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Android Engineer (Remote)
*No Visa Sponsorship is available for this position.
About the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) is a pioneer of purpose-driven science and Cornell Universitys second largest college. We work across disciplines to tackle the challenges of our time through world-renowned research education and outreach. The questions we probe and the answers we seek focus on three overlapping concerns: We believe that achieving next-generation scientific breakthroughs requires an understanding of the worlds complex interlocking systems. We believe that access to nutritious food and a healthy environment is a fundamental human right. We believe that ensuring a prosperous global future depends on the ability to support local people and communities everywhere. By working in and across multiple scientific areas CALS can address challenges and opportunities of the greatest relevance here in New York across the nation and around the world.
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a globally recognized leader in technology data management and large-scale citizen science supporting birds and biodiversity conservation. We curate more than a petabyte of digital assets one billion bird sightings and leverage innovative big data analysis tools and machine learning to produce web applications and services to empower a global community of bird and nature enthusiasts researchers conservationists and educators. The Lab is in an incredible growth phase and navigating exciting challenges to scale our data-driven tools and services for conservation communities in all corners of the globe. eBird collaborates with hundreds of regional organizations in more than 80 countries who are using eBird Merlin Bird ID Birds of the World and other resources as a platform to advance their conservation goals.
The Opportunity
We are looking for an Android Engineer to advance our best-in-class apps Merlin Bird ID and eBird that connect millions of people to birds worldwide. The Android Engineer will join a growing engineering team of six to eight application developers to design and develop mobile apps for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (CLO). From early prototypes to production-ready features we are looking for someone who can contribute to this small team of creative engineers with a mission-driven and tech-forward approach. This position is ideal for someone who is eager deliver new features and functionality to a global user-base of birders and outdoor enthusiasts.
The primary of responsibilities include:
- Design and develop applications for the Android platform
- Ensure the performance quality and responsiveness of the applications
- Work closely with mobile designers to sync design libraries with code
- Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs
- Help maintain code and improve code quality and organization
- Stay up to date on latest Android technologies and trends
- Contribute to the overall success of the mobile team
This is a full-time position at 100% FTE.
While position responsibilities vary every member of our community is expected to foster a culture of belonging and a psychologically healthy work environment by communicating across differences; being cooperative collaborative open and welcoming; showing respect compassion and empathy; engaging and supporting others regardless of background or perspective; speaking up when others are being excluded or treated inappropriately; and supporting work/life integration of oneself and others.
What We Need
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in computer science or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Three (3) years of experience of building production mobile applications including designing coding testing debugging Android apps in Java and/or Kotlin and deploying apps to the Play Store.
- Experience with RESTful APIs to connect Android application to back-end services.
- Understanding of Androids design principles and interface guidelines.
- Experience with code versioning tools such as Git.
- Project management skills to scope projects and translate requirements into deliverables and timelines for public software releases.
- Strong communication skills to clearly articulate plans and provide instruction effectively to all levels of management staff new partners funding agencies project participants and visitors.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of management and staff internally and externally.
- Strong interpersonal skills to develop trust with collaborators.
- Provide high level of initiative to anticipate needs of the project and fulfill project objectives with very minimal supervision.
- Ability to prioritize activities and exercise sound judgement in discussions with collaborators.
- Experience working with inclusion belonging and wellbeing programs.
- Experience working directly with people from various socioeconomic backgrounds.
If you have all those things great! We have a few more things that we would prefer you to have but its ok if you dont.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Deep understanding of birds and the birding community.
- Experience watching birds and working on projects to advance birdwatching and bird conservation.
- Five (5) years of experience of building production mobile applications including designing coding testing debugging Android apps in Java and/or Kotlin and deploying apps to the Play Store.
Application Information:
- A Cover Letter and Resume are required for further consideration for this position. When applying through our system please remember to attach your application materials (Cover Letter and Resume) in PDF format.
- Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.
- Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position.
What We Offer
Rewards and Benefits
- This position is based in Ithaca New York however the successful applicant may perform this role remotely anywhere within the United States. Employees who work remotely may receive multiple W-2 Forms depending on their work location.
- The New York Convenience of employer guidelines require New York State individual tax reporting and withholding for this position. Additional individual state income tax filings may also be required if working temporarily outside of New York State.
- Cornell receives national recognition as an award-winning workplace for our health wellbeing sustainability and diversity initiatives.
- Our benefits programs include comprehensive health care options generous retirement contributions access to wellness programs and employee discounts with local and national retail brands. We invite you to follow this link to get more information about our benefits: this link to learn more about the Total Rewards of Working at Cornell: leave provisions include health and personal leave three weeks of vacation and 13 holidays: Martin Luther King Jr. Day Memorial Day Juneteenth Independence Day Labor Day Thanksgiving and the day after and an end of the year winter break from December 25-January 1.
- Cornells impressive educational benefits include tuition-free Extramural Study and Employee Degree Program tuition aid for external education and Cornell Childrens Tuition Assistance Program.
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