Senior Mobile Android Developer

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES | THE WHAT & THE HOW

• An active approach to development as you collaborate closely with junior and intermediate developers.
• Uphold and improve our engineering standards and processes.
• Producing high-quality, testable code that solves the client’s problems and meets business' needs.
• Be well-versed in product development, strategy, programming fundamentals and methodologies.
• The ability to take full responsibility for a project.
• Being able to problem-solve and self-correct where needed.
• Build, lead, support and coordinate a team’s workflow.
• Design, test, and ship quality code every week to build impactful new features for our internal operational teams.
• Have conversations on architectural design & contributing to the technical requirements. Where needed, you are producing easy to understand technical documents.
• Contribute to the technical and product roadmap
• Actively contribute in all the ceremonies
• Contribute to the success of the team, and extend a helping hand to your team where needed.
• A driven leader who takes initiative and always complies with best-practice methods.

Technical Elements

• 7+ years of work experience in Native Android.
• 4+ years of work experience in Kotlin.
• A diploma, degree or provable, self-taught development skills with a good understanding of how systems works.
• Have experience in Cloud Architectures (preferably AWS or Heroku).
• Have experience working within a high growth tech startup is advantageous
• Have brilliant problem solving abilities that take product design, process and technical aspects into account
• Have the ability to clearly articulate solutions for a technical and non-technical audience

Critical Competencies

• You have an entrepreneurial mindset and can understand the business value of a project.
• You have the ability to research and develop new products and modifications to existing software when needed.
• You are someone who is motivated, energetic and always focused on the task at hand.
• A strategic thinker who can work under pressure, independently problem solve and draw knowledge from a broad range of experiences.
• A proactive, continuous and quick learner who is genuinely excited about industry trends and has a passion for technology and knowledge.
• A resourceful, ‘big-picture’ thinker who considers how the code that is written will have an impact later on.
• Good communication and teamwork are critical - you’ll not only be dealing with developers but also designers, product owners, clients and other key stakeholders.
• Play a mentorship role to our interns, junior and other less-experienced engineers.