Senior Android Engineer

Senior Android Engineer
Location: Artarmon
Life at Foxtel Group
A career with us means working across one or more of our brands including Foxtel, Kayo Sports, BINGE, Flash, Fox Sports and Foxtel Media. When you join, the Perks at Work are taken care of:

• You're part of Fox Flex, our hybrid way of working with time spent at home and on campus

Free & discounted products including Foxtel, Foxtel Now, Foxtel Broadband, Kayo Sports and BINGE
Special days away from work for Birthday, Cultural & Volunteer Leave
Access to our holistic Fox Fit wellbeing program
Generous ergonomics allowance for your WFH set up
Company-wide meeting-free lunch hours and Friday afternoons
Join Our Team As Senior Android Engineer

• Develop feature-rich Android applications for mobile, tablet, and TV.

Employ best practices to create scalable, maintainable, and performant code.
Integrate with backend services to retrieve and display dynamic content.
Work closely with Product, Design, and QA teams to deliver the best user experience.
Collaborate with Frontend and Backend Engineers to ensure quality and consistency.
Mentor junior team members, review their code, and guide their development.
Ensure optimal performance of the applications on various Android devices.
Monitor application performance metrics and troubleshoot any issues.
Keep up-to-date with the latest Android development trends, tools, and best practices.
Evaluate new technologies and methods to improve the development process and application performance.
Develop and implement unit and UI tests to ensure robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability.
Collaborate with QA teams to fix bugs and improve application performance.
Skills and Experiences We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field.

5+ years of proven experience in Android application development.
Strong proficiency with Kotlin.
Extensive experience with Android SDK, Android Studio, and other relevant tools.
Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect applications to back-end services.
Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git.
Knowledge of modern architectural patterns, such as MVVM and MVI.
Strong understanding of the full mobile development lifecycle.
Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication skills.
Past work with popular Android libraries such as Retrofit, Dagger/Hilt, RxJava, or Coroutine.
Experience with developing applications for Android TV.
Experience with streaming technologies and media playback.
About Us
Australia's original cable TV innovator has evolved into a technology-led streaming powerhouse that's transforming how Australians watch the world around them and connect with one another. By living our values of Customer First, Own It, Authentic, Change the Game, and Win Together, we're bringing world-class entertainment and sporting experiences to the heart of millions of Australian homes. To learn about what makes a career at Foxtel Group so unique and rewarding, visit lifeatfoxtelgroup.com.au.
As an equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity, knowing our individual differences make us collectively better. We're helping create a better Australia through a focus on health and wellbeing, social and economic inclusion, reconciliation and reducing our environmental impact.
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