Senior Android Developer - Mobile App

Position Summary

GEICO is seeking an experienced Engineer with a passion for building high-performance, low maintenance, zero-downtime platforms, and applications. You will help drive our insurance business transformation as we transition from a traditional IT model to a tech organization with engineering excellence as its mission, while co-creating the culture of psychological safety and continuous improvement.

Position Description

Our Senior Android Engineer is a lead member of the engineering staff working across the organization to provide a fiction-less experience to our customers and maintain the highest standards of protection and availability. Our team thrives and succeeds in delivering high-quality technology products and services in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift quickly. The ideal candidate has broad and deep knowledge of emerging technologies to drive business results, enhance our customer’s online experience, impact bottom-line operations and deliver award-winning apps to the App Store.

Position Responsibilities

As a Senior Engineer, you will:

Focus on multiple areas and provide leadership to the engineering teams

Demonstrate full life cycle experience analyzing, developing, and maintaining applications in a dynamic environment

Influence and build vision with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve complex problems for building enterprise-class business applications

Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions

Lead in design sessions and code reviews to elevate the quality of engineering across the organization

Utilize programming languages like JavaScript, TypeScript, Swift, Objective C, Kotlin, Java, C#, Dart, Python, SQL, and NoSQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of Azure tools and services

Mentor more junior team members professionally to help them realize their full potential

Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams

Collaborate as a team and work independently

Qualifications

Fluency and specialization with languages such as Kotlin, Java including object-oriented design

Experience building the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems

Experience in existing Operational Portals such as Azure DevOps Portal is preferred

Experience with application monitoring tools, debugging, logging and performance assessments

Expertise leveraging performance analysis tools to optimize code toward performance improvements

Expertise with Kotlin, Java, and native Android frameworks

Experience in using Mobile UI and API Automation scripting frameworks/tools like Appium, Loadrunner.

Experience with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code

Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, operations, real-time communication)

Experience in Application Frameworks

Excellent technical skills to assist in developing Android apps

Experience with Gradle

Experience in Risk assessment

Strong demonstrated interest in mobile is highly desired

Strong desire and commitment to learning new technologies quickly

Excellent analytical skills and problem-solving ability

Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment

Experience

4+ years of professional software development experience building native Android Application

2+ years of experience in open-source frameworks

2+ years of experience with architecture and design

2+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience

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Annual Salary$70,000.00 - $236,500.00

The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.

At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

Benefits:

As an Associate, you’ll enjoy our Total Rewards Program* to help secure your financial future and preserve your health and well-being, including:

Premier Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with no waiting period**

Paid Vacation, Sick and Parental Leave

401(k) Plan

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Training and Licensures

*Benefits may be different by location. Benefit eligibility requirements vary and may include length of service.

**Coverage begins on the date of hire. Must enroll in New Hire Benefits within 30 days of the date of hire for coverage to take effect.

The equal employment opportunity policy of the GEICO Companies provides for a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled.

GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and/or perform the essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the Company. This applies to all applicants and associates. GEICO also provides a work environment in which each associate is able to be productive and work to the best of their ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment. We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect by and for all associates and applicants.

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