Android Mobile Engineer  

Duties and Responsibilities

As a Mobile Android Engineer you will be leading a team of developers, designing, developing and maintaining code/modules for Mobile Applications and Platform. You will be working in an Agile environment, delivering code, providing technical direction, and leading technical projects. In this senior level capacity, the Lead Android Engineer is expected to be able to act autonomously for day-to-day activities.

Other responsibilities include:

• Understanding architectural vision and how it helps meet business objectives
• Analyzing user stories and participating in sprint planning, scrums, demos and retrospectives
• Accountable for uptime and high-availability for all solutions
• Accountable for performance and usability in all solutions
• Coordinating with Architecture group on new designs and foundational / infrastructural application changes
• Integrating mobile application code with back-end services
• Understanding the need for optimized / customized mobile service responses / payloads
• Developing back-end services, as needed
• Negotiating and adjusting requirements by collaborating with internal business partners
• Learning new technologies when required
• Performing peer code reviews for immediate and related teams
• Understanding of continuous integration / continuous delivery concepts and the ability to troubleshoot related issues
• Providing architectural direction on behalf of the architecture team

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience in the software development field
• 5+ years of software development experience with a minimum of 4-5 + years of Android development experience
• Experience reviewing and updating requirements and/or user stories
• Experience writing technical documentation
• Understanding of agile software development
• Willing to work in long-term nigh shift.
• Strong Android mobile application development skills with a proven record of creating commercial quality Apps.
• Disciplined approach to software development. Includes defining and enforcing engineering best practices.
• Expert level knowledge: Object Oriented Programming Java and the Android frameworks.
• Understanding of Computer Science Fundamentals.
• Strong knowledge of unit testing, behavioral testing, and continuous integration
• Strong troubleshooting skills
• Strong application performance/tuning skills
• Understanding of importance of maintainable/ sustainable product solutions
• Experience with developing mobile applications that interface with RESTful services
• Experience with developing applications that run on multiple mobile devices
• Strong understanding of caching as it relates to mobile devices and application performance
• Understanding of PCI, PII and mobile application security
• Understanding of mobile application accessibility
• Experience with content management systems a plus
• Experience with analytics tools a plus

Nice-to-have/Advantage

• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills. The position requires frequent communication with colleagues and partners in several different geographic locations and time zones
• Proven ability to work with all members of an extended and diverse project team
• Must be detail-oriented, self-organized, be committed to quality and be capable of tracking multiple issues simultaneously
• Excellent time management skills
• Confidence and ability to perform effectively and make decisions with minimal management oversight.
• Ability and desire to effectively mentor others and contribute to a collaborative team environment.