Android Developer - Houston, TX (Remote)

Job description
Android Developer
Location: Houston, TX (Remote)
Duration: Long-term
Rate: DOE
US Citizens, GC, EAD ( H4, L2), E3 TN visa holders preferred, NO third party corp to corp accepted for this job
• 7-8+ years of Android application development experience
Technical expertise with the following:
• Participate in developing and maintaining the United Customer-facing Android application by maintaining the existing code base and extending it with new features.
• Implement solutions according to design, requirements, and standards.
• Write unit tests, and UI tests, conform to code standards and have your designs and code reviewed.
• Work closely with your team members and the software team leads.
• Assist in continually improving our software development process and development.
• Be committed to stretch goal achievement and willing to do what it takes to get the job
Strong knowledge of Kotlin, Jetpack, Android SDK, Gradle, AndroidStudio, different versions of Android, and how to deal with different screen sizes
• Experience working with remote data via REST and JSON
Strong knowledge of Android UI design, principles, patterns, and best practices
• Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
• Understanding of crash reporting and analytics framework integration
• Good knowledge of third-party SDK integration.
• Good understanding of Agile methodologies
• Ability to design applications around natural user interfaces, such as "touch
• Familiarity with the use of additional sensors, such as gyroscopes and accelerometers
• Knowledge of the open-source Android ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications
• Understanding of Google's Android design principles and interface guidelines
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Good knowledge of implementation of automated testing platforms and unit tests
Desired:
• Experience with Test-Driven Development
• Familiarity with continuous integration