Mobile Application Developer

Mobile Application Developer

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Role: Mobile Application Developer

Location: Houston, TX
Duration: 6+ Months
Developer Design and develop software applications (apps) for mobile phones, Smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices. May develop on one or more mobile platforms including Apple iOS, BlackBerry, Google Android, Microsoft Windows Mobile, and/or other mobile platforms. Manage full software development life cycle including testing, implementation, and auditing. Perform product design, bug verification, and beta support which may require research and analysis. Job Summary: Create, maintain and implement the source code to develop mobile apps and programs that meet the needs and requirements of the clients using the computer programming languages. Primary Responsibilities: Support the entire application lifecycle (concept, design, test, release and support); Produce fully functional mobile applications writing clean code; Gather specific requirements and suggest solutions; Write unit and UI tests to identify malfunctions; Troubleshoot and debug to optimize performance; Design interfaces to improve user experience; Liaise with Product development team to plan new features; Ensure new and legacy applications meet quality standards; Research and suggest new mobile products, applications and protocols; Stay up-to-date with new technology trends. Qualifications: Proven work experience as a Mobile developer; Demonstrable portfolio of released applications on the App store or the Android market; In-depth knowledge of at least one programming language like Swift and Java; Experience with third-party libraries and APIs.

Responsibilities
• Partner with the eCommerce team and IT to prepare and program various projects related to the latest Mobile technologies
• Deliver across the entire app life cycle from concept, design, build, deploy, test, and support
• Follow MVVM and Clean architecture design patterns
• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability and general reliability
• Experience working in an Agile environment
• Experience working with GIT VCS
• Possess a deep knowledge of Android application development
• Experience working with remote data via REST and JSON, third party libraries and APIs
• Perform peer’s code review to make sure they are following correct practices and standards
• Lead small projects and provide appropriate timelines for project completion
• Ability to creatively architect and design programs to meet the goals and requirements of various projects
• Quickly integrate and update projects
• Contribute to the team effort by accomplishing project tasks on schedule and by interacting with other developers
• Provide technical insight on existing mobile platforms to improve performance, availability and utilization optimizations
• Performs research and development to evaluate emerging technologies and their potential to optimize the platform
• Evaluate, suggest and implement third party software as needed
• Make efficient use of source control and bug tracking systems Reviews estimates for software development and delivery to ensure quality and accuracy

Knowledge/Skills

Required
• Android studio, Java, Kotlin, Android SDK, and SQLite, JetPack(i.e: ViewModel, Live data, Room…)
• Experience working with third party networking libraries such as Retrofit
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Able to manage multiple priorities and deliverables, both short and long-term, in a busy and aggressive environment
• Must be self-motivated, possess strong communication skills and be able to work in a team-oriented environment
• Knowledge in GitHub VCS
• Testing code with AndroidX Test
• Knowledge in Jira
• Ability to code a feature using clean architecture with MVVM
• Must be able to debug issues
• Deep knowledge of Activity, Fragment, Service, Broadcast receiver, Intent, Content provider

Preferred
• Experience with Analytic tools such as Google Analytics, New Relic.
• Gradle; FCM; AR; AI/ML; Google play services; Widgets, Groovy
• App profiling tools; instrumentation tools
• Knowledge in Google Material design specs

Required
• 8 or more years of experience in application design, development, installation and modification of software
• 5+ years of experience with Android application development
• Experience developing native Android Apps with Kotlin, Java, Android SDK using Android Studio

Education
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Management Information Systems and/or equivalent work experience

Note: This is not necessarily an all-inclusive list of job-related responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, SPECTRAFORCE and the assigned client reserve the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.

Benefits:
SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, and hospital indemnity insurances. Additional benefits SPECTRAFORCE offers to the eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE offers unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at if you require a reasonable accommodation.

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