Job Description :
Detroit, MI
Fulltime
Sr. Mobile Device Software Developer
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
Defines, designs, builds, tests, deploys, and supports software systems.
Leads and develops technical and business systems related activities of
major significance to the Customer. Coaches and counsels project managers
and Customers on technical solutions. Responsible for assisting in the
business proposal process. Develops principles and concepts and innovative
solutions for the Customer enterprise. Develops/maintains depth and breadth
across lines of business. Regularly interacts with senior management/major
Customers. Interactions normally involve complex situations and/or
influencing and persuading other strategic level managers. Provides
application programming/systems development and support for complex systems.
Sets technical direction for the project/application. Provides
program/project leadership for Customer solutions. Engages in business
development. Develops communication plans for projects based on a systems
view. Teams with Customers to assess concerns/requirements and develops
specific strategies. Integrates interrelated projects and manages projects
Leads technical planning process. Defines consistent project management
standards and procedures across the organization. Employs consistent
measurement techniques. Informs Customers about emerging technologies and
business implications based on the project and their overall business.
Develops intermediate and detailed schedules that support the high-level
master schedule and understands the interrelationships among the various
levels of schedules. Develops alternative proposed project plans to support
new business opportunities. Develops project management deliverables
required to support a request for proposal or quotation. Evaluates Customer
business, technical architecture processes, and objectives using the
business enterprise models. Leads in the application of the organizational
change management process to facilitate a smooth Customer implementation.
Skills and Abilities:
Proven experience developing software in one or more of the following
domains:
Mobile for Android and iOS (iPhone and iPad) platforms or other mobile
device platforms. Provides leadership and guidance to others when working
with the Customer. Understands the Customer''s industry and is familiar with
related industries. Handles diverse, complex assignments concurrently.
Reviews project plans prepared by others in the organization. Applies
broad-based knowledge and experience to identify, evaluate and recommend new
processes and tools. Recommends appropriate technology for project tool
selection.
Experience 5 years +
Key Responsibilities:
The Software Engineer will be responsible for application development and
support including story elaboration, estimation, analysis, design,
programming, unit/integration testing and code debugging leveraging the
Scrum framework. This person will work in a highly collaborative,
cross-functional, and Agile environment and will assume a lead role for
various practices and decisions. This person will.
Test-drive code
Elaborate, estimate, and design for small increments of work.just-in-time
Perform root cause analysis, technology evaluation, and design spikes
Commit to completing well-defined work and deliver on those commitments
Swarm around tasks along with other Scrum team members
Pair program with different people in many situations
Report status of assigned software development and/or maintenance tasks
Consistently follow the specified software development methodology
Model courageous and continuous learning to the team. Actively help team
members continuously learn
Promote improvements in programming practices such as acceptance test
driven development, continuous integration, and test automation
Continuously learn and challenge the organization concerning new
practices, processes, technologies, and languages
Build a strong team using their collaboration skills. Interview and mentor
team members.
Provide leadership and assistance among and across teams/organizations
Prospective candidates possess a high degree of business insight,
creativity, decision making skills, a drive for results, the ability to
negotiate, the ability to develop peer relationships, and a strong technical
learning capability.
Qualifications
Required:
BS in Computer Science or other field of study along with applicable work
experience
Experience with Android UI design (including custom views)
Experience writing Android clients for Web Services (REST, RPC, and/or
SOAP)
Experience with Android Activities and Fragments
Experience with multi-threaded development on Android platforms
Firm understanding of Intents, ContentProviders, Services,
BroadcastReceivers, AsyncTask, Handlers and AIDL.
Experience with SQL Lite on Android
Proven experience with object-oriented design and design patterns
Experience using source code control systems such as Git
Knowledge of XML parsing, and/or DOM traversal.
Knowledge of and desire to work in an Agile development environment
Excellent verbal and written communication skills required
Creative problem solving skills and ability to effectively communicate and
translate feedback, needs and solutions
Must have strong teamwork orientation and the ability to foster
collaboration within and across teams
Must have the desire to be a people leader
Needs good work ethic and strong sense of ownership of end result
Preferred:
Experience as developer on App(s) publicly available in the Google Play
App Market
Experience with native Android UI development for phones and tablets
(multi-resolutions, resource utilization such as images, layouts, strings)
Experience with Agile development methodologies including XP practices
such as test driven development and pair programming
Awareness of the Android UI/UX guidelines
Experience with mapping and search providers
Experience with other Google APIs (licensing, in-app billing, etc)
Experience developing Android Widgets
Experience with Bluetooth, NFC, Location and/or Accelerometer; other
sensors
Experience with Internationalization and Localization.
             

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