Senior Android Developer

We are the leading technology recruitment and selection consultancy in Romania, working on highly specialized technologies for permanent and interim positions. Since our inception in 2001 as the first specialized IT recruitment agency in Romania we supported over 400 national and global clients in acquiring strategic IT talent for their business.

We are deeply passionate about technology and highly responsible about our work. We understand the pressure of the business and the fact that you need fast and quality results. Therefore we always go for the extra mile to deliver the best IT&C talent for your business, no matter how challenging the project may seem.

A pioneer in software-as-a-service computing, over 18 years ago they created the first solutions for syndicated lending, which then led to the world's first virtual data rooms (VDRs), used to support the complex and highly regulated process of managing strategic financial transactions. Gartner recognizes them as the top ranked supplier in the Enterprise Collaboration and Social Software category.

For them we are currently looking for an Android Developer, in order to join their local mobile team and work closely with the Boston teams.

Overview

The mobile Team is chartered with designing and developing Android and iOS applications for the company’s products. The successful candidate(s) will be responsible for designing and implementing complex software applications for specific program modules within a bigger application based on broad requirements.

Qualifications:

3+ years of software development experience.
Extensive design experience.
Expert level knowledge of the Android SDK.
Must have already developed one or more professional Android apps. Must have published these apps successfully to Google play store.
Strong background in Object Oriented Programming and Design patterns
XML & Web services: REST/SOAP
Knowledge of unit testing frameworks for mobile apps
Must have excellent communication skills.
Outstanding analytical skills.
Passionate "do whatever it takes" attitude.
Goal-oriented and deadline-oriented.

Responsibilities:

Obtains and reviews requirements from Product Management indicating the business needs and functionalities of the proposed application
Engages in discussions with Product Management and others on the feasibility of the proposed application and the time necessary to accomplish the work.
Creates a high level design document that describes the approach to be taken and programming details.
Partners with Senior Developers to contribute to development of a detailed design, specifying tables, fields, types of data to capture, etc.
Independently designs and implements complex software applications for specific program modules within a bigger application based on broad requirements. Recognized for expertise in multiple technical areas or products. May research, evaluate, and make recommendations to management on the purchase of new technology to meet the current and future needs of the company.
Having broad expertise or unique knowledge, is regarded as an Expert within the department; leverages that experience and knowledge to achieve goals in creative ways and coach or mentor peers to the same end. May contribute to development of functional objectives and practices to achieve broad business goals.
Facilitates collaboration within and across teams for the best possible results.
Responds to and resolves escalated calls for technical assistance received from production support.
Works autonomously within broad objectives. Seeks input and assistance as needed.
Mentor less experienced Mobile Developers including offshore team.

Compensation and perks:

Motivating salary package;
Profesional trainings;
Career path;
Flexible work hours / Work from home policy;
Private medical subscription.
Open vacation policy - as long as your job is on time, take as much vacation/days off as you want
Your choice of PC or MAC computer

Other useful info:

Product centric company which develops its own products in house, no outsourcing used at all. We have full control on lifecycle of the product.
Startup like environment and work culture (flexible hours, wfh policy, team building activities)
From a development perspective depending on the project they are tinkering with wide array of technologies and architectures: AWS, Azure, OpenStack, HP Helion, Java, Vert.x, EMR, Hadoop, Pentaho, Vertica, GIT, Chef, jenkins, NO SQL databases, Windows, Linux, Node.js, Jquery, Javascript, ActiveMQ
They are building a DevOPS culture
They are shifting from a manual oriented QA to a fully automated QA on all our product lines
Mid-sized company with low friction communication and relatively flat hierarchy where they focus on a mission not on politics.
They have dedicated Performance engineering department which focuses on performance aspects only of our products (separate than QC)