Android Engineer

We are seeking like-minded individuals who resonate with our purpose. Join us at Rakuten Travel, propose new forms of travel to people around the world, and strive to be pioneers shaping the future of travel. Your passion and creativity will breathe new life into the travel industry, filled with infinite possibilities. We eagerly await your application and potentially invite you to take on challenges in a diverse environment in collaboration with new peers.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate closely with Product Managers, UI/UX Designers, and QA Engineers to design and implement new features.
• Partner with API developers and fellow UI engineers to develop and maintain a robust, scalable system for our large user base.
• Research, propose, and contribute to the continuous evolution of the technology powering our Android applications.
• Stay up to date with the latest Android technologies and apply them to enhance our products.
• Continuously refine technologies, processes, and team collaboration to identify and implement more effective solutions.

Requirements:

• 8 to 10 years of experience in Android, Kotlin, and UI.
• B. S. or M. S. in Computer Science or equivalent degree.
• Strong ability to develop Android apps using Kotlin with more than 3 years' experience.
• Strong understanding of the latest features and development best practices for the Android platform.
• Understanding of Data Binding and Live Data.
• Understanding of Android Architecture Components such as ViewModels, Activities, Fragments, Navigation, Compose, Flow, and Dependency Injection with Hilt or Dagger.
• Good grasp of functional and reactive programming.
• Hands-on tools (ie., Studio, IntelliJ, Jenkins/Bitrise, Gradle, git).
• Knowledge of Third-party libraries, KTX, Retrofit, Glide, Coroutine, Google Maps.
• Strong communication skills, a positive attitude, and empathy.
• Strong motivation for developing products with teams.
• A desire to continually improve, suggest ideas for the organisation and teams.
• Strong UX and design sensibilities.
• Experience in Agile development.
• Experience writing unit tests.

Desired Qualifications:

• Building CI/CD development cycle experience.
• Contributing to open source.
• Knowledge and Experience of the travel domain.
• Experience working for a consumer-facing product.
• Experience of internationalisation development.
• Knowledge of Material Design guidelines and available components.
• Knowledge of automated testing.
• Experience in a project with multiple modules and flavours.
• Experience using the Gradle Build system.
• Mandatory Skills: Android, Kotlin, UI.