Android Developer (Senior) at Discovery Limited

Key Purpose

Senior Android developer will support the projects throughout the project lifecycle, including requirements, design, implementation, release and post release support. 

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• The senior Android developer must have a competent understanding of:
• The system development life cycle and can explain the Java developer role in each stage
• The defined system development tools, processes and workflows
• The distinction between business, functional and non-functional requirements and how to implement them
• The importance of delivering high quality source code and how to achieve it
• The technologies used and the systems components structure
• The domain and business terminologies and link them back to system implementations 

Senior Android developers should be able to demonstrate that they can:

• Develop, test, and maintain the deployed application software with high quality
• Collaborate with product managers and designers to ensure a successful, high-quality product and great user experience
• Analyse, maintain and enhance existing application and troubleshoot issues with efficiency.
• Perform accurate development estimation
• Produce technical specifications and designs. Participate in new business development through ideation, prototype development, and project estimates
• Research new techniques, tools, and best practices and share that knowledge with the team and community
• Maintain high standards 
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• Self-starter who takes ownership, is accountable, and is able to work under minimum supervision
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Can help with quality assurance and provide comments                                          

Within 6 months of being in the position, a senior Android developer should be able to demonstrate strong domain knowledge and technologies in relation to the environment that they work in.

• Personal Attributes and Skills
• Behavioral Skills
• Stress Management
• Time management and prioritization
• Creativeness
• Learning orientation
• Negotiation skills
• Innovation
• Clean code thinking

Technical Skills

• Project Management
• Business Writing Skills
• Presentation and Facilitation Skills
• Solution Architecture
• Process Mapping
• Entity Diagram mapping
• Software testing pack design, functional testing

Education and Experience
Minimum

• 3+ Year IT related Degree or Diploma (BSc/BTech or similar)
• 4+ years’ experience developing Android applications
• Have worked on multiple published apps in the Play Store
• Experience with Microservices

Advantageous

• 4+ year user interface analyst experience
• Java related degree/qualification
• Honours degree
• Business experience and product knowledge
• Experience in Kotlin beneficial
• Experience with agile development methodologies
• Experience with automated testing tools and techniques
• Experience with GIT
• Native Android
• Methodologies
• Waterfall and Agile
• Knowledge of OO design principles and development patterns 

Tools

• SoapUI (SOAP) / REST client (JSON)
• Android Studio
• Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence)

Processes

• ITIL (Incident, Release, Problem Management)

Technologies

• J2EE, Spring Boot
• Android, Java, Kotlin
• WebLogic, Apache
• UML
• XML, JSON
• SOAP and REST Web Service Development

Other

• Software architecture
• JAD sessions
• Data modelling techniques