Principal Mobile Engineer

Principal Mobile Engineer – Android

Location:

Englewood, CO Visa: TN / GC / USC / GC-EAD Hybrid onsite from day 1 – Greenwood Village, outside of Denver

Client:
Charter Communications

There are 2 Roles. 1 For Sr. & 1 For Jr. Rate is given below: 55-60 Jr 75-80 Sr.

The Principal Android Engineer will own the design, development, documentation, and troubleshooting of our Connection Manager application in addition to new technology projects involving Android. You should have a real passion for the latest technology trends and be willing to share new technology opportunities with the broader team. More specifically, you will:

• Write clean, concise code that is stable, extensible and unit-tested appropriately
• Communicate frequently and effectively with other developers and quality engineers on the team in addition to our product owners, scrum masters and project managers.
• Diagnose complex issues, evaluate, recommend and execute the best resolution
• Implement new features within our Agile delivery methodology while following our established architectural principles and practices
• Write code that meets the production requirements and design specifications and anticipate potential errors/issues

• Extensive production experience with native Android application development
• Experience in making critical, architectural decisions for a development team, providing sound technical direction and communicating effectively
• Strong knowledge of Java, Kotlin, Gradle and the Android SDK
• Knowledge of using RESTful APIs
• Proficiency building large scale, complex, Android applications optimized for both UX and performance
• Experience working on large scale mobile projects leveraging rigid and complex architectural patterns
• Working experience in Agile software development and leveraging continuous integration and deployment practices
• Familiarity using test-driven development frameworks or automated testing tools for mobile development
• Team player mindset and a great sense of humor
• Willingness to mentor and advise other engineering team members
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Solid analytical and troubleshooting abilities

• 7+ years Android application development experience
• 10+ years overall application development experience
• 3+ years web services development experience using REST, JSON, XML

Education:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field;
Master's preferred