DESCRIPTION

As part of the mobile development team, you'll directly contribute to the Blink mobile platform and work to make the customer experience the best it can be. As part of a cross-functional agile team you will:

• Develop and deliver mobile app features, UX flows, and UI components
• Collaborate with product and UX teams to develop and maintain features
• Work to continuously improve code quality, code maintainability and app performance

Key job responsibilities
Blink is looking for a Senior Android Engineer to join our mobile application team.
You will:

• Develop and deliver mobile app features, UX flows, and UI components
• Collaborate with product and UX teams to develop maintainable features
• Work to continuously improve code quality, code maintainability and app performance
• Work along-side other app developers and help raise the mobile app development bar
• Work with modern Android development tools and principles such as Kotlin, MVVM, Coroutines, MVVM, Koin, Room, etc.

A day in the life
As an Android Engineer at Blink, you will:

• Have an opportunity to support and influence key decisions within the mobile platform and promote best coding practices.
• Develop features which are used by millions of customers each day.
• Work closely with other team members to ensure new features are implemented in extensible, maintainable ways.
• Regularly work with backend developers to help support app integrations with backend services.
• Write well tested code using modern architectural principles.

About the team
Blink is a team of builders that proudly develops connected consumer products completely in house using a fast paced and efficient process. Acquired by Amazon, we love seeing Blink on the amazon.com home page, in retail stores, and in the homes of millions of users. We combine our startup culture with the resources and scale of Amazon to create a vibrant, fun, and rewarding place to work.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 3+ years of development experience with the Android SDK
• 3+ years of experience working with modern Android development tools such as Kotlin, MVVM, Coroutines, MVVM, Koin, Room, etc.
• 3+ years professional experience in software development building consumer-facing mobile applications
• 2+ years of experience with cloud message APIs and client server interactions such as REST APIs, socket communication, web sockets
• 2+ years of experience with CI/CD, automated unit testing, and integration testing

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Deep understanding of agile principles and exposure to various process implementations
• Understanding of Google's design principles and interface guidelines
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git
• Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle, including the Play Store deployment/release system
• Working knowledge of general UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies

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