Senior Android Engineer

STAND 8 is a global leader providing end-to-end IT Solutions. We solve business problems through PEOPLE, PROCESS, and TECHNOLOGY and are looking for individuals to help us scale software projects designed to change the world!

We are looking for a hardworking Senior Android Engineer to develop cohesive solutions to content based technical obstacles. The role will be end-to-end from understanding the goals and roadmaps of the product and engineering teams, through design and architecture of any solution and the delivery and maintenance of those platforms once in place.

We look for someone who will participate in the definition of product requirements, being able to articulate how the engineering effort will align to those requirements and provide accurate estimates of the effort.

You will also be working with a team of engineers through the development process, including implementing standards around code, tooling, metrics, progress reporting and interactions with the QE team to ensure a quality first approach to any work.

Responsibilities

• Hands on software development on the Android/Android TV/Amazon/Amazon Fire TV platform


• Design, develop, test, and deploy new solutions as well as maintaining, integrating and improving existing solutions


• Collaborate with the product team to understand and deliver on their requirements


• Handle individual project priorities and deadlines


• Participate in preparing business cases, requirements documents and product roadmaps for the Android platform


• Prepare architectural diagrams and technical specifications for the engineering team to deliver high quality, maintainable software


• Represent coding standard methodologies through sharing your expertise, performing code reviews, and mentoring engineers

Basic Qualifications

• 4 years experience developing Android Applications


• Have shipped one or more apps to the Google Play and/or Amazon app store.


• Experience programming in Java and Kotlin


• Experience using Gradle and Android Studio


• Experience following and implementing software design patterns


• Able to work with multiple scrum teams in an agile process


• Experience with unit testing, test driven development, branching patterns and continuous integration / deployment


• Good interpersonal skills with ability to facilitate conversations with business partners in project definition, business requirements definition and functional design sessions


• Eye for quality and user experience


• Translate business objectives into software requirements

Additional Qualifications

• Familiarity with RxJava or other reactive frameworks


• Experience working across multiple interdisciplinary teams


• Experience working with globally distributed teams


• Developed an app across multiple platforms (ex Android and iOS), and with multiplatform technologies like Kotlin multiplatform

The US base range for this contract position is $70-$80/hour. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training