Android Developer at Touchsides

Job description

Why Work for Us

Touchsides is a product company going for market leadership in the retail analytics space. Now is the time to join our rapidly growing company as we move into new territories. Working at Touchsides will expose you to a wide range of technical challenges from scaling databases to crafting lovable apps and working with our custom-built hardware.

Our Culture

At Touchsides we pay well and give teams the autonomy to deliver their best. We work in a high trust environment and everyone has the curiosity and courage to build the next best thing.

Job Description

We are looking for an Android developer responsible for the development and maintenance of applications aimed at custom designed Android devices. Your primary focus will be the development of Android applications and their integration with back-end services. You will be working along-side other engineers and developers working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, dedication to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and crafting quality products is important.

Responsibilities

• Translate designs and wireframes into high quality code
• Design, build, and maintain high performance, reusable, and reliable Java code
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the application
• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization
• Constantly be learning

Skills

• Strong knowledge of Android SDK, different versions of Android, and how to deal with different screen sizes
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services
• Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and standard methodologies
• Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
• Ability to design applications around natural user interfaces, such as “touch”
• Familiarity with the use of additional sensors, such as gyroscopes and accelerometers
• Knowledge of the open-source Android ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications
• A knack for benchmarking and optimization
• Understanding of Google’s Android design principles and interface guidelines
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Familiarity with continuous integration
• Familiarity with the following technologies and tools is advantageous
• Retrofit
• OKHTTP
• Retrolambda
• GSON
• SQLCipher
• Logback
• Robolectric
• Espresso
• JUnit
• Gradle
• BSc Comp Sci or equivalent is advantageous