Principal Software Engineer – Android | Simplicity First

Job Description

The Principal Software Engineer – Android designs, develops, troubleshoots and debugs mobile applications. This includes developing software components including Networking, Frameworks, Views, Utilities, Deployment and Automation tools. Passionate and hands-on to solve complex problems with elegant and not over-engineered code solutions. Demonstrates technical leadership via individual contributions as well as providing guidance and mentorship to the team.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• 8 years of industry experience in developing mobile applications, web and/or large-scale enterprise products
• Mobile Development Experience: Kotlin, Java and Android Studio
• Strong knowledge of Material Design and Android Architecture components
• Experience with package management and app deployment pipelines
• Deep experience with standard mobile architectures (MVC, MVVM, MVP, etc)
• Ability to effectively apply software design patterns and architectural principles
• Expertise in building complex user interfaces
• Experience with SQL and relational databases
• Skillful at writing effective unit and behavioral tests
• Experience with software development processes (Agile, Scrum, Kanban, etc)
• Familiar with git branching strategies and semantic versioning
• Knowledge of mobile continuous integration best practices and tooling
• Skillful at reviewing new feature impact on an application and recognizing potential risks
• Uses time effectively and efficiently
• Quickly learns new technologies
• Detailed oriented, professional and possesses a positive work attitude
• Communicate professionally both verbally and in writing
• Experience mentoring software engineers on complex technical issues

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Be a technical lead throughout the development lifecycle, from scoping, planning, conception, design, implementation, and testing, to documentation, delivery, and maintenance
• Develops software solutions by studying information needs, conferring with users, studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes, investigating problem areas, following the software development lifecycle
• Collaborates with Engineering Managers and Mobile Architects on engineering design and implementation
• Decomposes and delegate work to junior engineers
• Brainstorms with Product Managers and designers to conceptualize and estimate new features
• Collaborates with backend engineers to efficiently build out new API for mobile apps
• Researches and promotes internal best practices and coding conventions to write and execute tests for your own code, including creating comprehensive automated tests
• Contributes to System Architecture documentation
• Develop shared tooling and SDKs for use by multiple teams across the company
• Takes an active interest in mobile application quality across all product lines
• Identifies and pragmatically addresses technical debt
• Requests constructive feedback for designs early in the process
• Communicates successfully across departments with large teams and many personalities
• Provides mentorship for Software Engineers and participates in interview panels to hire new Software Engineers
• Assists in removing obstacles for the team to yield successful sprints
• Monitors health of app releases and responds to any mobile escalations
• Performs peer code reviews to ensure quality of the codebase
• Occasional on-call duty rotation to respond to after-hours mobile incidents
• Updates job knowledge by studying state-of-the-art development tools, programming techniques, and computing equipment; participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations
• Works effectively with multiple projects and departments
• All other duties as assigned