Android Applications Engineer

Highly competitive salary with an excellent Benefits package

Pyronix is a world-leading manufacturer of electronic security equipment for use in residential, commercial and industrial applications in the intruder alarm market. We design a wide range of multi-award-winning wired and wireless intruder alarm solutions, utilising market-leading technologies developed exclusively by our in-house R&D team.

THE ROLE:

To take responsibility for the development and maintenance of applications aimed at a range of Android devices, including mobile phones and tablet computers. Your primary focus will be development of Android applications and their integration with back-end services. You will be working alongside other engineers and developing different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and the creation of quality products is essential.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design and build applications for Android platforms using reusable and reliable Kotlin code.
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications.
• Collaborate with a team to define, design, and ship new features.
• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs using Jira.
• Help maintain code quality, organisation, and automation.
• Working closely with Validation Team to diagnose and resolve issues.

KEY SKILLS / EXPERIENCE:

Essential:

• Demonstratable 3+ years experience working with Android applications technology.
• Thorough understanding of connective technology and versioning control such as Git.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services.
• Understanding of Android design principles and interface guidelines.
• Complex problem solving.
• Familiarity with cloud messaging APIs and push notifications.
• Confidence in using Jetpack Compose toolkit for UI building.
• Ability to construct useful UI/unit tests to test feature sets across the applications.

Desirable / Non-Essential:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Knowledge of AWS services including CodeCommit and IoT Core.
• Knowledge of other web technologies and UI/UX standards.
• Knack for benchmarking and optimization.
• Understanding/experience of Dev Ops for Android specific pipelines.
• The ability to review and provide feedback on Pull Requests as well as resolving merge
  conflicts safely.

Full job description: Android Application Engineer