Lead Android Engineer - Arlington, United States - Digital Turbine

Description

Lead Android Engineer:


At Digital Turbine, we want to create simpler ways for consumers to discover the apps and
content they love. Through our partnerships with leading carriers and OEMs , we create new
frictionless experiences on smartphones that allow brands and advertisers to reach users at an
unprecedented scale. In a rapidly changing industry , we are always looking to create better
paths of discovery to connect consumers, publishers, and advertisers in the mobile ecosystem.
Digital Turbine has delivered more than one billion app installs for hundreds of advertisers. More
than 22 million smartphone users engage with Digital Turbine's software technology each month
across more than 30 global operators and OEMs
Digital Turbine is looking for an exceptional Lead Android Engineer to be part of our team,
offering an opportunity to further our deep integration with the Android eco-system.
Key Responsibilities of the

Lead Android Engineer:

• Partners with stakeholders to conceptualize, design, develop, and maintain new software

products and features for Android

• Technical adept in applying thorough and up-to-date knowledge of mobile platforms,

frameworks to design, develop, and maintain features for mobile applications on Android
that are used by millions of daily active users

• Serves as a domain resource inside and outside its own team for various Android

versions and SDKs

• Improves Digital Turbine's technical standards and leads the adoption of industry

standards and best practices within the team or project

Design & Architecture:
Distills customer and/or business requirements and applies
knowledge of software design principles and methods and evaluates trade-offs to
translate requirements into effective designs.

Coding:
Writes high-quality code that is clean, readable, efficient, and testable. Provides
proactive and quality code reviews.

• Be a force multiplier for the team. Identify and advocate opportunities for improving

performance and efficiency of team' s software and systems. Have a keen eye to develop
extensible solutions, leverage and improve existing solutions, and reconciling gaps
within team.

• Operationally excel in solving complex, ambiguous problems and determine appropriate

solutions/recommendations while logically evaluating alternatives and tradeoffs

• Collaborate, support ideas/opinions of others from diverse backgrounds and

experiences. Provide constructive and actionable feedback to others to help improve the
entire team

• Be a mentor and role model for other engineers, helping them grow and become more

proficient in their roles

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities of

Lead Android Engineer:

• 8+ years of Android development experience
• Strong Experience with OOP, Kotlin, Java and Git
• Prior work with Firebase Cloud Messaging, Analytics, Crashlytics
• Familiar with consuming web services and using RESTful APIs
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• BS or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field; or

equivalent work experience
Additional Knowledge/Skills/Abilities of Lead Android Engineer

• Strong knowledge of memory management, process lifecycle, threads and thread

handlers in Android

• Strong Knowledge in Android framework internals
• Strong Knowledge in testing frameworks
• Familiarity with Agile software practices
• Familiarity with web views, TWA and native experiences
• Prior work with product flavors that target a wide variety of Android devices (e.g.,

Android versions, device sizes, manufacturers)

• Abilitytothriveinadistributed,collaborative,andteam-orientedenvironmentandbeing

able to ramp up quickly

• Background with server application development and cloud platforms such as AWS or

GCP

• Familiarity with hybrid mobile apps