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Sr. Android Programmer Fully remote for company based out of Atlanta Long term contract w/ option to convert Summary:
Works throughout the software development life cycle and actively works to create, design, code, debug, maintain, test, implement, and validate complex Android applications with a broad understanding of a variety of languages and architectures.
Analyzes existing applications or formulate logic for new applications, procedures, flowcharting, coding and debugging programs.
Creates, maintains, and utilizes application and programming documents in the development of code.
Recommends changes in development, maintenance, and system standards.
Creates appropriate deliverables and develops application implementation plans throughout the life cycle in an agile development environment.
Skills:
Excels in ability to Communicate. This translates to writing code, documenting code,
Planning, and designing tasks, relaying information to managers, team members & other
teams, conveying information to clients, asking the right questions, and helping others on the team.
Candidate should be Self-motivated and Resourceful.
Demonstrates strong Critical Thinking skills and has a meticulous Attention to Detail.
Candidate should be a humble Team Player and take Pride in their Work.
Essential Responsibilities Technical Competence:
Full understanding of the business requirements, technical
design and detailed implementation of the assigned applications and how they work within the enterprise architecture.
Can work independently to solve technical issues and mentor other developers in best practices.
Continuously advances technical skills and is current on the latest software development practices.
Functional Scope:
Can own the requirements acceptance, design, work plan and delivery of a group of features.
Communicates and collaborates effectively with team members and stakeholders throughout the development lifecycle.
Requirements:
Works closely with the product owner and business analysts to review and provide feedback on requirements.
Provides recommendation on Requirements Acceptance.
Design:
Responsible for the technical design of a group of features by collaborating with
other team members including developers, architects, testers, and business analysts.
Work Plan:
Responsible for the work breakdown of all features with subtasks that are reasonably sized and can work with other developers in the delivery of the planned work with high predictability.
Development Delivery:
Responsible for the performance, security, and reliability of all application development work.
Responsible for daily updating the Remaining and Actual time for all assigned subtasks.
Take initiative, pick up work, and help the team deliver on what is needed.
Code Reviews:
Responsible for 100% code review coverage by conducting code reviews from other developers on the team.
Contribute to defining the coding standards and ensure they are maintained by the team.
Quality:
Responsible for the Unit and Functional Tests of development work.
Collaborate with QA in the review, creation, and delivery of functional automation tests.
Technical Skills
5+ years of experience working in the Android ecosystem.
Strong familiarity with modern mobile architecture patterns like MVC and MVVM.
Familiarity with Android jetpack libraries such as: navigation components, Material design, Room, annotations, arc.core (for testing LiveData).
Expert-level knowledge of the Android Java framework.
Expert-level knowledge of the native Android platform (experience with cross-platform development, like Xamarin, is nice to have though).
Experience implementing popular libraries, like Retrofit, OkHttp, Gson, Jetpack, Picasso, Zxing, RxJava, MPAndroidChart, Espresso, Robolectric.
Strong knowledge of the Kotlin language.
Strong familiarity with Secure Coding Practices, including build obfuscation and implementation of encryption utilities, like HTTPS, TLS, Android KeyChain API.
Experience implementing Encryption frameworks and working with common encryption utilities, like HTTPS, TLS, SHA-256, Android KeyChain API, Cipher Block Chaining.
Pluses:
Technical prowess integrating with third-party devices, like Watches, Heart Monitors, Security Systems, and Payment Terminals.
Strong understanding of Client-Server full-stack architecture.
Strong understanding of Publisher-Subscriber / Producer-Consumer messaging