SENIOR ANDROID DEVELOPER
UMHLANGA ROCKS
SALARY HIGHLY NEGOTIABLE
My client is currently looking for Intermediate to Senior Android Developers, with more than three years’ experience, to work on a broad range of exciting current and new projects.

Essential Competencies
• Excellent technical knowledge of Java for Android and Android Studio
• More than three years experience working as a mid or senior developer, having filled the primary role on a shipped Android app developed natively
• Experience with both smartphone and tablet application development
• Working experience with 3rd party APIs
• Experience communicating with web services using JSON/XML
• Strong knowledge and understanding of different Android platforms
• Strong sense of system architecture as it relates to mobile apps
• In-flight teaching and mentoring

Advantageous :
• Published and live app(s)
• Understanding of the API stack
• Extensive UI Design experience
• Experience with software development on an Apple Mac
• Git
• Xamarin and/or C#
• Experience in a leadership/team lead role
Personal Attributes
• A professional who understands that best results are achieved through collaborating with others, and not just in working alone
• A natural-born teacher who will do what it takes to up-skill the people around you, and has an opinion on what constitutes great work
• Broadly-skilled with the ability to adapt to different tools or workflows according to the deadline or output required
• Passionate about keeping abreast of changes in your chosen area of technology
• The ability to ingest constructive criticism and work with team input while staying true to the product
• The maturity to work purposefully and steadily under pressure with all kinds of clients
• The culture of imparting knowledge to co-workers, regardless of years of experience, and to constantly acquire and adopt knowledge from others
• A strong online presence (you share your interests on social media) and innate drive to share your knowledge (active participation in the community)
• Career-focused with the motivation to forge one’s own path to success within a high-performing team
• The drive to be the best in the industry in every task you undertake
• The diligence and discipline to get things done, no matter the level or perceived cachet of the task