Principal Android Engineer

April 2

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sparq is a Diversity-Forward contingency based recruitment and staffing firm focused on helping companies hire the right talent and build the right teams for IT roles, including Big Data. With over 15 years of industry experience, sparq leverages market insight and a vast network of elite IT talent to effectively solve IT hiring challenges, ensuring that companies not only find the right candidates quickly but also align them with the company culture rather than just job titles.

Big Data • Data Engineers • Data Scientists • Data Architects • Data Analysts

2 - 10 employees

🤝 B2B

🎯 Recruitment

📋 Description

• Sparq is committed to creating high-quality tech careers while helping clients accelerate their digital transformation journey. • Opportunity to collaborate with a diverse group of colleagues in a fun, creative environment. • Progressive career journey and opportunity for advancement. • Continuous development through training, mentorship and certification programs. • Exposure to modern technologies across various industries in an agile environment. • Flexibility to work remotely, onsite or a hybrid of both as desired in certain locations. • As a Principal Android Lead, you will spearhead mission-critical mobile initiatives that serve millions of passengers worldwide. • You will play a critical role in driving the technical vision and architecture of our client's flagship Android applications while leading a talented team of near shore Sparq developers. • You will shape the future of how travelers interact with the airline - from booking to boarding and beyond.

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of experience as Android developer, familiar with older Android technologies • Senior expertise with both Android native and responsive application development • Proficiency in Jetpack Compose, Kotlin and Java and common frameworks and technologies including RESTful API's • Live fire coding experience • Room/SQLite demonstrable experience especially in edge/no connectivity scenarios • Experience with Multi-threading and Asynchronous programming; Broadcast Receivers + RxJava + Coroutines + Flow experience • NFC knowledge (demonstrate Bluetooth API or similar as well) • Experience uploading apps to the Google Play Store, and ability to share Apps in Play Store with the interview team to verify downloads/star rating • Experience with integrating 3rd party SDK's • Experience with using analytics and crash reporting tools to monitor the stability of the application in production • Experience writing unit tests using JUnit, Espresso, and Robolectric • Experience integrating responsive web pages into an Android app • Basic working understanding of Java, Azure and Kubernetes • Experience participating in code reviews, pair programming, and design meetings • Ability to ensure a smooth UX, low memory footprint, and battery efficiency • Experience with performance - profiling, identifying, and implementing optimization strategies • Deep understanding of memory management, multi-threaded programming, and synchronization • Experience designing and implementing localization functionality across multiple platforms • Thorough background in mobile device testing for both Android and iOS devices • Experience working hands on with mobile devices to ensure products and applications are working as expected • Development experience creating powerful and concise APIs and broad knowledge of layered software architecture • Experience with backend architectures, understand how UI script works with data tables • Strong understanding of algorithms, data structures, object-oriented programming, and design with keen eye to best practices and design patterns

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary + bonus opportunities • Robust benefits package • Matching 401(k) plan • Substantial PTO • Tuition reimbursement