Android Technical Lead

Vanguard • Charlotte, NC

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Are you a passionate Android Lead? Do you want to work on a state-of-the-art application with modern design, architecture and tools in a truly agile environment? Come join our growing, enthusiastic and talented Mobile development team! Vanguard is heavily investing and committing to build a world-class mobile experience for our clients, and we are hiring top talent to build our new iOS and Android native apps. You will be joining a fun, collaborative and inclusive cross-functional team where individuals strong on aptitude and attitude have an opportunity to grow their professional careers through working with some of the most advanced technology, development practices. What it takes: Demonstrated experience with software engineering fundamentals including object-oriented design, data structures, dependency injection, and testable code. Able to effectively communicate technical issues in a manner all can understand. Effective at laying out a technical vision for your product. Able to work with scrum masters and product owners to prioritize work relative to both delivering business value and addressing technical debt. Participate in system analysis, design, development, and implementation for our existing mobile native applications. Translate stories into design and code. Develop well-engineered code and test artifacts backed by automated tests. Elevate code into the test, and production environments on schedule. Provide follow-up production support. Submit change control requests and documents. Follow Agile software development methodology.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience with software engineering fundamentals including object-oriented design, data structures, dependency injection, and testable code.
• Able to effectively communicate technical issues in a manner all can understand.
• Effective at laying out a technical vision for your product.
• Able to work with scrum masters and product owners to prioritize work relative to both delivering business value and addressing technical debt.
• Experience with Native mobile application development
• Proficiency in one or more relevant programming languages (e.g. Kotlin / Java)
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly and demonstrate a hands-on understanding
• Understanding of design patterns, integration patterns/practice, Data modeling principles and best practices
• A good track record of project delivery for large cross-team projects
• Strong communication skills and the ability to connect with engineers, managers, PMs, customers
• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent preferred or relevant experience
• 8+ years of software development experience
• 5+ years as a mobile developer

Nice To Haves

• Experience with latest Android SDK / Android Studio
• Dagger
• RXJava
• Retrofit / OKHttp
• Jetpack Compose
• MVVM
• Git
• Coroutines
• Hilt
• Espresso

Responsibilities

• Participate in system analysis, design, development, and implementation for our existing mobile native applications.
• Translate stories into design and code.
• Develop well-engineered code and test artifacts backed by automated tests.
• Elevate code into the test, and production environments on schedule.
• Provide follow-up production support.
• Submit change control requests and documents.
• Follow Agile software development methodology.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level