Android Architect

Computer Futures; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Computer Futures is seeking an experienced Android Architect in Austin, Texas. You will be a liaison between engineering and customer-facing teams, guide project teams, and maintain high technical standards.

With at least 8-10 years of experience, you excel in coding, UI design, and Agile environments. You will also be tasked with managing releases and enhancing technical practices.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of professional development experience required.
• Active coding experience with high quality recognized by peers.
• Strong user interface and visual design skills.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction and recommend best practices.
• Create technical designs, write user stories, and groom backlogs.
• Perform code reviews and manage releases.

Skills

Professional development experience

User Interface and Visual Design

Agile and Scrum knowledge

Collaboration skills

Technical communication

Job description

Job Description

As an Android Architect at Mutual Mobile, you will be a liaison between the engineering teams and customer facing teams (like PMs, Sales, Accounts, etc) and will set technical direction for the department by researching and recommending best practices and frameworks to keep the department current on Android with the marketplace. You will guide project teams by creating technical designs, writing user stories, and grooming the backlog. You will promote and champion best technical practices with both our clients and the development team, with a focus on both tactical and strategic development of the team. You will perform code reviews, triage bugs, and manage releases. You will absolutely play a role in managing the customer relationship. And, you get to code.

Qualifications

You will excel in this position if

• You have at least 8-10 years of professional development experience.
• You’re an active coder and you love to code plus your code elicits highest compliments from others and displays continuous improvement.
• You have a great eye for User Interface and Visual Design.
• You can design, mock‑up and code deliverables such as APIs and back‑end (like GPS, REST, or DB services) and front‑end (like highly polished UIs, animations, and transitions).
• You’re a kind, pragmatic communicator with a decent knowledge of an Agile and Scrum environment.
• You are a stellar team player who can own a project (or more!) and have proven experience leading other cross‑functional project team members when needed.
• You collaborate with non‑technical folks (PMs, Sales, Design, QA) as easily as you do with engineers.
• You are familiar with the technology events landscape, have demonstrated social and professional technology engagement via blogs, public speaking events, Twitter or Stack Overflow.
• You have a strong track record of contributing to open source code on GitHub or any other.
• You understand at least 2-3 complex technologies like OpenGL, BLE, Location based tech, Speech recognition, Augmented Reality, etc and are willing to constantly develop new expertise areas.

EEO Statement

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