Senior Android Developer

The Company:

A leading financial institution based in Melbourne CBD are looking for a Senior level Android programmer to join their team on a permanent basis.

This thriving company offers a fun, flexible work culture where you can work on some exciting, innovative products and enjoy the perks of working for a successful company that encourages personal development and challenges the norm.

Remote working initially, with a view to spending 1-2 days a week in the office in the near future.

The Role:

You’ll report to the Engineering Manager but you’ll have a lot of autonomy in this senior position, to own and drive your solutions.

You’ll work closely with solution designers, business analysts, delivery leads and testers in an Agile environment to create great applications. You’ll have proven experience building robust, secure and maintainable Android applications.

Responsibilities:

• Working with business analysts / UI designers to ensure requirements are clear, and offering technical input into the requirements process
• Working with solution designers to provide mobile team input into the solution design
• Designing and coding Android applications
• Working with the test team to ensure applications are robust
• Continuous innovation in development practices, team processes and mobile design
• Presenting to internal colleagues/stakeholders and external meet-ups/conferences

General Skills & Experience:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
• Strong delivery focus with an active approach to quality
• Ability to work well with stakeholders
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting & documentation skills
• Ability to work under pressure and self-manage tasks
• Enthusiasm for technology and solving problems
• Team player

Technical Skills & Experience:

• Experience coding in Kotlin and Java
• Experience across full software development lifecycle: Analysis, Development, Testing, Configuration Management, Deployment and Release
• Agile Software Development and Management methods and ability to excel within a fast paced environment
• A solid technical background in Android programming using Android Studio
• Interfacing with JSON APIs
• Experience working with diverse teams from Development, Testing, Operations, Security, Architecture, Infrastructure to Business & Management
• Continuous Integration & Delivery practices and tools (Jenkins)
• Good understanding of Quality Control and Test Automation in Agile-based Continuous Integration environments
• Experience with latest development methodologies
• Build Management tools (Gradle)
• Development experience using source systems (Git, SVN)
• Writing automated unit tests (Junit/Roboelectric/Espresso)
• Release & Configuration Management practices such as parallel development (tagging, branching, etc.), managing versions and third party libraries
• Experience with Repository Managers (Artifactory)
• Knowledge of code quality analysis tools (coverage, duplication, complexity, dependency analysis and standards)

Benefits:

• High level of autonomy
• Work with the latest technology
• Work in a supportive, collaborative environment
• Be supported in your career development path and receive ongoing training
• Flexible working
• Healthy work/life balance

For more information, please apply now or email jcorner@welovesalt.com

Salt is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.