Senior Android Engineer — Enterprise-Scale Apps

Photon; Berkeley Heights (NJ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Photon is seeking a Senior Android Engineer in the United States with 8+ years of experience to design, develop, and maintain Android applications. The role focuses on REST API integration, SQLite storage, WebView usage, and optimizing for low-memory devices.

You will also contribute to testing, security, and monitoring with Datadog and Grafana. Primary location is Berkeley Heights, NJ, with secondary locations Alpharetta, GA and Frisco, TX.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant software engineering experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.
• Strong hands-on experience with Android application development.
• Experience integrating Android applications with backend services using REST APIs.
• Hands-on experience with SQLite for local data storage.
• Experience developing and supporting application functionality using WebView.
• Experience developing and managing UI for low-memory devices.
• Experience with GitHub and Jira.
• Strong understanding of unit testing and writing test cases.
• Experience with API testing.
• Understanding of secure coding practices and mobile application security.
• Experience with Datadog and/or Grafana for application monitoring and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, enhance, and support Android applications.
• Integrate Android applications with backend services using REST APIs.
• Work with SQLite for local data storage.
• Develop and support application functionality using WebView.
• Develop and manage user interfaces optimized for low-memory devices.
• Optimize application behaviour and UI performance for resource-constrained devices.
• Troubleshoot Android application, device, UI, and API integration issues.
• Write and maintain unit tests.
• Perform and support API testing.
• Follow secure coding practices for application development.
• Monitor and troubleshoot application issues using Datadog and Grafana where applicable.
• Use GitHub for source code management.
• Use Jira for tracking development activities, issues, and defects.
• Support debugging and resolution of application issues across development and production environments.

Skills

Android development

REST API integration

SQLite

WebView

Low-memory optimization

Unit testing

API testing

Datadog

Grafana

GitHub

Jira

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Computer Engineering / Information Technology

Tools

Postman

Android Studio

Datadog

Grafana

Jira

GitHub

Job description

Photon is seeking a Senior Android Engineer in the United States with 8+ years of experience to design, develop, and maintain Android applications. The role focuses on REST API integration, SQLite storage, WebView usage, and optimizing for low-memory devices.

You will also contribute to testing, security, and monitoring with Datadog and Grafana. Primary location is Berkeley Heights, NJ, with secondary locations Alpharetta, GA and Frisco, TX.