Pay Range: $70/hr – $80/hr, the pay rate may differ depending on your skills, education, experience, and other qualifications.

Featured Benefits: 

• Medical Insurance in compliance with the ACA.
• 401(k).
• Sick leave in compliance with applicable state, federal, and local laws.

Design & Implementation (75%)

• Design and build high-quality native mobile applications for the Android platform
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications
• Collaborate with Product Owners and across engineering teams to define, design, and deploy new features
• Connect the application to back-end tools, including the cloud, APIs, and push notifications
• Assist with maintaining high engineering standards in code quality, organization, and automation
• Participate in testing to ensure proper application functionality

• Implement encryption techniques to protect content.

Team Operations & Success (25%)   

• Participate in Agile SCRUM ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Grooming, Daily SCRUM, Demo) and contribute to team deliverables
• Participate in peer reviews of software engineering artifacts
• Assist in the identification and resolution of production issues
• Ensure the team is adhering to development standards and security policies and procedures

Must have:   

• Ideally 7+ years of software development experience with a significant focus on Android native mobile applications
• Strong proficiency with Java and Kotlin
• Demonstrated experience designing, developing, deploying and releasing Android applications in the App store
• Experience with Android frameworks, and Apollo is preferable
• Understanding of fundamental Android APIs, frameworks, capabilities, UI styles, and paradigms
• Understanding of UI design and a user-oriented focus
• Knowledge of performance limits and characteristics
• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies
• Proven ability to work in concert with cross-functional engineering teams and business partners
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related discipline
• Authorization to work in the U.S.

Additional nice-to-haves: 

• Capability developing applications for multiple target platforms from a single codebase
• Hands-on experience with server-side APIs and enterprise backend systems & JSON/XML
• Skill in API architecture in collaboration with backend teams
• Experience with backend for front-end server-side systems to optimize client-side experiences
• 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

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