Senior Android Engineer
(
London, UK
)
Role
We are seeking to hire an Android Software Engineer to help with the development of an embedded digital signage media player. Your duties will primarily revolve around designing new software, adapting it to new hardware, upgrading and optimising its performance and maintaining current deployments. You will also be involved in directing system testing and validation procedures and working with customers or departments on technical issues, including software system design and maintenance. To be successful in this role, you will need to be skilled in Android Java or Kotlin application design and development and knowledgeable in the software development life-cycle.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop an android application to run on embedded media players, integrating into an existing api content management system and interfacing with external peripherals.
- Modifying Android software to fix errors, adapt it to new hardware, improve its performance, or upgrade interfaces.
- Directing system testing and validation procedures.
- Directing software programming and documentation development.
- Analyzing information to recommend and plan the installation of new systems or modifications of an existing system.
- Consulting with engineering staff to evaluate software-hardware interfaces and develop specifications and performance requirements.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in a related field.
- Bachelor's or Graduate's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Information Systems, or a related field.
- Proven experience working with Android Java or Kotlin with embedded systems.
- Knowledge of the software development life-cycle.
- The desire to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to develop unit testing of code components or complete applications.
- Creativity and independent thinking is always a plus.
Perks & Benefits
- Collaborate with a global team spread across the US, UK, Canada and South Africa.
- Opportunity to work on projects with blue-chip clients incl: ABInBev, Unilever, Tesco, SPAR etc
