Sr Android Engineer

Target.com and Mobile translates the in-store experience our guests love to the digital environment. Our Mobile Engineers develop native apps like Cartwheel and Target s flagship app, which are high-impact and high-visibility assets that are game-changers for literally millions of guests. Here, you ll get to explore emerging retail and mobile technologies, playing a key role in revolutionary product launches with tech giants like Apple and Google. You ll be a visionary for the future of Target s app ecosystem. You ll have the advantage of Target s unmatched brand recognition and special marketplace foothold making us the partner of choice for innovative technologies like indoor mapping, iBeacons and Apple Pay. You ll help Target evolve by using the latest open source tools and technologies and staying true to strong agile practices. You ll lend your passion for engineering technologies that fix problems and meet needs guests didn t even know they had. You ll work on autonomous teams and incorporate the newest technical practices. You ll have the chance to perform by writing rock-solid code that stands up to our massive scale. Plus, and perhaps best of all, you ll have the right balance of self-rule and accountability for how technical products perform.

About You

As a Senior Android Engineer on the Flagship mobile team, you will:

Develop clean, well-tested native Android code to deliver functionality that meets business objectives.

Improve code structure and architecture in service of testability, observability, and maintainability. Work closely with partner teams - QA, UX, A11Y, Product - as needed

Perform complex engineering tasks independently as well as collaboratively.

Manage complex cross-team coordination and dependencies.

Evaluate and communicate different engineering solutions and trade-offs.

Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

 

Position Overview:

5+ years of experience in software design & development with 3+ years of experience in developing apps for android.

Experience developing in Kotlin.

Demonstrates broad and deep expertise in Java/Kotlin and frameworks. Designs, develops, and approves end-to-end functionality of a product line, platform, or infrastructure.

Communicates and coordinates with project team, partners, and stakeholders.

Demonstrates expertise in analysis and optimization of systems capacity, performance, and operational health.

Maintains deep technical knowledge within areas of expertise.

Stays current with new and evolving technologies via formal training and self-directed education.

Experience integrating with third party frameworks tools and SDKs, such as Retrofit, OKHttp, Moshi and Glide.

Excellent hands-on skills with Android application development tools, including Android Studio, Android SDK and ADT.

Join the team that brings Target guests their shopping and saving sidekick - the guest facing Target Android and iOS shopping App.