Android Developer

Position: Android Developer

Location : Hybrid 4 days/week downtown Toronto

Type: Contract

Duration: 12+ month with possible extension

• What are the “must-have” skills for this role? Android front-end development using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose and is familiar with Android SDK (level 28 and later), MVC, MVP, and MVVM, Android Studio, Gradle, Ant/Maven, Stash, GIT

Responsibilities include:

Prime contact with technical experts, project teams, business and outside vendors, providing leadership, guidance and direction

Work independently and often autonomously as the senior or lead developer and coach/guide team members within area of expertise

Overall accountability for the delivery of the solution design and deliverables.

In conjunction with architects and managers provide effort estimates for new projects and initiatives

Consult on development of the System Requirements Specification (SRS). Work closely with

Business analyst to translate business requirements into timely and robust technical solutions

Lead the creation of a comprehensive end-to-end solution and coordinate with Solution

Architects and other Solution Designers as required driving the creation of the System Design Specification [SDS]

Work with developers to ensure that the detailed technical design is fully understood and the development initiatives are in line with the intended design and standards

Ensure team members adhere to guidelines/procedures on highly complex or large scale projects complying with the system development life cycle (SDLC) and project management methodology (PMLC)

Conduct code reviews to ensure quality, standards compliance, re-usability and ease of maintenance

Deliver effective and efficient solutions by meeting key project milestones and ensure that the project deliverables are on time, within budget, and adhere to the corporate quality and security standards

Continuously enhance knowledge/expertise in own area and keep current with leading-edge technologies trends/developments and develop expertise in services, applications, infrastructure, analytical tools and techniques that can contribute to effective solution design/delivery

Provide technical support for escalated incidents/outages to ensure that they are resolved efficiently with minimal impact to stakeholders

Provide input into the Application Deployment Plan

Work on a broad range of tasks and multiple, concurrent projects. Prioritize and manage own workload in order to deliver quality results and meet timelines

Support a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, quality, innovation and teamwork and ensure timely communication of issues/ points of interest

Participate in knowledge transfer within the team and business units

Minimum 5 years' experience in mobile development and minimum 3 years in Java/J2EE application development.

Experienced in Android front-end development using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose and is familiar with Android SDK (level 28 and later).

Strong knowledge of object-oriented analysis and design, implementation and maintenance

Hands-on experienced with development tools such as Android Studio, Gradle, Ant/Maven, Stash, GIT etc..

Hands-on experience with software design pattern such as MVC, MVP, and MVVM

Knowledge of MFC frameworks such as AngularJS, Backbone.

Experience with Web services such as REST, JAX-RS, XML-RPC, JSON-RPC, SOAP), JDBC,

Experience with build processes, continuous integration and source control systems (GIT or MKS

an asset)

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Experience in leading/mentoring technical team members

Web Technologies: HTML5, JavaScript, CSS, HTML-DOM, AJAX an asset

Development and platforms: Windows, Unix/Linux, Websphere, Jboss

Familiar with software development methodologies

Experience working with a distributed team with both onshore and offshore developers.