Sr Android Engineer

About the position

As a Senior Android Engineer at Target, you will play a crucial role in the engineering team that supports the product, specifically focusing on the development of the guest-facing Target Android and iOS shopping app. Your expertise will be instrumental in shaping the application architecture, allowing you to distill abstract concepts into concrete designs that influence implementation. You will apply appropriate software engineering patterns to build robust and scalable systems, showcasing your programming skills in product development. While you possess the capability to design and implement architecture independently, your role will also involve influencing fellow engineers by proposing software designs and providing constructive feedback on their implementations. Your problem-solving skills will be vital in triaging operational issues and leveraging your expertise to eliminate repeat occurrences. In this position, you will own the development, testing, and quality of new features in collaboration with product and design partners. Staying updated with technology trends and advances in mobile technologies will be essential, as you will be responsible for researching, evaluating, and providing objective feedback on new technologies. You will inform innovation design with relevant technology insights and develop fully functional prototypes to test against hypotheses. Clear and concise technical deliverables for both internal and external use will be part of your responsibilities, as will the constant innovation to maintain a technical edge in the field. The core responsibilities of this job are outlined in this description, but please note that job duties may change at any time due to business needs. This position may also be considered for a Remote or Hybrid work arrangement, allowing flexibility based on Target's needs. A Remote work arrangement means working full-time from home or an alternate location, while a Hybrid arrangement allows for a mix of remote and onsite work depending on the role and tasks required for the day.

Responsibilities
• Own development, testing, and quality of new features in collaboration with product and design partners
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• Keep abreast of technology trends and advances in mobile technologies
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• Research, evaluate and provide objective feedback on technologies
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• Inform innovation design with relevant technology insights
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• Develop fully functional prototypes to objectively test against hypotheses
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• Produce clear and concise technical deliverables for internal and external use
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• Innovate constantly and maintain the technical edge

Requirements
• 4 year degree or equivalent experience
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• 5+ years of experience in software design & development
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• 3+ years of experience developing apps for Android
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• Experience developing in Kotlin, including using coroutines
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• Experience with distributing mobile applications via public app stores and/or enterprise channels
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• Excellent knowledge of working with dynamic data using services (e.g., JSON, REST APIs, etc)
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• Experience performance profiling and tuning consumer facing mobile applications
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• Excellent hands on skills with Android application development tools, including Android Studio and the Android SDK
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• Good communicator and team player with strong organizational skills
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• Proactively helps drive innovation within the company

Nice-to-haves
• Experience with Jetpack Compose
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• Experience integrating libraries with Gradle and using other third party frameworks tools and SDKs, such as Retrofit, Moshi, and Epoxy
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• Experience with dependency injection frameworks such as Dagger, Hilt, or Anvil
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• Experience with instrumented UI testing with Espresso
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• Experience with continuous delivery in mobile, including Test- or Behavior-Driven Design, code review, static analysis, continuous integration, automation and functional testing
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• Experience with authenticated sessions using OAuth and authentication tokens

Benefits
• Comprehensive health benefits including medical, vision, dental, and life insurance
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• 401(k) plan
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• Employee discount
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• Short term disability
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• Long term disability
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• Paid sick leave
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• Paid national holidays
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• Paid vacation

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