Mobile Engineer II (Android)

Expedia•Chicago, IL

2d•$111,000 - $155,500•Onsite

About The Position

At Expedia Group, we help travelers explore the world, one journey at a time. As a global travel company powered by passionate people, trusted partnerships, and leading technology, we connect travelers, partners, and advertisers through our consumer brands, B2B network, and travel advertising business. Here, you'll do meaningful work that helps millions of people discover, book, and experience travel with more ease, confidence, and joy. Our five Behaviors-Traveler First, Think Big, Operate with Excellence, Ownership Mindset, and Succeed Together-help foster a supportive environment where people can grow their careers and have the flexibility, benefits, and support to do their best work. Join us and build for travelers everywhere. Role Summary An established performer who consistently applies software engineering principles to business contexts, leads small, well-defined projects and continues as a supporting player on complex projects, and actively identifies inefficiencies in existing software.

Requirements

Developed software in an agile team environment.
Built, published and monitored apps on the Google Play Store
Has a strong understanding of Kotlin and/or Java
A good understanding of Android app architecture patterns (e.g. MVVM, MVP, MVI) and can explain the pros and cons of each
Experience building modern UI with Jetpack Compose
Familiarity with core Android components and libraries (e.g. Jetpack, Activities/Fragments, Coroutines, Room) — or comparable equivalents
Is comfortable translating design wireframes to workable proof of concept code
Is comfortable navigating API contracts like REST or GraphQL
Understands how projects fit together within their team.
Understands moderately complex systems.
Understands testing and monitoring tools.
Understands how to debug and fix issues using the monitoring tools available (e.g. Crashlytics, Play Console vitals)
Good understanding of how to write unit tests and unit testable code (e.g. JUnit, Espresso)
Understands how team goals fit a business need.

Nice To Haves

experience integrating or contributing to open source code
Feels comfortable challenging authority/the status quo.
Proactively asks challenging questions when empowered to do so.

Responsibilities

Develops and tests standard Android applications and related programs and procedures to ensure they meet design requirements.
Applies software design principles, data structures and/or design patterns and computer science fundamentals to write code that is clean, maintainable, optimized, and modular with good naming conventions.
Applies knowledge of API/Schema design principles to solve data requirements for Android experiences.
Helps coordinate stakeholder input and collaboration efforts when developing solutions to issues.
Thinks broadly and understands how, why and when policies/processes are standardized and when they differ across the organization.
Completes tasks and/or provides data to support implementation of holistic solutions that forge linkages between structure, people, process and technology.
Applies formal training methods to current workload.
Proactively reports clearly on current work status.