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Senior Android Developer – LATAM

Latin America

About Distillery

Distillery accelerates innovation through an unyielding approach to nearshore software development. The world’s most innovative technology teams choose distillery to help accelerate strategic innovation, fill a pressing technology gap, and hit mission-critical deadlines. We support essential applications, mobile apps, websites, and eCommerce platforms through the placement of senior, strategic technical leaders and by deploying fully managed technology teams that work intimately alongside our client’s in-house development teams.
At Distillery, we’re not here to reinvent nearshore software development, we’re on a mission to perfect it.

About the Position

As an Android Developer you will work on new technologies and find ways to meet our customers’ needs and make it easy for them to do business with us. You will be a part of a team to resolve a diverse range of complex problems and regularly lead multiple, technically complex, large-scale projects.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborating with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
  • Writing clean, efficient, and well-documented code
  • Debugging and fixing defects in existing applications
  • Participating in code reviews to maintain code quality and ensure standards are met
  • Working with product managers and designers to create user-friendly and intuitive interfaces
  • Staying up-to-date with the latest developments in mobile technology and best practices
  • Maintaining code repositories using version control systems like Git.
  • Conducting unit and integration testing to ensure high-quality software
  • Providing technical support to end-users

Requirements

  • Upper-intermediate English proficiency
  • 5+ years of experience as a professional software engineer
  • Designing and developing advanced applications for the Android platform using programming languages like Java or Kotlin
  • Experience developing Android applications using Java and/or Kotlin as programming languages
  • Thorough knowledge of the Android SDK and Android Studio, the Android development tools
  • Ability to work with common software architectures, such as MVC, MVP, and MVVM
  • Experience in creating and consuming web services through RESTful APIs
  • Knowledge of Material Design design guidelines to create attractive and easy-to-use user interfaces
  • Ability to write clean, well-structured and documented code to maintain software quality
  • Experience in performing unit and integration tests to ensure software quality
  • Knowledge of design patterns and good programming practices to maintain a scalable and easy-to-maintain architecture
  • Ability to solve technical problems and debug errors in existing applications

Nice-To-Have Skills

  • Ability to work with databases and data persistence tools, such as SQLite and Realm
  • Knowledge in the development of applications that use emerging technologies, such as augmented reality or artificial intelligence
  • Ability to design and develop applications that use the microservices architecture
  • Experience building applications that use cloud technologies, such as Firebase and AWS
  • Ability to work with agile methodologies, such as Scrum, Kanban and XP, for project management and software development
  • Interpersonal and communication skills to work in a team and collaborate with other developers, designers and project managers

Why You’ll Like Working Here

  • The ability to work on and partner with multi-national teams that are committed to our BEST core values: Best People, Best Expertise, Best Service, Best Teamwork
  • A generous, competitive compensation package for exceptional performers, as well as a generous vacation package and competitive benefits plan
  • Remote working environment
  • Professional and personal development