Application Engineer (Android mobile )

What are we looking for in our Application Engineer (Android mobile )?

The Information Technology team at Russell Tobin & Associates is supporting the biggest brand of sports shoes, clothes, and equipment company that has an opening for an Application Engineer (Android mobile).

Location: Salem, OR 97301 (Remote)

Duration: 18 months plus

Pay Range: $80/hr-$90/hr on W2 (DOE)

What you will work on

In the role you will translate business strategies and objectives into technical direction, working implementations, and have these responsibilities:

Responsibilities:

• Mobile Engineering: Design, develop, and deploy scalable, secure, and highly available Android mobile solutions that meet client's business needs across multiple geographies.
• Technical Leadership: Provide direction and mentorship to multi-functional teams, ensuring alignment with company objectives and industry trends.
• Innovation: See opportunities for innovation and develop proof-of-concepts (POCs) or minimum viable products (MVPs) to demonstrate the value of new technologies or approaches.
• Collaboration: Work with collaborators, including business leaders, product managers, and engineering teams, to understand requirements and design solutions.
• Technology Roadmap: Contribute to the development of client's technology roadmap, mentor and coach engineers, sharing knowledge and expertise to help them grow in their careers.
• Lead strategy, architecture and implementation of innovative Android solutions that are scalable, resilient, and efficient.
• Leads feasibility analysis and serves as technical leader for the most sophisticated multi-functional initiatives.
• Work closely with departments to proactively ensure Android mobile engineering capabilities are capable of handling emerging and future business requirements.

What you bring:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or similar field or relevant professional experience, education, and training.
• Minimum 12+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on Android mobile engineering.
• Experience in designing, developing, and deploying, premium, performant, secure, and stable Android-based solutions.
• Deep expertise in Kotlin. Including design, development, and deployment.
• Strong technical leadership skills, with experience guiding multi-functional teams and influencing technical direction.
• Knowledge of Agile development methodologies and Scrum framework.
• Innovative problem-solving skills, with a track record of developing creative solutions to complex technical challenges.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices, such as continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD).
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work optimally with both technical and non-technical partners.
• Establish best-practice software engineering methodologies for a global, 24x7, high-volume, high-availability, critical production environment, based on metrics-based KPIs.

 Benefits Info

• Russell Tobin offers eligible employee’s comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors.

Rate/Salary: $80/hr-$90/hr on W2 (DOE)