Android Developer L2 - Shockoe

Shockoe is an award-winning app and digital experience agency creating the forefront of innovation across mobile, wearables, AI, and immersive experiences. Their mission is to help brands create impactful digital experiences that resonate with users. From Strategy to Design, Development, and Analytics & Measurement, Shockoe’s diverse team uses proprietary tools to quickly build quality customized solutions. Trusted by global brands including 10% of Fortune 500s, Shockoe has developed over 100 custom apps that foster loyalty, track consumer behavior, and drive tangible results.

Outcomes and Objectives:

• Assist project leads in delivering scalable, reliable, and performant software systems
  through an understanding of architecture and design

  - Complete 100% of sprint tickets

  - Maintain adequate burn down rate (linear decline in story points per sprint/slope

  value report from Jira)

• Collaborate with team members to gather and analyze requirements, and ask thoughtful questions that advance the team’s understanding of the project

• Assist leads in continuously enhancing and optimizing software applications to meet

  evolving business needs

• Stay up to date with the latest industry trends and technologies, and contribute to the

  team's technical knowledge base

• Conduct thorough testing and debugging to identify and resolve software defects

• Contribute to a collaborative and learning-oriented environment by actively participating
  in code reviews, along with providing constructive feedback and guidance to junior

  engineers

• Thrill clients with your quality of work

• Be a true team player and positively contribute to our culture and work environment

  Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of Android applications, including their
  integration with backend services, databases, and APIs

• Actively contribute to and have a clear understanding of the entirety of the SDLC, with an
  emphasis on accurate estimates and thorough requirements gathering

• Collaborate with product managers, designers, cross-functional teams, and other
  stakeholders to translate requirements into technical specifications, ensuring optimal
  application functionality and user experience

• Stay updated on the latest Android technologies, tools, and trends, and proactively share

  knowledge with the team

• Write clean, modular, and efficient code using industry best practices and architectural

  patterns defined by project leads

• Perform thorough testing, debugging, and performance optimization to deliver robust and
  scalable applications with guidance from senior engineers

• Have awareness of project progress and communicate effectively with team members

  and stakeholders

• Consult with clients in multiple industries such as retail, agriculture, education and

  financial services to name a few

• Connect your knowledge and experience to solve complex technical challenges that
  allow us to build and support world class scale enterprise-level solutions

• Other job-related duties as assigned

  Competencies and Experience:

• Minimum of 4 years of professional experience as a Software Developer

• Strong knowledge of the Android SDK and Android Studio, different versions of Android,
  and experience dealing with a variety of form factors

• Knowledge of the open-source Android ecosystem and the libraries available for common

  tasks

• Experience with agile development methodologies and tools

• Knowledge of Gradle and the Android build system

• Experience working with RESTful APIs, JSON, GraphQL, and web services integration, and
  their application to asynchronous programming

• Ability to take designs and translate them into working and accurate UI

• Proficiency in using version control systems such as Git

• Knowledge of software development principles, including experience with modern
  Android presentation layer patterns, such as MVVM and MVI

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate technical

  concepts to non-technical stakeholders

• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work independently as well as

  collaboratively in a team environment

• Understanding of CI/CD processes in test and production environments

• Familiarity with: Jetpack Compose, local database solutions (eg Room and Realm)
  dependency injection (Dagger 2/Hilt), push notifications, Play Store deployments, Clean
  Architecture, developing with accessibility in mind