Sr Android Engineer

Target • Brooklyn Park, NC

1d • $95,000 - $171,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Engineer, you serve as a specialist on the engineering team that supports the product. You help develop and gain insight into application architecture. You can distill an abstract architecture into concrete design and influence the implementation. You show expertise in applying the appropriate software engineering patterns to build robust and scalable systems. You are an expert in programming and apply your skills in developing the product. You have the skills to design and implement the architecture on your own, but choose to influence your fellow engineers by proposing software designs, and providing feedback on software designs and/or implementation. You show good problem solving skills and can help the team in triaging operational issues. You leverage your expertise in eliminating repeat occurrences. About this team: On the Content Apps team, you'll be responsible for the display of server-driven and static content on the Homepage of our Flagship Android app and beyond. You will work with a team of engineers from both Android and iOS who work together to ensure the best possible code quality and Guest experience. By working closely with other Flagship app teams and cross-functional partners you will help to enhance and redefine the Target Guest experience.

Requirements

• 4 year degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience in software design & development
• 4+ years of experience developing apps for Android
• Experience developing in Kotlin, including using coroutines
• Experience with Jetpack Compose
• Experience with distributing mobile applications via public app stores and/or enterprise channels
• Excellent knowledge of working with dynamic data using services (e.g., JSON, REST APIs, etc)
• Experience performance profiling and tuning consumer facing mobile applications
• Excellent hands-on skills with Android application development tools, including Android Studio and the Android SDK
• Good communicator and team player with strong organizational skills
• Proactively helps drive innovation within the company

Nice To Haves

• Experience integrating libraries with Gradle and using other third party frameworks tools and SDKs, such as Retrofit, Moshi, and Epoxy
• Experience with dependency injection frameworks such as Dagger, Hilt, or Anvil
• Experience with instrumented UI testing with Espresso
• Experience with continuous delivery in mobile, including Test- or Behavior-Driven Design, code review, static analysis, continuous integration, automation and functional testing
• Experience with authenticated sessions using OAuth and authentication tokens

Responsibilities

• Own development, testing, and quality of new features in collaboration with product and design partners
• Keep abreast of technology trends and advances in mobile technologies
• Research, evaluate, and provide objective feedback on technologies
• Inform innovative design with relevant technology insights
• Develop fully functional prototypes to objectively test against hypotheses
• Be able to produce clear and concise technical deliverables for internal and external use
• Innovate constantly and maintain a technical edge

Benefits

• comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more
• 401(k)
• employee discount
• short term disability
• long term disability
• paid sick leave
• paid national holidays
• paid vacation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees