Sr. Software Engineer - Android Mobile
_Location: Remote, EST preferred
Duration: 6 month contract (with possible extension)
Pay: $70-76/hr_
Qualifications
Required:
- 6 years' experience in software development with expert level expertise in multiple programming languages and methodologies
- 5 years hands-on experience with Android native application development languages, frameworks and tools (e.g., Kotlin, Java)
- Demonstrated expertise in designing, developing, and maintaining scalable applications using Kotlin and Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) to deliver cross-platform solutions efficiently
- Technology leadership experience in a feature team
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical ideas in easy-to-understand business terms
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience/certification
Preferred:
- Experience developing apps for large, critical user bases
- Experience contributing to the development and maintenance of SDKs and libraries, focusing on usability and reliability for client applications
- Proficient understanding of Android Architecture components (Jetpack Compose, Data Binding, etc.)
- Strong architectural mindset and experience working with MVVM/MVI design patterns
- Expertise in multithreading techniques and hands on experience with Coroutines or RxJava
- Solid understanding of caching mechanisms, data management and storage solutions (Room, SQLite, etc.)
- Excellent knowledge of working with dynamic data using services (e.g., JSON, REST APIs, GQL, etc.)
- Experience with unit testing and Android testing frameworks such as Espresso
- Experience with Data Modeling, Networking, and Push Notification frameworks
- Experience with Android Wear technologies
- Experience in Agile software methodologies such as Scrum or SAFe
- Experience with DevOps tools such as Git, JIRA, Jenkins, Dynatrace
- Active contributions to OSS projects
- Relevant technology certifications
- Experience with 3rd Party SDK integrations such as Google Maps and other open source libraries
- Experience packaging and publishing applications on Google Play
- Experience with Android analytics, crash reporting, testing and other peripheral frameworks
- Understanding of latest trends in mobile and web technologies
- Demonstrated understanding of mobile industry trends, development products and environments as well as best practices for mobile application design and development
- Demonstrated ability to anticipate future software engineering opportunities
- Ability to accomplish results through others, particularly by establishing relationships, effective controls and leading in a managed service environment