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Senior Backend Software Engineer – Android App Development
| Company | The Washington Post |
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| Location | Washington, DC, USA |
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| Salary | $119700 – $199300 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, engineering or related technical field or equivalent experience.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience with Android SDK required; prior experience in a similar role preferred.
- High level of proficiency in Kotlin and Java with an understanding of code optimization and application performance.
- Experience working on and releasing one or more applications to Google Playstore and/or Amazon Appstore.
- Strong analytical, evaluation and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to develop solutions by applying relevant technologies and ensuring maintainability, extensibility and code reuse.
- Solid understanding of Version Control principles, preferably using Git and Pull Requests.
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
- Knowledge of testing and quality assurance practices including unit testing and code documentation.
- Excellent verbal/written communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to deliver quality solutions within established timelines.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop advanced applications for Android platform.
- Design, develop and maintain scalable, secure, and efficient backend services and microservices to support mobile applications, following established development methodologies and standards.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define API contracts, design and ship new features.
- Understand the complexities of and help integrate different third-party SDKs.
- Optimize the underlying AWS infrastructure for subscription services for performance and cost.
- Identify, troubleshoot, and solve complex problems.
- Participate in agile software development practices and peer/code reviews.
- Stay on top of latest technologies/ mobile trends and recommend appropriate design solutions.
- Plan, develop, and conduct unit testing; assist in planning and conducting other testing (e.g., integration, system, etc.).
- Perform impact assessment in all system/application changes as needed; follows appropriate change management and control procedures.
Preferred Qualifications
- Desirable experience, but not required, in: Python and Node JS, Back-end technologies such as Java EE, Sprint Boot, Junit, Relational databases such as Oracle, MySQL, Postgres, Application servers such as Wildfly, Glassfish, Tomcat, Web servers such as httpd and Nginx, Message/event buses such as JMS, Active Mq, SQS/SNS (AWS), Engineering tools such as Datadog, Splunk, and Catchpoint, DevOps technologies such as Docker and Jenkins, Amazon Web Services such as S3, ECS, EC2, and Cloudwatch.
