Senior Android Developer

WHO WE ARE:
Accenture Song accelerates growth and value for our clients through sustained customer relevance. Our capabilities span ideation to execution: growth, product and experience design; technology and experience platforms; creative, media and marketing strategy; and campaign, content and channel orchestration. With strong client relationships and deep industry expertise, we help our clients operate at the speed of life through the unlimited potential of imagination, technology and intelligence. Visit us at: www.accenture.com/song

Digital Products creates value for our clients, their employees, and their customers. We design and build impactful experiences fueled by Technology that change the way people work and live. With expertise in product strategy, design, innovation, and delivery transformation at scale, assisting with design thinking, integrating user-experience design/research, and impeccable development for native mobile, web, and embedded systems, we will help bring clarity to any omni-channel product vision.

There will never be a typical day at Accenture Song, but that’s why people love it here. The opportunities to make a difference while working on exciting client initiatives are limitless in this ever-changing space. Here’s a snapshot of your responsibilities:

THE WORK:

Our Senior Android Developers are experienced engineers eager to stay on the bleeding-edge of the mobile market across a broad spectrum of industries. You thrive on bringing mobile projects to life with clients, from concept to implementation. Your guidance and input drives technical design and development decisions. You enjoy providing mentorship to junior engineers and acting as a technical sounding board for peers and non-technical colleagues. This role invites seasoned engineers to exercise their deep expertise.

• Work in a hands-on developer role on a cross-functional team including other developers, designers, product owners, scrum masters, testers, etc.
• Work independently on development tasks and coach/guide team members within area of expertise
• Ensure team members adhere to guidelines/procedures on highly complex or large-scale projects complying with the software development life cycle and delivery methodology (e.g. agile/scrum)
• Conduct code reviews to ensure quality, standards compliance, re-usability and ease of maintenance
• Provide technical support for escalated incidents/outages to ensure that they are resolved efficiently with minimal impact to stakeholders
• Provide input into application release plans and roll-out strategy for new app releases and updates
• Support a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, quality, innovation and teamwork and ensure timely communication of issues or points of interest
• Rapidly innovate on concepts via self-initiated proofs of concept, and connect back to user and business value

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• 5+ years experience in Android application development, with a strong emphasis on Kotlin as the primary language
• 2+ years experience with tools and libraries for Modern Android development
• 1+ years experience with Jetpack Compose and Material Components
• Understanding of the Android SDK and API levels, particularly versions 28 and newer, and the impact on application development and functionality
• Proficient in object-oriented analysis, technical design, and application maintenance tailored towards Kotlin development
• Advanced skills in using Android Studio and it’s included features, Gradle, and the Android build toolchain, with a focus on Kotlin integration
• Experience with Android application testing frameworks, debugging/profiling tools, and Accessibility tools
• Experienced in implementing software design patterns with Kotlin including MVC, MVP, and MVVM and the ability to explain the trade-offs of each pattern
• Experience with Play Store Console, and the application publishing process
• Experience with distributed source control systems (Git) in a medium/large team environment and understanding of branching strategies, pull requests, and hotfixes
• Solid oral and written communication skills, ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical audience
• University degree or equivalent work experience

NICE TO HAVE:

• Solid understanding of multithreaded applications
• Understanding of IT Standards, UX Design, Accessibility and Agile Methodologies
• Comfortable with collective code ownership and pair programming
• Experience coding with Java
• Experience with Web services such as GraphQL, REST, JAX-RS, XML-RPC, JSON-RPC, SOAP
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools and scripts used for Android development
• Experience working with a distributed team with both onshore and offshore developers
• Certification in agile methodology in a technical role (SAFe, Scrum, etc.)

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