Android Developer

For a TOP5 Bank in Canada!*

Role: Android DeveloperStructure: 8 months contractLocation: Toronto, ON (*Remote)Pay: Up to $85-95 per hour INC (Incorporated)

Typical Day in Role:

• Adheres to and demonstrates coding conventions and good practices and helps to maintain the architecture of the project.• Takes the lead in reviewing others’ code, actively contributing suggestions and catching potential issues for their assigned project or scrum.• Deep knowledge of Android design best practices and Google Guidelines. Willing and able to provide designers with constructive feedback.• Demonstrate good understanding of layers below the app: API, services, and backend systems.• Very involved in feature refinement to flag requirements and ask questions.• Takes initiative to help identify and resolve production (and other critical) issues.• Always works to balance user experience, performance (client and backend), and security.• Helps to lead tech definition meetings, define and decide architecture patterns for their assigned project or scrum• Exceptional understanding of our programming language(s) and tools Kotlin and Java.• Experience with and understanding of all layers of app code: UI, business logic, models, networking.• Build and maintain scripts / tools for Developer & Deployment Productivity. Embracing and promoting Continuous Delivery.• Work closer to a tech lead/team lead sharing responsibility inside the team• Be the voice for platform team in scrum discussions to maintain platform consistency across teams. E.g. Suggest platform specific changes to PO, pushback on design changes when deviating from patterns being followed elsewhere.Work on new features for the project

Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:

1. 8+ years of experience as a mobile developer working on large scale projects2) 5+ years of developer experience as an Android developer3) 2+ years of intermediate experience with Kotlin4) 4+ years of experience in integrating APIs with mobile apps5) 3+ years’ experience with and understanding of all layers of app code: UI, business logic, models, networking

Nice-To-Have Skills:

1. Experience with Java2) Experience using JIRA3) Experience with Bitbucket

Key Skills

• Android
• Java