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UST is looking for the very Top Talent…and we would be delighted if you were to join our family!
More in detail, UST is a multinational company based in North America, certified as a Top Employer and Great Place to Work company with over 35.000 employees all over the world and a presence in more than 35 countries. We are leaders on digital technology services, and we provide large-scale technologic solutions to big companies.
What are we looking for?
For our specialized team, we are looking for an Android Application Developer, working 100% remote, from Spain.
This position is for the Mobile team within the Engineering area. This team manages certain applications and libraries cross to all our client.
You will use your native Kotlin development expertise to improve or implement new libraries that affect the other verticals of the company.
The mobile unit is composed of 26 Members. Specifically, the Android development team is 10 people.

KEY RESPONSABILITIES:
- Android application development: Responsible for the development and maintenance of high- quality Android applications, following best practices and ensuring an excellent user experience.

• Collaboration in architectural decision-making: Participate in defining the architecture and selecting appropriate technologies for Android application development, ensuring scalability, security, and optimal performance.

• Lifecycle management of development: Actively participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle, from conceptualization and design to implementation, testing, and deployment.

• Effective communication: Maintain clear and smooth communication with the team, other stakeholders, and interested parties, ensuring everyone is informed about the project's progress, changes, and potential issues.

• Problem-solving and decision-making: Identify and address challenges and obstacles that arise during the project's development, making decisions based on the team's consensus.

• Risk management: Identify potential risks and take proactive measures to mitigate them. Continuously assess project risks and adjust strategies and plans as necessary.

• Continuous improvement: Drive continuous improvement in the team and the development process, identifying opportunities to optimize efficiency, quality, and product delivery.

• Collaboration with other project teams: Work closely with other teams that are part of the project, such as design, QA (Quality Control), and product management teams, to ensure synergy and successful project delivery.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE:

• Experience in Android application development: strong track record in developing Android applications, demonstrating the ability to create full and functional apps.

• Proficiency in Kotlin: deep knowledge of the Kotlin programming language and its features.

• Knowledge of Android frameworks: extensive understanding of native Android frameworks.

• Knowledge of Android frameworks: Broad understanding of frameworks like Jet Pack Compose, Android X, etc., and the ability to use them effectively in Android application development, as well as other frameworks such as Retrofit, OKHttp, Room, Realm, Koil, etc., with the skill to apply them effectively in the development of Android apps compatible with Android 5 and onwards.

• Knowledge of design patterns: familiarity with software design patterns and their application in Android app development.

• Experience in web services integration: ability to integrate web services using APIs and technologies like REST, Graph QL, JSON, XML, etc.

• Experience in data storage: competence in using Android data storage solutions like SQLite, Room or Realm, and the capability to design and maintain an efficient data model.

• Knowledge of development tools: Familiarity with tools such as Android Studio, Profiler, App Inspection, debugger.

• Experience in testing and debugging: strong skills in testing and debugging Android applications to ensure quality and proper functionality. Execution of unit testing, integration, and UI (junit, Mockk, mokito, Espresso).

• CI/CD environments: comprehensive knowledge for source code management using repositories like Bitbucket and Github, following the Gitflow methodology.

• Also required is the understanding of compilation and deployment pipelines under tools like Github, Azure Dev Ops, and Bamboo.

• Knowledge of dependency injection frameworks: Dagger Hilt, Koin. Mastery of Gradle (Groovy, Kotlin DSL).

• Project management: extensive knowledge of project management tools such as JIRA and Github.

NICE TO HAVE:

• Knowledge in Push Notifications

• Knowledge of tools such as: Figma, Postman, Charles Proxy, App Insights, Sonar Qube

• CI/CD environments (Bamboo, Github Actions, Azure Dev Ops)

• App Center (deployment, metrics, and crash tracking)

• Experience working with operating system features such as Push Notifications, Biometrics, Deeplinkings.

• Experience with tools: Figma, Postman, Charles Proxy, App Insights, Sonar Qube.

• Experience integrating functional and technical metrics using third-party tools such as App Center, App Insights, or Google Analytics.

• Experience with deployment and application monitoring tools such as App Center (deployment, metrics, and crash tracking) and Testflight.

• Experience working with corporate MDMs.

SOFT SKILLS

• Effective communication: ability to communicate clearly with the team, clients, and other stakeholders.

LANGUAGES:

• Spanish: Native

• English, good to have.

What can we offer?

• 23 days of Annual Leave plus the 24th and 31st of December as discretionary days!

• Numerous benefits (Health Care Plan, teleworking compensation, Life and Accident Insurance).

• `Retribución Flexible´ Program: (Meals, Kinder Garden, Transport, online English lessons, Health Care Plan…)

• Free access to several training platforms

• Professional stability and career plans

• UST also, compensates referrals from which you could benefit when you refer professionals.

• The option to pick between 12 or 14 payments throughout the year.

• Real Work Life Balance measures (flexibility, WFH, or remote work policy)

• UST Club Platform discounts and gym Access discounts

If you would like to know more, don’t hesitate to apply and we’ll get in touch to fill you in detail. We are waiting for you!
In UST we are committed to equal opportunities in our selection processes and do not discriminate based on race, gender, disability, age, religion, sexual orientation or nationality. We have a special commitment to Disability & Inclusion, so we are interested in hiring people with disability certificate.

Android,Kotlin,Android Studio