Principal Mobile Engineer - Android

$144,200 - $288,400/Yr

CVS Health - Saint Paul, MN

Full-time - Principal

Remote - Saint Paul, MN

Health and Personal Care Retailers

About the position

The Principal Mobile Engineer - Android at CVS Health will play a crucial role in enhancing the customer-facing Flagship CVS Shopping and Pharmacy apps. This position involves advancing mobile architecture, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and mentoring fellow engineers. The Principal Engineer will be responsible for developing Android code, improving CI/CD infrastructure, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality applications while advocating for security best practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop Android code for complex use-cases.
• Partner with Product, UX, and Engineers to iterate features and improve the product.
• Mentor and guide team members regularly.
• Improve and maintain mobile apps CI and CD infrastructure and pipelines.
• Collaborate to drive solutions that reduce cost and time to market.
• Coordinate with required teams for end-to-end application delivery and production deployment.
• Monitor application health and KPIs, supporting triage of production issues as needed.
• Troubleshoot complex data, features, and platform issues, performing root cause analysis.
• Advocate for security best practices within engineering.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring in software design and development activities.

Requirements

• 10+ years of software development experience with at least 7+ years in designing/developing Android mobile applications.
• 5+ years of experience with modern Android development frameworks such as Jetpack Compose and Kotlin.
• 5+ years of experience working with cross-functional teams to deliver great user experiences.
• 5+ years of experience influencing large organizations on best practices in mobile Android development.
• 5+ years of accessibility experience.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with telemetry and observability beyond Firebase.
• Strong desire to build in test from the start with TDD development experience.
• Experience designing retail or eCommerce applications.
• Experience with authenticated sessions using OAuth and authenticated tokens.
• Significant contributions to released customer-facing applications on the Play Store.

Benefits

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan available for eligible employees.
• Fully-paid term life insurance plan.
• Short-term and long-term disability benefits.
• Well-being programs and education assistance.
• Free development courses.
• CVS store discount and discount programs with participating partners.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays.