Android Engineer (All Levels) – Android Studio, Java, Kotlin, Backend-As-a-Service, Android Design Patterns, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, REST APIs Full Time

Our client for over a decade, a top technology consulting firm, is currently looking for a number of Android Engineers at all levels. We can hire for any of our US offices (i.e. Chicago, Atlanta, New York, Boston, Miami, Cleveland, Houston, etc.) as long as you are willing and able to travel domestically Monday through Thursday to meet client needs. The Android Engineers will be an individual contributor and subject matter expert who will collaborate within a team of technologists to produce enterprise scale solutions for our clients’ needs.

Summary:

Well-versed in developing applications for either mobile devices, tablets or DOOH/kiosks in the following focus areas:

• Android Development – Excellent working experience developing and distributing Android applications using Android Studio written in Java or Kotlin.
• Other Development – Experience and working knowledge of cloud services, or mobile backend-as-a-service is an asset.

Deep level of expertise in two or more of the following is preferred:

• Android design patterns, industry standards, common best practices for application architecture
• Analytics and performance monitoring solutions
• Native user interface development for all sizes of screens, using platform components and custom views including animations
• Client application persistence of data using recommended platform specific technologies
• Performance tuning strategy of consumer applications
• Unit testing, automated UI testing of mobile applications
• Mobile application security

One or more of the following skills would be nice to have:

• Content management systems (traditional and/or headless)
• ORM-based data storage, SQL-style relational data, as well as non-relational persistent data storage
• Interactive user interfaces utilizing HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript
• Ecommerce platforms

Qualifications:

• 2-10+ years of industry experience in mobile application architecture, software development, and software systems design
• A strong understanding of computer science and software engineering principles
• Experience working with designers to establish asset pipelines/workflows for mobile applications; including the use of nine patch images
• Experience publishing mobile applications via enterprise channels or public app stores
• Excellent knowledge of working with dynamic data (JSON, XML) over various protocols and transfer types (REST, SOAP)
• Experience leading the performance tuning strategy of consumer applications
• Working knowledge of mobile application accessibility
• Experience working with product managers and creating technical recommendations and approaches to deliver on business requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field preferred