Job Description :
As an Android Engineer, you’ll be part of the Mobile Engineering team whose mandate is to develop new products and platforms for American Express customers. Mobile Engineering’s aim is to build interactive experiences at all touch points of a consumer''s journey whether before, at, or after the time of purchase.
You’ll be working in a fast-paced small-team environment with the stability of working as part of a Fortune 100 company. Your primary responsibility will be to work with a small team of designers and engineers developing mobile products. You should be familiar with modern software development methodologies popular in Android, and be able to dive deep and rapidly iterate on ideas with your team despite some ambiguity.
Responsibilities:
Contribute to the design, architecture, and development of apps that are elegant, efficient, secure, highly available, and maintainable
Work closely with other developers and end users to ensure technical compatibility and user satisfaction
Contribute insights into ways to improve the processes and tools used on the Android team
Be highly motivated and maintain a positive, “can-do” attitude in a fast moving environment
Follow and help cultivate consistent development best practices
Collaborate with your project manager and other software developers to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain the Android application
Provide thought-leadership regarding implementation best practices
Assist in estimation and assessment of feasibility of features
Foster a collaborative spirit across multiple teams
Qualifications and Experience:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems Technology or related field.
Knowledge of developing trends and emerging standards in mobile apps (RxJava, MVP, Kotlin, etc), mobile payments, and wearables
Minimum of 3 years of experience in Android Development and 7 years of experience in Software Development
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Familiar with the whole software development life cycle (e.g. requirements, analysis, design, implementation, testing, and documentation) and execution models (e.g. Waterfall, Agile, etc
Great knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
Excellent technical knowledge of Java for Android, Android SDK and Android Studio
Good understanding of RESTful APIs and how to connect Android applications to back-end services
Experience working with testing libraries like Espresso and Junit
Familiar with Continuous Integration (CI) and its use in testing, building and deploying Android apps
Knowledge of the open-source Android ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks
Understanding of code versioning using git, github and gitflow.
Understanding of accessibility and security compliance
Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
Experience in creation and review of software and architecture designs
Basic understanding of Web Technologies like Javascript, CSS, and HTML5
Experience with Kotlin is a plus
Experience with payments technology is a plus