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Software Engineer, Android Responsibilities

• Research, design, develop, and test operating systems-level software, compilers, and network distribution software for user interfaces, infrastructure, and/or tools supporting applications on Android using the Android SDK.


• Work closely with product and design teams to build new and innovative application experiences for Android.


• Work on problems of moderate scope and implement custom native user interfaces using the latest Android programming techniques.


• Receiving general instructions on routine work and detailed instructions on new projects or assignments, build reusable Android software components for interfacing with back-end platforms.


• Resolve a variety of issues by analyzing and optimizing UI and infrastructure application code for quality, efficiency, and performance.

Minimum Qualifications

• Employer will accept a Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Software, Computer Engineering, Applied Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, or related field. Position also requires completion of a university-level course/research project/internship or thesis, in the following:


• Object-oriented software development


• Building Android applications in Java using Android SDK


• AOSP (Android Open Source Project)


• Coding in Java


• Building maintainable and testable codes bases including API design and unit testing techniques


• Multithreading programming and mobile memory management


• Linux, UNIX, or other *nix-like OS as evidenced by file manipulation, advanced commands, and shell scripting


• Core web technologies: HTML, CSS, or JavaScript


• Build highly-scalable performant solutions


• Data processing, programming languages, databases, networking, operating systems, computer graphics, or human-computer interaction


• Applying algorithms and core computer science concepts to real world systems as evidenced by recognizing and matching patterns from different areas of computer science in production systems and


• Distributed systems.

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