Manager of Mobile Development - Android

Our client is one of the biggest international media corporation, based in USA, with office in the center of Warsaw. We are currently looking for:

 

We offer:

• Challenging projects targeting large international communities, using modern development and deployment technologies;
• An Agile and growing team of software engineers creating products accessible everywhere;
• Great benefits package: private health care, fitness card, and lots of team building events;
• Competitive salary tailored to your skills and experience and plenty of opportunities for personal and career development;
• Brand new office located in the strict city center (2 mins walk from Metro Politechnika) with cool fun zones;
• Last, but not least, we do great stuff for the global brands.

Responsibilities:

• You will be working as a part of fast-paced, cross-functional, Agile team, building highly optimized native Android experiences for kids, supporting popular brands;
• As a hands-on manager, you will lead and mentor the team, share your knowledge about development in Java, provide feedback in design and code reviews, and promote best industry practices;
• By working closely with team's Architect and external technical software partners, you will be responsible for the design, development, and implementation of high-quality native mobile apps;
• You will manage the technical roadmap of the products, provide accurate work estimations, review, execute, and maintain key technical decisions, standards, and policies;
• As a technical representative, you will clearly communicate the team's path to your business partners, as well as assist with the recruitment process as a key voice on hiring decisions;
• In conjunction with Director, you will translate business requirements into technical ones and execute a vision and suggested principles with the team.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in Android software development with Java, and at least one additional language (C, C++, Python, Ruby, Scala, etc.);
• Experience managing and mentoring a mobile development team;
• Successfully launched apps in the Google Play and Amazon Appstore;
• Expert development skills including client-side technologies, design, architecture, and writing of clean, reusable, extensible, standards-compliant code;
• Experience with Android testing specifics, including unit, functional and UI testing and applied knowledge of frameworks like Robolectric and Espresso;
• Working experience with deducing problems using memory and rendering Android performance measuring tools;
• Knowledge of advanced ways to execute flexible app architecture using dependency injection;
• Leverage third-party SDKs to enhance effort at solving the business needs;
• Strong understanding of OOD, and Agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban;
• Familiarity with continuous integration/deployment techniques;
• Experience with build tools such as Gradle;
• Ability to write just enough" documentation;
• Great communication skills, both with technical and non-technical team members.

Additional advantages:

• Prior experience with adaptive video streaming technologies, digital advertising platforms, and/or web analytics integration;
• Experience with launching streaming video media related apps in the Google Play and Amazon Appstore;
• Familiarity with Android TV, Fire TV, Google Cast, and Amazon Appstore apps development;
• Native mobile game development experience;
• Proficiency in table tennis is a huge plus.