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Glasgow, City of Glasgow
Senior Android Developer
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Company Overview At Motorola Solutions, we create technologies our customers refer to as their lifeline. Our technology platforms in communications, software, video and services help our customers work safely and more efficiently. Whether it's helping firefighters see through smoke, enabling police officers to see around street corners, or reliably keeping the lights on in homes and businesses around the world, our work supports those who put their lives on the line to keep us safe. Bring your passion, potential and talents to Motorola Solutions, and help us usher in a new era in public safety and security. Department Overview The role is for a senior software developer, working as part of the Glasgow Mobile Apps Software Development Team, developing Law Enforcement apps on iOS and Android platforms. This role is for a senior member of the team focussing on Android applications, with significant commercial software development experience and skills. Job Description The principal duties of the roles are: Participation, as a Senior Developer, in a Scrum team Providing technical leadership within Scrum team, mentoring junior members Designing, developing and implementing new software functionality. Fixing defects which are found with existing software Identifying and implementing appropriate unit testing. Writing technical documentation for software developed. Providing input into user interface design. Contributing to Scrum processes and ceremonies These tasks require: Understanding the architecture and design of specific product suites. Being accountable for the architecture and design for complex, critical areas of development. Being accountable for the long term impact of architectural changes with respect to future adaptability and maintainability. Keeping abreast of the latest technologies in the market and quickly picking up new technologies as and when required. Investigating capabilities and functionality of systems and technologies our software interacts with. Understanding the Scrum framework, and contributing to the Scrum processes and ceremonies. Basic Requirements Technical experience and knowledge: Significant experience of development of complex mobile apps for Android Significant experience with a range of the following core technologies: oJava and the Android SDK. Designing, implementing and maintaining an Android application codebase oFamiliarity with Gson, Retrofit, OkHttp and/or other mechanisms used for Restful API calls and JSON binding o Experience in building efficient Android user interfaces to a specification oStandard Git workflow oJenkins or other CI systems Significant demonstrated experience with industry best-practices, including Agile methodologies, test driven development and code reviews. Significant experience architecting, designing and implementing large pieces of reliable, scalable complex software. Experience providing technical leadership and mentoring other developers. Core Competencies: Proven ability to work as part of an agile software development team - working in a constrained environment to very tight timescales. Technical leadership and mentoring of other developers. Proven ability to work in a relatively autonomous environment. Proven ability to learn new technologies quickly. Excellent communication skills both written and verbal. Analytical / problem solving abilities. Ability to critically review work done. Attention to detail. Academic and Technical Qualifications: A formal qualification (Degree) in Computing Science or equivalent experience with a high level of academic achievement. Experience of the following technologies would also be of benefit iOS development Programmatic Video capture and processing Travel Requirements Relocation Provided Position Type Referral Payment PlanNo If you are a current Motorola Solutions employee, please click this link to apply through your Workday account.