Position: Senior Android Engineer
Company: Unicsoft
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

Requirements
OUR TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENT

Our Engineering Team is now growing consisting of Senior Software Developers, DevSecOps Engineers, Architects and Designers who are responsible for the end-to-end ownership of our platform, from architecture through to infrastructure. Individually they are all exceptional at what they do, but by working collaboratively within a team, consistently applying best-practice and automating absolutely everything they are able to build world-class software for our customers. This is a complete greenfield project, a fully funded cutting-edge start-up that will require you to muck in with every aspect of our delivery lifecycle. Sometimes you might be working closely with the DevSecOps engineering teams, other times with the PO’s and other times with external parties defining integration mechanisms.

 

We don’t mind where our Developers are based as we are happy for our team to work from anywhere in the UK, EU or GCC, with most of them choosing to work remotely most of the time. That being said, we do have head offices based in Riyadh, Dubai and South Africa, so should you ever wish to work from there, you are most welcome. We encourage our colleagues to participate in regular (as often as possible) meet-ups with the rest of the team in locations around the world. We find this builds the effective working relationships that are otherwise missing with fully remote teams. We also like to have a laugh - banter is a requirement.

 
THE TOOLS WE USE
It’s very much a “best tool for the job” mentality at Saudi Digital Bank and our tech-stack is continually evolving but to give you a flavour of what we’re currently working with here are some of the tools we use;

 Languages: Go, Java (micronaut), Swift, Kotlin, Python

Tools: Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, Vault, Consul, istio, private cloud, concourse-CI, EFK, Prometheus, Grafana, Firebase
Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, Kanban, TDD, BDD, Pair-Programming

 

THE SKILLS WE’RE LOOKING FOR

Our app is 100% Kotlin, built using a Model, View, View-Model architecture (MVVM). We believe Every piece of code should act as a black box so that changing anything in a class should not have any effect on another part of your codebase.

 
As a senior Android developer you'll work in a small, autonomous product squad alongside iOS Engineers, Backend Engineers, User Researchers, Product Designers, Product Managers, QA Testers, and Business Analysts. We’ve hired some of the most talented developers and designers that the world of tech has to offer, and we’re keen to showcase their talent to the world - and that’s where you come in.

 

●      Must have extensive exposure to Firebase
●      You are excited about programming in Kotlin, similarly, you consider Coroutines, Android Jetpack (Room, Live Data, View Models), Dagger2, and Retrofit as essential tools
●      You’ve shipped and iterated on many apps in the Play Store
●      You love turning excellent design into beautiful products
●      You enjoy developing apps that delight users
●      You’re comfortable working in a team that deals with ambiguity every day
●      You know the importance of app usability and UI/UX design
●      Have an understanding of the principles of computer science
●      Collaborate closely with product designers with a focus on new feature design and prototyping
●      Be involved in the user experience design process, from wireframes and mockups through implementation and release
●      Work closely with designers and businesses to define and implement elegant solutions to interesting problems
●      Help define and maintain visual guidelines and ensure consistency throughout the app
●      Fast prototyping of new user interactions and iteration based on feedback from peers