Job Description

Responsibilities

Lead the delivery of large and complex software projects from beginning to end in a team-based environment
Confidently deliver high-quality software by applying critical thinking to products, requirements, and processes
Work closely with clients to influence technical product decisions and business goals
You’ll stay up to date with the landscape of software engineering best practices, tools, and frameworks
Understanding of various software architectures and can adapt and compose solutions to unique problems with sustainable and reusable solutions
Mentor a larger team towards shared goals and outcomes
Navigate difficult conversations by providing constructive feedback to teams and clients
You’ll identify obstacles to ensure quality, improve our user experience and how we build software
Self-aware of limitations, yet curious to learn new solutions and receptive to constructive feedback from teammates
You’ll guide your team to understand and work through changing priorities by bringing positive energy
Communicate and simplify complex problems in order to foster understanding across multidisciplinary teams
Apply your knowledge and findings at an organizational scale

Qualifications

You’ve built and deployed complex software at scale involving at least one of our core technologies (Android)
You understand unit testing, when to apply design patterns, and how to use tools like profilers
Significant expertise with ORM/SQLite, understanding of versioning and migrations
Experience with CoordinatorLayout
Knowledge of layout pass implications and performance
Experience managing multiple themes and styles across an application
Grasp of resource buckets for defining locale and device specific layouts and resources
Ability to account for accessibility services like TalkBack (focusability, content descriptions, accessibility delegates, etc.)
Understanding of how to avoid data races, experience with shared memory between threads, and knowledge of when to use concurrent collections
You’ve owned and led the delivery of major features and components
You’ve worked with clients and stakeholders (consulting experience, ability to have difficult conversations or solve and advocate for best practices)
Empathetic to client needs and desire to contribute sound recommendations on technical architecture and design
Leadership or mentorship experience
Can present complex ideas to clients and team members in a compelling and energetic way
Proficiency using, modifying, and creating development tools that foster efficiency and improve process
Eye for business - you consider 'big picture' perspectives and can successfully balance business goals and technical constraints
Recognizes the value of both manual and automated testing; can write clean, testable code that helps long term maintenance

Bonus Points

You’ve conducted interviews and have hired for your team
Expertise with advanced automation tools (e.g. virtualization, machine learning-based testing, massive parallelization)
Basic understanding of how to design RESTful APIs that are optimized for responsive, interactive mobile experiences
Appreciation of pixel-perfect UI implementations
Experience with a build tool (e.g. Jenkins, TeamCity, CircleCI, Travis CI, etc)
Knowledge of risks identified in OWASP Secure Coding Practices
Understanding of appropriate licensing for 3rd party libraries
A list of emerging technologies we’re interested in: Big Data, Machine Learning, Voice, AR/VR, Security Background, and IoT

Valid through: 5/5/2021