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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

• Requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Software, Computer Engineering, Applied Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, or related field. Requires completion of a university-level course, research project, internship, or thesis in the following:


• 1. Object-oriented software development


• 2. Building Android applications in Java using Android SDK


• 3. Android internals or frameworks services


• 4. Coding in C/C++, and Java


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


• 6. Multithreading programming and mobile memory management


• 7. Software development tools: Code editors (VIM or Emacs), and revision control systems (Subversion, GIT, or Perforce)


• 8. Linux, UNIX, or other *nix-like OS including file manipulation and simple commands


• 9. Building highly-scalable performant solutions


• 10. Distributed systems including sharding, consistency, and availability


• 11. Algorithms


• 12. Relational databases and SQL


• 13. Conducting design and code reviews.

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