Android Software Engineer (Logistics) at takealot.com

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This position reports to the Engineering Team Lead (Mobile - Logistics).

Your mission, should you choose to accept it:

• Help design, develop and refine new features
• Locate and resolve bugs and crashes
• Brainstorm new ideas and concepts
• Work with teammates on design, code reviews, and estimation

The skills we need:Be accountable

• Creative
• Solutions oriented
• Flexible
• Take pride in your work

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma in Computer Science or Engineering with a minimum of 3 years experience in a software development role.
• In the event that a candidate does not have a Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma (in Computer Science or Engineering), an equivalent experience requirement must be met, which equates to a minimum of 6 years experience in a software development role.
• At least 2 years of which should include professional experience in native Android (preferably using Android Studio)
• Full understanding of the Android application and activity lifecycles
• Appreciation of Android-specific asynchronous processing techniques.
• Appreciation of Android user experience design patterns.
• Knowledge of strategies to handle issues related to platform fragmentation, differing screen sizes and multiple OS versions preferred
• Experience working with unit test frameworks (MockK, Robolectric, etc.) preferred
• Experience with network requests to RESTful APIs using best practice and well-known libraries (Retrofit, etc.) preferred
• Experience working with software development tools including Git, Jira and Confluence preferred
• Experience with writing UI Automation scripts using Appium preferred
• Experience developing location-based apps with high availability requirements would be advantageous
• Experience with Firebase products (Analytics, Crashlytics, Firestore, Remote Config, etc.) would be advantageous