Android Engineer - Cape Town (Hybrid) at Collinson

Key responsibilities:

• Design and build advanced applications for the Android platform.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Maintain and improve existing codebase, focusing on continuous integration and deployment strategies.
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance.
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the application.
• Integrate with third-party libraries and APIs, ensuring seamless functionality.
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.
• Coordinate with the design team to ensure UI/UX best practices are followed.
• Address any security vulnerabilities and work to ensure a secure app environment.
• Stay updated with the latest mobile trends, architectures, and emerging technologies.

Knowledge skills and experience:

• 3+ years of experience building Android native apps
• You have hands-on experience building mobile applications using Kotlin, and solid understanding of Android app design principles, patterns, and best practices
• Good knowledge of architectural design patterns such as MVVM and MVP, and proven experience ensuring modularized and scalable app architecture
• You care about user interaction, usability, and of course, making the interface beautiful
• Ability to take ownership and drive the development of exciting and impactful new features and products
• A genuine passion for writing well-structured, readable, and maintainable code
• You know what to test, why to test it, and how to write flexible tests that won't break
• An agile mindset and experience with Agile practices (Pairing, TDD)
• You thrive in a team where you can learn and try new tech, collaborate on technical challenges and grow as a team.