Senior Android Developer

Full-time position

Location: Remote in the following states: Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee, Texas, Florida, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Rhode Island, Massachusetts. 

Must have flexibility to travel to headquarters periodically (est. 2-3 times a year) for onboarding and meetings.

For over 30 years, Midwest Tape has served libraries and their patrons with unparalleled access to the best content available in the media world. Our digital offering, hoopla Digital, combines the media and library expertise of Midwest Tape with the latest in web and mobile technology, delivering an all-in-one experience to the library world. As hoopla continues to grow on a global scale, we are expanding our team.

At Midwest Tape, we know our people are the reason for our success. We value our employees and believe in empowering them to help them thrive. We offer competitive pay and benefits, a healthy work/life balance, and appreciation for a job well done.  

Position Summary: 

The Sr. Android Developer will join our expanding engineering team to focus on front-end mobile app development. We have great ideas for where our technology can go next and we need to add mobile developers to make that happen. The Sr. Android Developer is responsible for maintaining and improving existing features as well as developing and implementing new features on existing applications. The Sr. Android Developer ensures the quality of the application, fixing application bugs, maintaining code and implementing application updates.  

Success in this role will involve delivery of high quality, well architected code that follows the latest industry standards. Success also includes efficient and timely communication to the various technical and non-technical team members, proactive coordination, love of new technologies, a strong desire to learn, curious nature, and a passion for removing inefficiencies.

 Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Develop mobile applications for the Android platform
2. Collaborate with software developers to integrate existing technology into a mobile application
3. Research, design, and implement Android application development best practices
4. Build prototypes of creative and interactive ideas
5. Identifying areas requiring modification in existing applications and clearly communicating the technical and business value of the identified modifications
6. Determining operational practicality
7. Deploy software tools, processes, and metrics
8. Perform code reviews to maintain code quality
9. Work with other engineers to share knowledge of tools and applications
10. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product Manager and Scrum Master to clarify requirements and deadlines when needed
11. Participate in agile development processes, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives

Skills:

• Knowledge of general mobile landscape including architecture, trends, and emerging technologies.
• Strong grasp of Kotlin and Coroutine best practices
• Proficient with full Android development life cycle (production deployments, staged rollouts, stability monitoring, bug tracking, etc) 
• Strong knowledge and experience with AWS environment
• Familiar with SQLite or similar database language
• Familiar with web technologies
• Familiar with JIRA, Confluence, and Microsoft applications
• Familiar with Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills

Preferred Education Requirements: 

Preferred Experience:

• Minimum 5+ years developing Android mobile applications
• 3+ years writing in Kotlin
• 2+ years using Kotlin Coroutines
• 2+ years using Jetpack compose
• 3+ years of UI & UX design experience 
• 3-5 years’ experience using git, including branching, merging, etc. 
• 2-3 years’ experience with video and audio playback using Exoplayer
• 2-3 years’ experience working with REST API and GraphQL services 

Physical Requirements / Work Environment: 

The work environment characteristics and physical demands described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to regularly sit for extended periods of time
• Perform repetitive motion type tasks
• Physically present for meetings, trainings, and presentations.

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, & vision insurance
• 401k + match
• Profit sharing
• Paid vacation and personal time
• Flex time
• 10 paid holidays
• Company performance bonus
• Holiday bonus
• Training & career development opportunities

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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