Android Developer

XING is the leading social network for business professionals in the D-A-CH region providing advice and support to its more than 20 million members during the upheaval processes in the world of work. In an environment marked by a shortage of skilled workers, digitalization, and changes in values, XING helps its members achieve as harmonious a work/life balance as possible: For a better working life!

Our team is responsible for Job Search and Recommendations at the Xing.com platform, ensuring that all users are able to find the perfect match for them.

We are currently seeking a passionate Android/Mobile developer for our Porto office that can take on the delivery and support of new features, is open to collaborate with product and design, and loves to build a great user experience!

Are you thrilled? So are we! If this profile matches your expertise, experience and aspirations, we’d be delighted to receive your full application. #xingjob Your tasks:

• You will be based in Portugal, ideally in Porto, but we have the hybrid / remote option as long as you are living in Portugal.
• You will work in a cross-functional, professional, distributed team of backend/Web/iOS/Android, designers and product owners in a highly dynamic and agile development environment.
• You will be part of the overall XING community of Android developers, sharing best practices, knowledge, and code to the main XING application.
• You will be working with your fellow backend engineers to shape the APIs, design GraphQL schemas when needed.
• You will be contributing to the XING design system components.
  
  

Your skills:

• You have a test-driven development mindset, and strive for building testable, predictable and simple code.
• You have experience with Kotlin and have been building Android applications; Java experience is also appreciated.
• You are comfortable with both Jetpack Compose and the Classic UI frameworks.
• Ideally, you have been applying important aspects of functional programming concepts (immutability, higher order functions, to name a few) in your daily practices or are curious about learning those. You are comfortable working in distributed team setups.
• You are willing to go into Agentic Coding as a sparing partner to increase your productivity.
• You're into agile methodologies and enjoy working in teams with a focus on sharing knowledge.
• You are a team player in a feedback appreciated environment; you know your qualities, share them with your team and are happy to further develop yourself.
• You have a positive mindset and the people skills to work with fellow engineers as well as other stakeholders from other disciplines.
• You get things done, have a positive mindset, and are known as a motivated team player with good communication skills in English.
• You have a good sense of humor, an unpretentiousness and humbleness towards other people.
• You are culturally open – XING employees come from more than 30 different countries that bring their collective experiences and culture to work every day. We value each and every person for who they are.
• It is nice to have, if you have published your own app, contributed to an open source project, spoke at a conference and/or published blog posts. If so, please include those in your application.
  
  

Your benefits

• Mobile devices also for private use
• Summer and Christmas parties
• Drinks, food & goodies
• Remote work option
• Trust-based working hours
• Communication on equal terms
• Transparent, competitive salary
• Bring your dog to the office
• Up to 12 weeks Workation
• 6 week vacation
  
  

Your contact person You still got questions about the job.

Feel free to get in touch with us.

Cristina Cohi

Senior HR Specialist