Android Developer (Android TV)

Position Name – Android Engineer

Type of hiring – Subcon

Duration – 12 months

Location – Mississauga, ON or Toronto, ON or Ottawa, ON (2/3 days onsite a week)

Job Description:

Job duties/accountabilities

• Have a voice in the architectural definition and implementation of various key technology pieces
• Translate business requirements into technical design specifications
• Participate in the product definition phase, daily scrums, grooming sessions and story refining
• Implement robust unit tests, including edge cases, usability and general reliability
• Use git to create pull requests, review code and merge branches
• Collaborate with the team and participate in knowledge sharing
• The position requires including and implementing Agile Scrum development methodologies in every research, analysis, prototyping and interfaces development initiatives.
• Openly expose problems and turn them into learning and team bonding experience

Must have:

• Minimum 6 Years of experience with Android development (Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Android SDK, Java)
• Deep understanding of Android SDK, performance, and optimization (ie. AsyncTasks, Adapters, Fragments, Activities, Threading, etc.)
• Experience with Android TV
• Solid and demonstrable understanding of object oriented design patterns and principles
• Strong understanding of mobile user interface guidelines and best practices
• solid experience in integrating RESTful web APIs and JSON
• Experience with planning and writing technical documentation
• Superior problem solving and risk management skills
• Strong initiative, priority setting, and collaboration skill
• Knowledge of Chromecast implementation and optimization

Nice to have:

• Experience with Kotlin Multi-Platform
• Experience with GraphQL
• Experience with iOS native development
• SQL and relational database fundamentals
• Understanding of code obfuscation & encryption techniques