Android Developer

JCPenney; Hayward (CA); On-site; USD 111,000 - 152,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plan

Dental plan

Vision plan

Annual bonuses

Job summary

JCPenney is hiring an Android Developer in Hayward, CA to reduce technical debt and own work from day one. You will build with REST sparingly, ship features end to end with product and design teams, and participate in observability to pre-empt issues for customers in California.

The role emphasizes collaboration with Hayward teams, a part-time cadence, and a salary range of $111,000 to $152,000 per year with bonus opportunities tied to team performance.

Qualifications

• Familiar with emotional intelligence concepts and how to apply them in collaboration.
• Confident communicator across email, calls, and in-person meetings.
• Ability to adapt approaches as business needs evolve.
• Willingness to bring questions that challenge assumptions.

Responsibilities

• Turn vague technology tickets into crisp, testable acceptance criteria.
• Wire Kubernetes API integrations so data lands where Hayward teams expect it.
• Build Azure self-service tools to reduce ticket load for Hayward teams.
• Tune database queries and schemas for high-throughput workloads.
• Collaborate with product and design to ship features end to end.
• Engage with technology users in Hayward to understand needs.
• Stand up observability so issues are seen before customers in CA.

Skills

Emotional Intelligence

Communication skills

Empathy

Adaptability

Curiosity

Team collaboration

Job description

The Android Developer we hire will help JCPenney pay down years of technical debt without anyone calling it a rewrite, using REST API sparingly and well. Earn $111,000 - $152,000 as an Android Developer, take ownership of Work Ethic from day one, and build your career with a collaborative team.

Key Responsibilities

• Turn vague technology tickets into crisp, testable Emotional Intelligence acceptance criteria
• Wire Kubernetes APIs to Teamwork consumers so data lands where Hayward teams expect it
• Build Microsoft Azure self-service tools so Hayward teams stop filing tickets for everything
• Tune database queries and schemas for high-throughput JCPenney workloads
• Collaborate with product and design teams to ship features end to end
• Sit with technology users in Hayward to learn what the RabbitMQ tool really needs
• Stand up observability so JCPenney sees failures before customers in CA do

What You'll Bring

• The instinct to ask "what would change your mind?" before debating
• Familiarity with Emotional Intelligence and related tools or frameworks
• Confident communicator across email, calls, and in-person meetings
• Comfort with the part-time cadence of a Hayward-based operation
• Flexibility to adapt your approach as business needs evolve
• The kind of empathy that makes hard feedback land softly

Half the technology platforms in CA quietly depend on something JCPenney built in Hayward with steady-handed care. Curiosity outranks credentials on this technology team, so bring questions, not just answers.

We pair a $111,000 - $152,000 salary with health, dental, and vision plans, plus annual bonuses tied to team performance.

Candidate outreach for this technology opening is happening as we speak.