creators and industry leaders by bringing best practices in GenAI to unicorn innovators and enterprise customers. We aim to help these organizations unlock significant business value by deploying GenAI at scale, helping to ensure they stay at the forefront of technological advancement and maintain a competitive edge in their respective markets.
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Responsibilities
Develop and maintain cross-platform build infrastructure - Design, implement, and own the Android and iOS build systems (e.g. Gradle for Android, Xcode/CocoaPods for iOS) to support all our mobile apps. Ensure our build pipelines are reliable, efficient, and consistently deliver high-quality outputs for both platforms.
Update libraries and tools to latest standards - Proactively keep our mobile codebases up-to-date with the latest OS versions, SDKs, and third-party libraries. Ensure compatibility and smooth adoption of new industry standards and best practices in our projects.
Improve engineering system performance - Identify bottlenecks in compile, test, and release processes, and drive initiatives to optimize build times and tooling performance. Your work will directly accelerate development cycles and reduce wait times for engineers.
Automate and simplify developer workflows - Automate repetitive tasks in the development and release process to save engineering time and reduce human error. Develop scripts or services for common needs like branch management, CI/CD setup, and code quality checks.
Ensure reliability and security of mobile infrastructure - Implement best practices for source control, testing, and security in our mobile engineering systems. Ship high-quality, well-tested, and maintainable infrastructure code that mobile developers trust for daily use.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams - Work closely with Android and iOS feature development teams to understand their pain points and requirements. Coordinate with designers, product managers, and service engineers as needed to integrate the mobile build/test systems with overall product release cycles.
Champion engineering excellence - Advocate for modern engineering practices and share expertise in mobile DevOps. Help instill a culture of continuous improvement where we measure the impact of infrastructure changes and iterate. Embody Microsoft's values of growth mindset, accountability, and inclusion.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field AND 3+ years of software engineering experience (or equivalent experience).
Proficiency in at least one mobile programming language - Java or Kotlin for Android, and/or Objective-C or Swift for iOS.
Experience with mobile build tools and dependency management - Gradle for Android and CocoaPods (or similar) for iOS.
Familiarity with continuous integration systems - Experience with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar systems.
Strong problem-solving and debugging skills - Ability to investigate build issues, dependency conflicts, and environment problems.
Effective communication and collaboration - Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to work in a collaborative environment.
Preferred Qualifications
Mobile DevOps expertise - Experience in a developer productivity, build engineer, or infrastructure role for mobile apps.
Gradle and CocoaPods mastery - Deep understanding of Gradle plugin ecosystem and CocoaPods or other iOS package managers.
Keeping up with latest technologies - Passion for learning new technologies and staying up to date with mobile development trends.
Contributions to open-source or internal tools - Demonstrated initiative in improving engineering ecosystems.
Cross-platform mindset - Comfortable working across both Android and iOS domains.
High ownership and drive - Ability to take ambiguous problems, break them down, and deliver results while fostering an inclusive team culture.
Centific is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, familial status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.