Android Developer - REST JSON Google Cloud MessagingRemote - Sunnyvale CA

Description:

On the Membership Experience Engineering team at Walmart we provide technology to power shopping journeys that help hundreds of millions of customers live better be it busy families getting groceries easily new parents welcoming a new baby organizing a new home or anyone planning a fun party. We strive to create the best shopping experience anywhere anytime meeting customers evolving needs and expectations.

Walmart is pioneering the way people experience online and instore shopping. We are looking for an experienced engineering leader to help us design and improve customer membership experience and build scalable platforms on mobile devices. We are just getting started on membership experience and this is a very critical role to shape the face of Walmart.

Requirements

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related subject
• 5 years of professional experience in various elements of full stack software development native mobile web front end back end and handson coding experience in the past
• Experience with a consumer facing app and ecommerce or retail shopping
• Handson experience building scalable backend systems and platforms

Previous knowledge of

• Designing and developing advanced applications for the Android platform
• Unittesting code for robustness including edge cases usability and general reliability
• Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to define design and ship new features
• Experience with bug fixing and improving application performance
• Work with outside data sources and APIs
• Experience with the agile methodology Scrum
• Continuously discover evaluate and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency
• Proven software development experience and Android skills development
• Experience translating wireframes into pixelperfect views
• Knowledgeable about animation and screen transitions
• Have published at least one original Android app
• Experience with Android SDK Services and various methods of background processing
• Experience working with remote data via REST JSON Google Cloud Messaging and the HTTP protocol
• Experience with Google Play APIs: Maps Location and Cloud Messaging
• Experience with thirdparty libraries and APIs
• Experience with analysis of memory issues such as memory leaks using memory analyzers tools (DDMS MAT)
• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape architectures trends and emerging technologies
• Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle and writing readable maintainable performant objectoriented code
• Experience working with Kotlin Coroutines MVVM MVVM Clean View Models Repository Design pattern and other architectures
• Experience working with an orchestration Layer and GraphQL
• Experience operating in an Agile environment and using tracking tools like Jira
• Experience with React Native a plus

Soft Skills

• Being a team player critical thinker and exhibiting problemsolving skills
• Having optimal timemanagement skills and interpersonal and communication skills
• Eagerness to help shape the direction of Android development at Walmart
• Dedication to continue to learn grow and help Walmart tackle brand new challenges
• Collaborating with UI and UX Designers as well as Software Testers to ensure that each app is presentable and in perfect working order.
• Experience with collaborating with UI and UX Designers as well as Software Testers to ensure that Walmarts app is presentable and in perfect working order
• Taking the initiative to monitor app reviews to detect areas for improvement
• Unwavering curiosity