Android Developer

Android Developer

Location/Remote: Working from home for now, would like this person in MA so they could come to the office on occasion

Duration: 3-6 Months to Hire

• Experience using Kotlin, experience in coding

Job Description:

• As an Android Software Engineer III, you strive to collaborate with team members to remove barriers to resolve engineering tasks and develop the mobile experience for Android users.
• You use data for improving mobile experience, prioritizing deliverables, and solving problem. You use variety of tools including DataDog, DataDome, NowSecure, SonarQube, Splunk, and Cloudflare, as well as self-authored utilities for sophisticated time-based analyses and quality enhancements. 
• You value radical candor. You are honest and courageous with both integrity and humility. A true team player, you work to make continuous, iterative improvements. You follow best engineering practices, especially in Android app development. You commit to high quality and on-time deliverables by communicating clear goal, expectations and definition of done to internal and external teams. 

Recipe for Success - What's “in store” for the role

• Blend Material Design for Android app with engineering solutions to bring best user experience to Android users
• Participate in technical design review for any new features or requirements. Think through end-to-end flow and share the flow with internal/external team members before you code
• Cooperating with back-end developers, designers, and the rest of the team to deliver well-architected and high-quality solutions 
• Writing clean, readable, and testable code, and coach team members to do the same
• Test before and after releasing a feature, and proactively finding and fixing bugs and performance problems
• A proven record of accomplishment including leading and completion of notable app releases and examples of successful application of interpersonal skills

 The Essentials In Your Cart - The required ingredients 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field. Master's degree preferred
• 6 years of experience developing Android mobile and tablet apps
• Extensive knowledge about Android app development and release cycles
• Deep knowledge in Android development and release cycles, which include the whole process from the first line of code to publishing in the Google Play Store
• Proficiency in Kotlin, Java and with writing automated tests in JUnit, Espresso, etc. 

Extra Spices - What you should bring to the table  

• Proficient in RESTful APIs, GraphQL queries and mobile libraries for networking 
• Familiarity with the JSON format and parsing 
• Experience with profiling and debugging mobile applications 
• Familiarity with Git and GitFlow
• Experience using Firebase Cloud Messaging, Crashlytics, Analytics and RemoteConfig 
• Proficient in Unix/Linux/macOS environments 
• Have done production development and release for apps built with React Native, Flutter or Cordova is a big plus
• Familiarity with other Front-end technologies, e.g. HTML, CSS, JavaScript is a plus