Android Developer
About The Position
At Schwab, the Android Developer will build and support native Android experiences for high-visibility, client-facing products, including emerging conversational and AI-enabled capabilities. The role works across feature design, development, automated testing, service integration, production support, and continuous improvement. The developer collaborates with product, design, backend, quality, and engineering partners to deliver intuitive, accessible, and reliable mobile features. This role offers the opportunity to apply Android expertise while developing experience with conversational interfaces, AI-assisted development practices, modern architecture, and enterprise-scale mobile delivery. The position is intended to work on site in the specified location, reflecting Schwab’s emphasis on in-office collaboration. Schwab values demonstrated capability, transferable skills, curiosity, ownership, open collaboration, sound judgment, and growth potential. The role encourages skill development through challenging work, knowledge sharing, technical collaboration, and hands-on learning.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Five or more years of professional native Android development experience using Kotlin and/or Java.
- Advanced software development skills demonstrated through delivery and support of scalable, maintainable Android applications.
- Strong Java or Kotlin programming skills, including object-oriented design, modular development, debugging, and code review practices.
- Experience integrating mobile applications with REST APIs, including asynchronous processing, error handling, and service troubleshooting.
- Experience developing unit tests and automated user-interface tests using tools such as Espresso, UI Automator, or Appium.
- Ability to apply user interface design principles to create intuitive, responsive, and accessible Android experiences.
- Experience troubleshooting application memory, performance, integration, or production issues using structured problem-solving methods.
- Experience supporting CI/CD pipelines, automated builds, release processes, and related DevOps practices.
- Ability to communicate technical decisions, risks, and recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Jetpack Compose, MVVM, Clean Architecture, or comparable modern Android architecture patterns.
- Experience with reactive development frameworks such as Kotlin Flow, Coroutines, RxJava, or LiveData.
- Experience using dependency-injection frameworks such as Dagger, Hilt, or Koin.
- Experience developing accessible mobile applications using TalkBack, dynamic text, focus management, and other Android accessibility capabilities.
- Experience building chatbot, voice, streaming, or conversational user experiences within a native mobile application.
- Practical experience using AI-assisted development tools to analyze requirements, develop implementation plans, generate code, or troubleshoot issues while independently validating quality and production readiness.
- Experience supporting Android SDK, Kotlin, operating-system, and application-store upgrades.
- Experience with test-driven development, behavior-driven development, Agile delivery, and iterative product development.
- Experience building modular, reusable mobile components for large-scale applications.
- Ability to influence technical decisions, build consensus, and work effectively through ambiguous or evolving requirements.
Responsibilities
- Build and support native Android experiences for high-visibility, client-facing products, including conversational and AI-enabled capabilities.
- Contribute to feature design, development, automated testing, service integration, production support, and continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with product, design, backend, quality, and engineering partners to deliver intuitive, accessible, and reliable mobile features.
- Support scalable, maintainable Android applications and related CI/CD pipelines, automated builds, and release processes.
- Participate in architecture discussions, design reviews, knowledge sharing, and cross-functional collaboration.
Benefits
- Eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
