Senior Android Lead Engineer

Title: Senior Android Lead Engineer Location: - Bethesda, MD 20814 (Remote) Hire Type: Contract Job Summary: Takes day-to-day direction from assigned Product Leader/Owner to lead technical workgroups and/or functions as a technical expert. Operates as a key member of the team/squad to resolve and makes decisions on more complex, non-routine service requests with limited to moderate risk. Performs research, analysis, design, creation and implementation of applications to meet current and future user requirements. Defines and creates the next generation of solutions to drive value. Monitors multiple projects by Service Provider to successful completion, maintaining scope within the time and budget constraints. Creates solutions that serve our business leveraging current and leading-edge technologies in an innovative and impactful manner. Core Work Activities: Technical Leadership: Trains and/or mentors other team members, and peers as appropriate Provides financial input on department or project budgets, capital expenditures or other cost/resource estimates as requested Identifies opportunities to enhance the service delivery processes. Delivering Technology: Performs more complex quantitative and qualitative analyses for service delivery processes and projects. Facilitates achievement of expected deliverables and obligations of Services Providers Validates completeness of requirements prior to Service Provider solutioning Ensures all projects follow the defined development and business case processes Ensures proper coordination with appropriate IT and vendor relations teams Provides consultation for routine and complex systems development Ensures early warning to the business stakeholder executives regarding degraded or missed service levels Coordinates with Operations and Infrastructure teams for deployment and production support activities IT Governance: Follows all defined IT standards and processes (i.e., IT Governance, SM&G, Architecture, etc.), and provides input for improvements to the appropriate process owners as needed Maintains a proper balance between business and operational risk Follows the defined project management standards and processes Service Provider Management: Validates that Service Providers develop and manage respective aspects of a project plan, including schedules, deliverables, and appropriate metrics. Makes short term plans for the team to effectively utilize resources Monitors Service Provider outcomes Reviews estimates of work effort for client project provided by Service Providers for accuracy Facilitates timely resolution of service delivery problems and minimizes the impact to clients CANDIDATE PROFILE: Required Education and Experience: 6+ years' experience in software development with expert level expertise in multiple programming languages and methodologies. 5+ years hands-on experience with Android native application development languages, frameworks and tools (e.g., Kotlin, Java) Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience/certification Preferred Skills: Experience developing apps for large, critical user bases Proficient understanding of Android Architecture components (Jetpack Compose, Data Binding, etc) Strong architectural mindset and experience working with MVVM/MVI design patterns Expertise in multithreading techniques and hands on experience with Coroutines or RxJava. Solid understanding of caching mechanisms, data management and storage solutions (Room, SQLite, etc.) Excellent knowledge of working with dynamic data using services (e.g., JSON, REST APIs, GQL, etc.) Experience with unit testing and Android testing frameworks such as Espresso Experience with Data Modeling, Networking, and Push Notification frameworks Experience with Android Wear technologies Experience in Agile software methodologies such as Scrum or SAFe Experience with DevOps tools such as Git, JIRA, Jenkins, Dynatrace Active contributions to OSS projects Relevant technology certifications Experience with 3rd Party SDK integrations such as Google Maps and other open source libraries Experience packaging and publishing applications on Google Play Experience with Android analytics, crash reporting, testing and other peripheral frameworks Understanding of latest trends in mobile and web technologies Demonstrated understanding of mobile industry trends, development products and environments as well as best practices for mobile application design and development Demonstrated ability to anticipate future software engineering opportunities Technology leadership experience in a sourced environment Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical ideas in easy-to-understand business terms Ability to accomplish results through others, particularly by establishing relationships, effective controls and leading in a managed service environment Apply tot his job Apply To this Job