Android Developer

Android Developer

Location: Sunnyvale CA (only local consultants)

Duration: 12 months

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.

What Youll Do:
Troubleshoot business and production issues for mobile devices by reviewing and analyzing information (for example issue impact criticality possible root cause etc.); then engaging support teams to assist in the resolution of found issues. Upon issue resolution perform a root cause analysis across multiple mobile devices to prevent future occurrence.
Develop innovative mobile technology solutions and strategies to support business objectives by collaborating with crossfunctional business partners; developing assessments of key opportunities; benchmarking and analyzing industry best practices; forecasting for future technologies; driving highpriority initiatives; identifying and implementing solutions; communicating with and influencing decisionmakers and executives within the organization; influencing the industry to adopt sustainable solutions; and defining software development guidelines standards and processes.
Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to determine project requirements; translating requirements into mobile solutions for multiple operating systems (for example iPhone Android); gathering requested information (for example design documents product requirements wire frames); writing and developing code (for example Java/Kotlin) that can be applied to multiple types of mobile devices; developing user interface solutions; conducting testing to ensure solution is functional; communicating project status and roadblocks to team members and stakeholders; determining solutions to issues; enhancing design to prevent reoccurrence of defects across multiple devices; ensuring ontime delivery; and collaborating with project managers to provide guidance on project implementation plan.
Remove barriers and obstacles that impact performance; providing resources; identifying performance standards; measuring progress and adjusting performance accordingly; developing contingency plans; and demonstrating adaptability and supporting continuous learning.
Promote and supports company policies procedures mission values and standards of ethics and integrity by training and providing direction to others in their use and application; ensuring compliance with them; and utilizing and supporting the Open Door Policy.
Ensure business needs are being met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans programs and initiatives; consulting with business partners managers coworkers or other key stakeholders; soliciting evaluating and applying suggestions for improving efficiency and cost effectiveness; and participating in and supporting community outreach events.


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
o Designing and developing advanced applications for the Android platform
o 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

Top 3 Skills Needed or Required

Experience working with Kotlin Coroutines MVVM MVVM Clean View Models Repository Design pattern and other architectures
Experience working with an orchestration Layer and GraphQL
Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle and writing readable maintainable performant objectoriented code

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