Description:
We’re looking for talented native Android Developers to join our award winning team at Rantmedia in Cardiff.
This role is an amazing opportunity for a skilled software developer to work across an enviable list of partners and projects few other studios can offer.
Details
Contract type
Permanent
Hours
Full-time, 37.5hrs /week (Mon-Fri)
Salary
£40k-£65k
Location
Cardiff, UK
Start date
ASAP
Role Description
The position requires a strong software engineering background and commercial experience building or adding to published, native mobile applications. An accomplished problem solver, you are able to communicate complex concepts clearly. You love creating well-designed maintainable code, and helping form ideas from concept to published product.
Rantmedia offers an environment to be yourself, while actively contributing to a fun culture that thrives on collaboration. We hire for positive attitude, so our ideal candidate is someone good-humoured with an aptitude for open communication. With an intrinsic curiosity in technological innovations, you relish every opportunity to deliver new or novel ideas in real-world applications.
Responsibilities
- Designing and writing well architected, robust, and maintainable software
- Write clean and testable code
- Translate requirements and mock-ups into fully functioning features
- Provide resource estimates on development cycles
- Solve complex ideas through simple designs
- Work alongside UX/UI Designers and other developers to build delightful products and experiences
- Proactively oversee release cycles to ensure we launch stable updates
Requirements
- A positive attitude that will help foster and inspire creativity and collaboration
- Bachelor or Masters degree in Computer Science or related field
- 2+ years of commercial experience as a native Android developer
- Demonstrate your work on the Play Store
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and troubleshooting skills
- Knowledge of Object-Oriented concepts and a strong passion for user centric software development
- Experience with MVVM (Model View ViewModel)
- Good working knowledge of Kotlin
- Work with shared version control and source code management tools (we use Git)
- Strong interaction and design sensibility
- You are a self-starter, highly motivated, team-player
- Ability to give and take direction or feedback
- Working within an agile development environment
Desirables
- Experience with Play Store & distribution processes
- Experience working with Continuous integration (CI) (We use Circle CI, Jenkins, Fastlane etc)
- Experience with Room DB
- Experience with Kotlin Coroutines
- Experience with automation and release pipeline
- Familiarity with Jetpack Compose
- Hands-on experience with DI and Android architecture components
- Experience working with remote data via REST and JSON
Benefits
We offer a competitive package, including:
- Competitive salary
- Company pension
- Hack days
- Games nights
- Flexible working hours
- Spacious studio environment
- Accrue additional holiday