Senior Android Engineer

Summary

Join Encora as a Senior Android Engineer and lead feature development, translate designs into high-quality Android code, and partner with cross-functional teams. You will design, build, and maintain reusable code, ensuring optimal application performance. Responsibilities include identifying and fixing bugs, maintaining code quality, and building efficient front-end systems. You will leverage cutting-edge mobile technologies and best practices. This remote position is based in Colombia or Costa Rica.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field
• Extensive experience in software development with a focus on designing and building scalable applications
• Professional/ Advanced English skills
• +5 years of experience
• Proficiency in Java and Kotlin
• Understanding of the Android mobile app development cycle
• Familiarity with Android libraries, services, and SDKs
• Understanding of UX/UI standards, performance tuning, threading and offline storage
• Experience with developing cross-platform software components, test driven development and continuous delivery

Responsibilities

• Leading feature development and technical delivery on key initiatives
• Translating designs and product requirements into high-quality code on the Android platform
• Partnering with cross-functional teams to elaborate, design, and implement new features
• Designing, building, and maintaining reusable, reliable, high-performance code
• Ensuring the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the application
• Identifying and correcting bottlenecks and fixing bugs
• Helping maintain code quality, organization, and automatization
• Building efficient and reusable front-end abstractions and systems
• Pushing the envelope on cutting-edge mobile technologies and front-end engineering best practices

Preferred Qualifications

• Published Android apps in the Google Play store
• Optimization and benchmarking skills
• Experience managing software projects across different geos and time zones
• Software development experience with SaaS application