Senior Android Developer

Motion Recruitment - Fort Worth, TX

Full-time - Senior

Fort Worth, TX

251-500 employees

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Senior Android Developer will join a Fortune 500 transportation company in Fort Worth, TX, for a 2-month contract opportunity. This role focuses on leveraging cutting-edge technology to solve business problems in a collaborative environment, participating in all phases of the development process, and advocating for agile methodologies and test-driven development.

Responsibilities

• Leverage cutting-edge technology to solve business problems.
• Participate in all phases of the development process from inception through transition.
• Advocate for the agile process and test-driven development.
• Use object-oriented development tools to analyze, model, design, construct, and test reusable objects.
• Improve the codebase continuously.
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, and product owners to bring customer-focused features to life.
• Write quality code that is efficient, maintainable, and scalable across teams.
• Own code from conception to production.
• Work with customer support and product owners to pivot on features and address reported bugs.

Requirements

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 5+ years of Android development experience with knowledge of API design, best practices, and UX guidelines.
• Proficiency in Kotlin and Java programming.
• Experience with Jetpack Compose and debugging skills.
• Familiarity with build/deployment tools such as Android Studio, Gradle, and Git.
• Experience with DevOps tools like Slack, Gradle, and GitHub actions.
• Knowledge of multi-threading and REST-based JSON APIs.
• Ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical groups.
• Demonstrated great communication skills and initiative to solve problems.
• Experience in Agile methodologies, such as SCRUM.
• Ability to work well within a team environment and independently.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in commercial software development.
• History of publishing native mobile apps.
• Knowledge of UI testing and continuous integration.