Lead Android Developer

Position: Lead Android developer

12 months contract

Onsite Locations: ( Charlotte NC; Cincinnati OH; Portland OR; San Jose CA; Charlotte NC; Deerfield IL) Local candidates only

Exp level: 15 years

Native AMP Experience Team: Enabling components to integrate with Krogers content and configuration management platform

Location: BTC Preferred / Any KTD Hub

Must have skills

Lead experience

7 years of experience working on large scale Android applications

Proven experience using Kotlin and the Android SDK

Experience with modern Android libraries; specifically looking for Jetpack Compose experience.

Design develop and maintain native Android components that drive key functionalities within the Kroger Ecommerce App. This includes:

o Navigation and informational features that guide and inform our customers.

o User interfaces that empower customers to seamlessly select their grocery preferences (delivery or pickup)

Lead the technical direction of the Android team by making key planning and implementation decisions.

Contribute to the teams software development efforts by writing clean maintainable code.

Foster a collaborative and supportive environment by providing mentorship and guidance to junior developers.

Champion strong communication practices and effectively interface with Product Design and QA teams.

Qualifications:

Experience with Android development

Proven experience as a Senior Android Developer with a strong understanding of native Android development principles (Kotlin Android SDK Jetpack compose etc.)

Experience with Android build test debug and CI/CD tools to compile test package and ship large scale Android applications.

Experience with concurrency and performance optimization (Coroutines (sp) Flows WorkManager and Background Services)

Working knowledge of architecture patterns that promote decoupling code reuse maintainability and testability.

Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Can translate requirements wireframes and mockups into reusable components and layouts.

Strong problemsolving skills detail oriented works well in a team and individually.

Bonus points for:

Experience with ecommerce app development

Knowledge of Accessibility and Security: Building apps that are accessible to everyone and secure from vulnerabilities is important.

Passion for the Mobile Development & the grocery industry

Key Responsibilities

Ensure adherence to architecture standards and roadmaps.

Implement overall infrastructure / middleware components per project with infrastructure teams ensuring that overall solution is designed to meet SLA (performance and uptime) DR and scalability needs required by the solution.

Design and successfully implement overall infrastructure / middleware components per project with infrastructure teams ensuring that overall solution is designed to meet SLA (performance and uptime) DR and scalability needs required by the solution.

Ensure that postproduction operational processes / deliverables are well designed and implemented prior to the project moving into the solution support phase.

Define and create operational procedures processes and scripts.

Follow appropriate change/release management practices.

Support and maintain infrastructure solutions utilizing required tools and technologies. Provide offhours support (24 x 7) as required.

Note

**Must have lead experience please include experience in Additional Information section

This Android engineering role builds enhances and supports native components and middleware library as part of Krogers content management ecosystem powering our omnichannel customer experiences. These components are used to create preview and publish customer acquisition and landing screens on our app allowing Kroger to respond to market demands in real time.