Android/Kotlin Mobile Software Engineer
Red Airship

Part time
Hiring 3 people
Ho Chi Minh
Published 25/08/2021

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Job Description

We are looking for a Kotlin Mobile Software Engineer who possesses a passion for pushing mobile technologies to the limits and will work with our team of talented engineers to design and build the next generation of our mobile applications.


Roles & responsibilities

Key responsibilities:

  • Design and build advanced applications for the Android platform
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
  • Work on bug fixing and improving application performance.
  • Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability.


Engineers at Red Airship are expected to:

  • Meet programming and quality standards by following production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; identifying work process improvements; implementing new technology.
  • Integrate applications by studying and implementing APIs and libraries.
  • Troubleshoot development and production problems across multiple environments and operating platforms.
  • Support users by developing documentation and assistive tools.
  • Work with the customer’s architects and developers.
  • Hone your skills, update job knowledge by researching and trying out new technologies and software products; participate in educational opportunities; read professional publications; maintain personal networks; participate in professional organizations.


A typical week at Red Airship in this role may involve:

  • Defining application objectives by envisioning system features and functionality, analyzing and clarifying user requirements with customers.
  • Making technical decisions, researching best practices and technology required for a project, comparing advantages and disadvantages of various technologies either custom-built or off-the-shelf.


- Work From Home

You will be invited to take part in defining your own role and responsibilities.

Good foundational technical skills and some industry experience are a must. We don’t expect you to be experts in our entire tech stack, but we believe the best people can transfer their skills and experience to the language or framework where required.


  • Great interpersonal communications capabilities demonstrated through a history of successful software development projects.
  • Comfortable talking to clients, designers, and end-users.
  • Good presentation skills, effective communication internally and externally.
  • High level of self-motivation and maturity.
  • Capacity to evaluate trade-offs between correctness, robustness, and performance.
  • Strong desire to tackle hard technical problems.
  • Familiar with Kotlin, some knowledge of Java where required.
  • Familiar with respective package management systems, and popular/common libraries
  • UI and e2e testing frameworks
  • Android standard frameworks (Biometrics, security, etc).
  • Understands security and best practices.
  • Experience designing and building production-ready native mobile applications.
  • Bachelor’s level degree in Computer Science, engineering, mathematics, or another related field. In the absence of which, at least 4 years of working experience in related fields.
  • Able to review wireframes and design to give constructive feedback, highlight uncertainties, give suggestions on feasibility.
  • Familiar with Mac/Linux environments and command-line interface.


Extras

Skills that can give you an edge, not necessarily just in technology:

  • Hybrid frameworks like React native or ionic/Cordova
  • Commercial acumen, experience working alongside commercial teams, business units
  • Prior experience working for a technology startup
  • Experience with automated testing / TDD.
  • Experience with Agile mindset, SCRUM methodology, and TDD.
  • Knows when, why, and how to accept technical debt
  • Project management experience, working with any known methodology, and more importantly, being able to scope, manage and deliver on a plan no matter how simple or complex.
  • Experience training and mentoring junior members of the team


Workplace

  • By default, engineers will be working from home


Contract role

  • This is a contract role for 6-months with the possibility of extension at the end of the contract.

Skills

Kotlin Android
Mobile Development
Mobile Applications
Company Info
Red Airship
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh
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