Senior Android Developer needed for large Government organisation. You'll be responsible for the following:
Providing technical Android leadership within their team
Consistently delivering to challenging business objectives and adhere to Service Level Agreements with commercial implications for success and failure
Demonstrating strong problem-solving skills
Utilising their XP knowledge; TDD, Continuous Integration
Working predominantly using pair programming, imparting skills and knowledge in a small team
Introducing Open Source products/ tools as appropriate to optimise the delivery timescale and quality of the software product
Skills and experience:
Minimum 5+ Years experience developing native applications for Android in Java
A test-first development mentality using TDD and knowledge of unit and UI testing
Demonstrable understanding of S.O.L.I.D. principles and Object Oriented patterns.
Knowledge of Clean Architecture patterns such as MVVM, MVP etc
Continuous Delivery with CI systems e.g. Bitrise, Jenkins etc
Able to provide examples of clean, self documenting, readable code.
Version Control using GIT
Experience of Agile software delivery methods and a strong understanding of agile principles and mindset
Excellent communication and mentoring skills, good verbal and written communication
Interest in keeping up to date with current industry trends and changes with the ability to evaluate and propose new ideas and solutions
The following are an advantage:
Experience in Kotlin desirable
Experience using dependency injection libraries and knowledge of RXJava
Good accessibility practises