Android Developer

Android Developer

Mclean, VA

6+ Months

No C2C, any visa is okay.

Requirements

5+ years professional coding experience

3+ years of professional Android experience

Responsibilities

Develop Android client code solutions that deliver on Product Strategy and adheres to established engineering best practices, design guidelines and principles

Partner with Software Engineers, UX/UI, Quality Engineers, Product Owners/Analysts to deliver high performing quality customer experiences that are engaging, purposeful and powerful in their simplicity

Actively participate in all team agile ceremonies and contribute to ensure that all team commitments are delivered on time and of the highest quality

Be an active advocate of the Android platform through both internal and external developer communities

Work to remain an active learner in all technologies related to Android development (Java, Kotlin, Android SDK, Wear OS, Android Studio, Gradle, 3rd party libraries, Google developments, etc)

Influence and contribute to group discussions and incorporate feedback/communication from broader team

Mentor junior members of the team

Actively engage with developers outside of the local sprint team across various disciplines (Android, iOS, APIs, Web, etc.)

Identify opportunities to drive and contribute beyond team commitments Preferred Qualifications

Experience driving direction, driving consensus and delivering small to medium sized/complexity components independently

Ability to detect and abstract common patterns in code

Proficient in 2-3 Android SDK components (Content Providers, Networking, Services, Broadcast Receivers, Intents, Fragments)

Experience with Google libraries (Play services, Maps, etc.)

Exploration of multiple form factors (phone, tablet, wearables)

Proficiency with Android Studio tooling

Demonstrated investment in Android development knowledge growth through self-study, side projects and/or school/work experience

Experience with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and higher

Experience with DVCS (Git, Github)

Familiarity with Agile delivery practices

Understanding of core Android constructs (Layouts, Widgets, Views, Services, Activities and Fragments)

Understanding of Android unit testing frameworks (JUnit, Robolectric, etc.)

Advanced Java OO knowledge (abstract classes, interfaces, anonymous classes, etc.)

Experience presenting coding topics to development peer group

Maintains an active public coding presence through GitHub

Has developed and supported their own app in one of the Android markets (Google Play, Amazon App Store, etc.)

Contributed towards an open source project