Location
Reston, VA | United States
Job description
Position: TBA - Senior Android Engineer
Mode: contract w/GOAL to HIRE
Visa acceptable? NO
Location: Remote
Rate/Conversion Comp : $70/hour on W2, Salary $144,000 to $150,000 range.
About the Opportunity: As a Senior Android Engineer, you'll be responsible for developing and maintaining an Android native mobile app using Kotlin. You will oversee the development of applications and their integration with back-end services. You possess extensive knowledge and expertise in building mobile applications and developing cloud-based technology & solutions. To be successful in this role, you will build strong relationships with Product Owners as a reliable technical partner in prioritizing the backlog, identifying problems, determining options to solve the problem, and communicating issues that have a broader scope.
In this role, you will:
- Design and build applications for the native Android platform
- Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications
- Collaborate across engineering teams to define, design, and deploy new features
- Connect the application to back-end tools like the cloud, APIs, and push notifications
- Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization
- Run tests to ensure the app's functionality is proper
- Accountable for assisting in the maintenance of code quality, and automation
- Use encryption techniques to protect content
You Have:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related work experience
- Minimum of 7+ years of professional software development
- Minimum 5+ years of experience in Kotlin, Java and experience with Gradle is highly preferable
- Exhibit a portfolio of Android apps designed and developed
- Experience with Android frameworks, especially Apollo is preferable
- Extensive experience developing end-to-end Android mobile apps, including design, development, and deployment to app marketplaces with a good understanding of performance limits.
- Hands-on experience with RESTful APIs to connect to back-end services and JSON/XML
- You are authorized to work in the United States of America
Differentiators
- Understanding of UI design and a user-oriented focus
- Understanding of fundamental Android APIs, frameworks, capabilities, UI styles, and paradigms
- Understanding of Apple's design principles and interface guidelines
- Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies
- Experience and a willingness to work with the Agile software development methodology in a fast-paced, iterative, and multi-functional setting with contributors from various backgrounds, talents, and locations
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