The Senior Android Developer will have a range of responsibilities from shaping and implementing digital products to ensuring that we stay on the leading edge of technology. Our engineers contribute across the full technology stack, from database and DevOps infrastructure that supports continuous deployment, over native apps, to front-end development. As a senior Developer, you will work in a cross-functional team with the Product Owner, Designers, and engineers to co-develop the digital products.
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Key Accountabilities
- Use Agile engineering practices and various software and mobile development technologies to rapidly develop creative and efficient solutions that enhance the client customer and employee experience.
- Work in a team to craft clear user stories, design tests for prototypes and products, and continuously deliver product enhancements.
- Liaise with other teams within and outside the Digital unit to negotiate timelines, deliverables, and dependencies.
- Collaborate closely with Product Owners, Designers, and team members to identify and socialize product and delivery risks.
- Drive forward and role-model best practice engineering processes and Agile behavior, ensuring team members follow suit.
- Communicate with business stakeholders about Agile processes to set and manage expectations regarding delivery methods and timelines.
- Own and drive best practices in terms of automation, such as continuous integration and deployment.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of software development experience with experience working in Agile teams using SCRUM.
- Extensive mobile development experience using Android, Android Studio, and Gradle to develop both phone and tablet apps.
- Extensive experience with Android SDK, Google Play Services, and Android Compatibility Library.
- Experience in Android development patterns including Java OOP, MVP, SQLite, JSON/Rest APIs, and multi-threading/background tasks.
- Experience with common Android libraries such as Dagger2 and Retrofit2.
- Expert knowledge of using and writing Android Libraries.
- Extensive experience with Playstore deployments and deploying apps to the Playstore.
- Extensive experience in TDD and writing unit and UI tests using Junit, Mockito, and Espresso.
- Excellent programming skills in at least 2 modern programming languages or frameworks, such as Swift, Objective C, Java, Node.JS, JavaScript, C, C++, Python, or others.
- Experience with IBM Mobile First Platform is preferred.
