Senior Software Engineer - Android Developer


"We make magic." That's our motto at Disney Parks, Experiences, and Products (DPEP) Technology & Digital. And it permeates everything we do. As a Lead Android Developer at Disney in Seattle you will be a part of the core team that builds the Disneyland, My Disney Experience (Disney World) and Hong Kong Disneyland mobile apps. The apps are used directly by park Guests to enhance and guide their visits to the park to make their experience as magical as possible.


As a Senior Android Developer you will apply technical expertise to manage individual projects priorities, deadlines and deliverables and will be responsible to design, test, deploy and maintain software solutions. You will work in an Agile environment, partnering with teams to define new product requirements and features. In this senior level capacity, you will act autonomously for daily activities and also guide engineers in their daily activities.


You will:


+ Design and develop solutions for software fixes and new features using test driven development.

+ Analyze user stories, provide realistic estimations and participate in sprint planning, scrums, demos and retrospectives.

+ Create detailed software development documentation and assign tasks to team members.

+ Create pull requests and perform code reviews for peers and related teams.

+ Maintain goals for application performance and services integration.

+ Write unit and UI tests for your code.

+ Build well-designed, well-engineered, stable, performant native Android applications using Kotlin and Java.

+ Guide other team members by providing oversight and direction.

+ Recommend improvements to architectures, processes, technologies, and coding practices that improve the effectiveness of the team.


Basic Qualifications:


+ 6+ years of software development experience

+ 4+ years of Android and Kotlin development experience

+ Experience working in an Agile Team consisting of product managers, project managers, design, QA and tech.

+ Knowledge of Kotlin, Android Studio, Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices related to application development.

+ Software performance optimization experience (app sizing, memory usage, CPU, scaling, etc...)

+ Experience leading projects and providing technical direction.

+ Knowledge of unit testing and continuous integration.


Additional Qualifications:


+ Code samples in Github

+ Experience with iOS development

+ JIRA and Confluence knowledge

+ Experience contributing to at least one app in Google Play Store


Education Information:


+ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/similar or equivalent experience in the software development field.


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**Job ID:** 10013578

**Location:** Celebration,Florida

**Job Posting Company:**
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