Android Developer

Overview

Build and evolve high-quality native Android applications, working across the full development lifecycle from design through release.

What you'll do

• Design, develop, test, and maintain native Android applications using Kotlin and Java.
• Build scalable, maintainable application architecture using sound object-oriented design principles and established design patterns.
• Develop intuitive, responsive, and accessible user interfaces that provide a simple and engaging customer experience.
• Integrate and maintain APIs, third-party libraries, SDKs, analytics platforms, and backend services.
• Improve application performance, including network efficiency, battery usage, memory management, storage, and app responsiveness.
• Debug production issues, address defects, and continuously improve app stability, quality, and feature set.
• Keep applications current with Android platform changes, security updates, and evolving libraries and development practices.
• Collaborate closely with product, UX, QA, backend, and cross-functional engineering teams to deliver reliable releases.
• Contribute to technical discussions, code reviews, estimation, and continuous improvement of development practices.
• Evaluate relevant new technologies and tools that can improve engineering efficiency, app quality, or user experience.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's or Master's degree with 5+ years of hands-on experience in native Android application development.
• Strong proficiency in Kotlin and solid experience with Java for Android development.
• Strong understanding of the Android SDK and core Android components, including activities, fragments, intents, services, broadcast receivers, content providers, layouts, widgets, touch handling, drawing, media, location, networking, storage, and security.
• Good understanding of Android application architecture, design patterns, object-oriented design, and computer science fundamentals.
• Experience with concurrency, multithreading, memory management, file I/O, and performance optimization.
• Experience integrating RESTful web services and working with JSON, XML, serialization, and API framing.
• Experience with local data storage and database technologies such as SQLite/SQL and contemporary backend-integrated data solutions.
• Strong knowledge of unit, integration, and UI testing practices, including TDD where applicable.
• Hands-on experience with testing frameworks such as JUnit, Mockito, and Espresso.
• Experience with Git, issue tracking, CI/CD pipelines, and engineering productivity tools such as Jira and Azure DevOps/TFS.
• Experience working in Agile development teams.
• Experience publishing and maintaining applications through the Google Play Store, including release and rollout processes.
• Strong problem-solving skills, ownership mindset, and ability to communicate effectively within a collaborative team.

Nice to have

• Experience with Bluetooth and connectivity technologies, particularly Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE).
• Familiarity with network and battery optimization techniques for mobile applications.
• Experience working with analytics, visualizations, animations, and rich mobile UI experiences.
• Exposure to React Native or other cross-platform mobile development frameworks.
• Experience working with consumer-facing, connected-device, or IoT mobile applications.
• Familiarity with SOAP.