Android Developer III

AccuWeather is seeking an intermediate to senior Android Developer to support the android team at AccuWeather. This position will directly report to the Senior Manager, App technologies.

About AccuWeather

AccuWeather is recognized and documented as the most accurate source of weather forecasts and warnings in the world, has saved more than 10,000 lives, prevented 100,000 injuries, and saved tens of billions of dollars in property damage.

With global headquarters in State College, Pennsylvania; a severe weather center in Wichita, Kansas; and offices in New York City and elsewhere around the world, AccuWeather serves more than 1.5 billion people daily to help them better plan their activities and get more out of their day and keep their families safer through innovative digital media properties, such as AccuWeather.com and mobile, as well as radio, television, newspapers, digital out-of-home, the 24/7 AccuWeather Network channel and AccuWeather NOW streaming service. Additionally, AccuWeather produces and further serves more than half the Fortune 100 companies and thousands of businesses and distributes news, weather content, and video for more than 180,000 third-party websites.

Position Summary: 

The Android Developer has a passion for building world-class mobile products and strives to deliver the best experience for AccuWeather users. This role is a unique opportunity to be instrumental in developing our global mobile platform. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Build rich mobile applications and help guide feature development from a technical perspective.
• Advise, collaborate, and provide input to ensure the technical feasibility of the product roadmap.
• Collaborate with Product and Design teams to create elegant and intuitive experience for users.
• Evangelize clean and structured code; provide code review and feedback to other team members.
• Resolve defects, support testing efforts and deploy production code.
• Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability.
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use.
• Evaluate new and existing frameworks, technology, platforms, and tooling.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years’ developing native Android applications
• Experience in designing and developing applications in Kotlin and Compose UI
• Experience working with Android Architecture Components, MVVM
• Knowledge of Android SDK performance tools and optimization techniques
• Experience working with source control systems (Git, SVN, etc.)
• Experience within an Agile delivery team to iteratively plan and develop products
• Knowledge of packaging, signing and provisioning mobile applications
• Experience with mobile hardware SDK like camera, accelerometer, GPS, etc.
• Experience wiring and troubleshooting analytics platforms

Preferred Qualification: 

• Experience with Wear OS
• Experience developing for Android TV
• Interest in developing for Android Auto/Automotive
• Experience in API architecture, performance optimization, client architecture or tools in the mobile space
• Knowledge of user-centered design principles and UI best practices
• Familiarity with the AccuWeather brand and weather-related content

Benefits:

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience
• Comprehensive healthcare and dental benefits.
• 401(k) retirement plan with 50% company match.
• A collaborative work environment

Commitment to Diversity:

AccuWeather is committed to diversity and encourages all qualified candidates to apply. We are an equal-opportunity employer.  If you are a highly motivated, organized, and dynamic professional with the skills and experience to excel in this role, we invite you to join our team and make a significant impact on our organization’s success.

AccuWeather is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to all applicants and existing employees and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity/expression), sexual orientation, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religion, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. View the EEO is the Law poster here and its supplement here. The pay transparency policy is available here.

AccuWeather is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.