Senior Android Developer

Role description:

As a Senior Android Developer, you use the latest Android technologies to develop cutting-edge solutions and services for our customers. The purpose is to help them stay ahead and offer attractive and relevant services - now and in the future. Together with your team, you are responsible for the entire lifecycle of an app - from requirements, development, testing, deployment, maintenance, to continuous improvements and new innovations.

Who are you?

You are open-minded, flexible, and thrive under challenging and changing conditions. As a person, you are a curious, innovative, and analytical problem solver. You enjoy teamwork and have an inclusive approach to your work. You deliver high-quality Kotlin code following Android development best practices and feel great ownership of the code you produce. You are willing to cater for the complete lifecycle of the code.

Team description:

The team is cross-functional and consists of both back-end developers and app developers (for Android and iOS). The back-end part of the team delivers standard APIs from which the apps get their data. Our software products provide connected services in the journey intelligence area for several automotive OEMs. You will be working very closely with fellow App developers, as well as with the Product Owner, Scrum Master, and UX Designers. The work includes both independent tasks and pair-programming sessions. WirelessCar has embarked on a journey of developing applications for the automotive industry, and this team is at the forefront of that journey.

Responsibilities:

• Designing and developing native Android applications using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose while ensuring a scalable and maintainable codebase

• Taking ownership of the entire app lifecycle from initial concept and requirements through development, testing, deployment, release, and maintenance

• Creating and maintaining tests (unit tests and UI tests) for your code to ensure robustness and reliability

• Monitoring and optimizing application performance to ensure a smooth and responsive user experience

• Fixing known bugs in existing Android applications and adding new features

• Working with external & internal software libraries, SDKs, and APIs to incorporate additional functionalities into the app

• Working with UX/UI designers to turn design templates into a polished user interface, and coordinating with back-end developers to integrate data and services via APIs

• Providing technical guidance and suggesting different strategies to move projects forward, leveraging your broad understanding of mobile app development challenges

Skills:

• Kotlin programming language

• Jetpack Compose

• Familiarity with modern Android architecture patterns (e.g., MVVM, MVI, Clean Architecture)

• Android Jetpack components (e.g., Navigation, Lifecycle, Room, WorkManager)

• Unit testing experience (e.g., JUnit, Mockito)

Non-technical:

• Able to collaborate well within a team and across teams, being transparent about your work and open to giving and receiving feedback.

• Comfortable communicating with customers or non-technical stakeholders by explaining complex processes in simple terms. Have an agile way of working and embrace a culture of continuous improvement.

Nice to have:

• Experience in the automotive software industry

• Experience working with Android Automotive OS

• Experience working with Android Auto

• Experience with Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP/KMM)