Mobile Android Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design and develop code for Nielsen’s mobile digital and audio measurement applications
• Help drive alignment between different teams and different mobile apps
• Implement best practices across a team of developers and testers
• Deliver efficient, quality software, excellent mobile performance and experience for our mobile app users
• Stay on top of technology change, able to assess impact, able to offer solutions and innovate in the mobile measurement space
• Deploying to Google Play Store and monitoring the store stats for application health.
• Production support for the existing app in the store

Key Skills

• Should be an Android developer with minimum 3 years’ experience in designing and implementing solutions for mobile Android devices
• Proven record of mobile app development
• Excellent Java/Kotlin knowledge
• Good knowledge of scripting languages
• Very good knowledge and exposure to Android networking APIs, specifically HTTP/S
• Very good knowledge on memory management for embedded applications
• Working knowledge of Bluetooth and/or other IoT apps
• Working knowledge and understanding of Android VPN support is a plus
• Proven record on mobile performance optimization
• Understanding of IPv4/IPv6, UDP/TCP packets and sockets is a plus
• Understanding of Native and Web communications using JavaScript
• Experience working with Audio/Video recording in the background
• Strong knowledge on Android Background & Foreground services is a MUST
• Experience with ReactNative or ReactJS is a plus
• Experience working with JUnit 5 and Kotest
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins/GITLab)
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment and ceremonies
• Good knowledge of JSON formats and parsers
• Experience integrating 3rd party SDKs (e.g. Firebase)
• Should be able to work across multiple platforms and domains
• Should have the ability to work independently and be a self-starter. Direction and support will be provided by the manager or the technical lead, but the candidate is expected to be a proactive leader and put forth his/her own ideas
• Excellent communication, documentation and presentation skills
• Commitment to excellence, accepting responsibility and accountability for results
• Flexible to attempt alternate solutions to resolve issues and able adjust to a dynamic, changing technical and business environment