Senior Android Developer

We are looking for a skilled Senior Android Developer to join our dynamic team. You’ll be responsible for the design and implementation of a cross-platform app that empowers users to engage and celebrate their passions in all new ways.

Qualifications we are looking for:

• At least 3 years of professional experience (or equivalent) programming with Kotlin and/or 5 years of Java. 
• Understanding of Android OS, Android Studio, and Android application development.  
• Expertise developing native Android Applications in Kotlin and/or Java. 
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or equivalent studies, experience and certification.  
• Strong Computer Science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, software methodology. 
• Familiarity with JSON, REST APIs, RxJava, and reactive style programming. 
• Familiarity with Compose, view models, and dependency injection / dagger. 
• Demonstrated knowledge of MVVM, MVC, OOP, memory management and threading.  
• Proven successful track record showing an aptitude for engineering and product sense. 
• Strong communication (written and verbal) skills. 
• Self-motivated Ability to quickly learn and apply new technologies and methodologies. 
• Possess the passion to design, build and polish innovative applications. 
• Experience implementing automated tests, including unit, functional, and integration tests. 
• Experience with Git, continuous integration, and automated build tools

Nice to have: 

• Strong debugging, and analytics instrumentation skills. 
• Experience with Jira, Jenkins, Github actions, and Confluence  
• Familiarity with handling Video (mp4) and Photo (jpeg) content within an application. 
• General experience with Audio, Photo, and Video editing and streaming.  
• OS: Linux, iOS, MacOS, Windows. 
• Other Languages: Python, C/C++, JavaScript, HTML, Objective-C. 
• Security, encryption and authentication protocols such as OAuth, SSL, TLS, PKI, AES.  
• Experience with Agile software development: Scrum, and Kanban 
• Experience with Android NDK, and JNDI 
• Fundamentals of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, TCP/IP network and HTTP protocols. 
• Protocols: TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP/S, HLS, RTMP, MTP, BLE and Bluetooth Classic.

Job Duties: 

• Writing software in Kotlin and Java for Android-based phones and tablets. 
• Participating in software design process by asking questions, "poking holes," offering suggestions, and crafting solutions. 
• Following industry best practices when implementing software, especially around areas surrounding security and privacy. 
• Using visual design, information architecture, and interaction design to assist the writing of working and usable software. 
• Checking code into version control according to company version control policy. 
• Keeping up on changes and advances in Android, common devices, and mobile technology. 
• Working with various types of databases, including key-value, SQL, and "NoSQL".  
• Refactoring old code so it runs faster and more efficiently. 
• Helping to review code and testing software via automated methods, including but not limited to writing and running unit tests, functional tests, integration tests, as well as manual methods.