Position: Senior Android Developer for Tictrac
Company: Ciklum
Category: Android
Experience required: 5y
English level: intermediate
Published: 2021-04-01T00:00:00+03:00

At Tictrac we have a simple mission: to change the way people look after themselves, for good. We’re trying to achieve this via a multi-device health and lifestyle platform that provides users with lifestyle plans and support tailored to their wellbeing goals.

Our platform syncs with 100s of monitoring devices (think Fitbit, Jawbone etc.) and popular diet and fitness apps, allows users to compete in fitness challenges, and delivers goal-based programs designed with input from leading personal trainers and experts in behavior change.

Rather than being supplied direct to consumers our platform is licensed, globally, by health, insurance and government organisations keen to engage their audience in lifestyle, fitness and wellbeing to reduce the risk of major health conditions.

We are looking for an experienced Android Developer with a passion for pushing mobile technologies to the limits.  Your primary focus will be the development of Android applications and their integration with back-end services and developing interfaces that will delight their users.

**Responsibilities**
Being a key stakeholder in the architecture, design and development of our android applications
Implementing solutions and building applications for the Android platforms by translating business requirements and designs into high quality, reusable code
Creating unit tests to verify functionality, usability and general reliability against specifications
Diagnosing performance issues, troubleshooting issues reported by stakeholders, debugging and implementing code fixes to improve the application performance
Publishing apps to the Google Play Store
Working with cross-functional teams to produce and maintain internal and external-facing documentation
Ensuring the best possible performance, quality and responsiveness of the Android applications
Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ideate, define, design and ship new features
Participating in technical discussions and contributing to decision-making in relation to the Android platform
Continuously discovering, evaluating, recommending and implementing new technologies to maximise development efficiency and product enhancements

**Requirements**
5 years’ of experience developing Android applications
Able to design, plan and implement complex technical solutions / architectures
Native Java and Kotlin experience is essential
Strong knowledge of Android SDK, different versions of Android and how to deal with different screen sizes
Proven knowledge of Android material design guidelines, and best practices for the platform
Track record of working with remote data via REST and JSON
Experience with third-party libraries and APIs in particular Dagger 2, Retrofit, GSON, Room and RXJava2
Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architecture and emerging technologies
Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle
Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications
Working knowledge of tools such as GIT, Jenkins, Jira etc
Experience working with product management and UX/UI designers
Advanced English skills

**Desirable**
Prior experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (Ci / CD) technologies, specifically CircleCI and Jenkins
Unit testing experience
MS/BS degree in Computer Science or another engineering related subject

**Personal skills**
Committed to creating quality products
Sound problem solving and debugging skills
Able to work to tight timescales
Can take ownership and work autonomously on large technical projects
Consistently able to strike a good balance of technical tradeoffs and business priorities
Demonstrable ability and willingness to think in terms of product / business as a whole
Strong team player with excellent communication skills and initiative

**What's in it for you**
Long-term employment with 20 working-days paid vacation and other social benefits
State of the art, cool, centrally located offices with warm atmosphere which creates really good working conditions
Unique working environment where you communicate and work directly with client