Android Developer at Discovery Limited

Key Purpose

• The Android developer will work on the Discovery application together with Product Owners from various business units, Business Analysts, UX/UI designers & Content Teams, System Architect, and managers to understand the overall business need and the requirements, design the system solution using various approaches and technologies, implement the designed solution in the system with high quality source code.
• The Android Developer will support the projects throughout the project lifecycle, including requirements, design, implementation, release, and post release support.
• Android developers in the Insure Digital area must be able to technically support and maintain the deployed applications on dev, test and production environments.

Areas of responsibility may include but are not limited to

• The system development life cycle and can explain the Android developer role in each stage
• The defined system development tools, processes and workflows
• The distinction between business, functional and non-functional requirements and how to implement them
• The importance of delivering high quality source code and how to achieve it
• The technologies used and the systems components structure
• The domain and business terminologies and link them back to system implementations

Skills and Knowledge

Technologies 

• J2EE, Sprint Boot
• Android, Java, Kotlin
• WebLogic, Apache
•  UML
• XML, JSON
• SOAP and REST Web Service Development
• Software architecture
• JAD sessions
• Data modelling techniques

Methodologies

• Waterfall and Agile
• Knowledge of OO design principles and development patterns

Tools

• SoapUI (SOAP) / REST client (JSON)
• Android Studio
• Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence)

Processes

• ITIL (Incident, Release, Problem Management)

Personal attributes and skills

• Stress Management
• Time management and prioritization
• Creativeness
• Learning orientation
• Negotiation skills
• Innovation
• Clean code thinking
• Presentation and Facilitation Skills
• Software testing pack design, functional testing

Education and Experience

Education:

• Matric (Essential)
• 3+ Year IT related Degree or Diploma (BSc/BTech or similar) or related experience (Essential)

Minimum Experience:              

• 2+ years’ experience developing Android applications 
• Have worked on multiple published apps in the Play Store
• 3+ years of hands-on experience developing native apps for Android
• Deep understanding of REST, JSON, HTTP and related mobile networking frameworks
• Unit testing and mocking frameworks.
• Knowledge of OO design principles and development patterns
• Experience with agile development methodologies
• Experience with automated testing tools and techniques
• Experience in Kotlin beneficial
• Experience with GIT
• Have worked on at least 1 app published in the Play Store