Android Software Engineer (For independent contractors)

Key Job Responsibilities and Duties:

• Builds and delivers app-wide features, systems and services - regardless of the technology and programming language;

  
  

• Identifies and escalates flaws and potential issues of app-related infrastructure;

  
  

• Continuously improves services they own making them more performant, and utilising resources in the most optimised way;

  
  

• Lead initiatives for improvement of development processes and business opportunities for your team’s product and the company as a whole;

  
  

• Identify, foster, and proactively help colleagues to grow professionally, taking a significant role in on-boarding new team members;

  
  

• Represent Booking.com values both in the company and in the external community;

  
  

• Advocate a collaborative working environment - make “my ideas” into “our ideas”;

  
  

• Lead, manage and resolve technical or design discussions or conflicts;

  
  

• Contribute to Booking.com's growth through interviewing, on-boarding, or other recruitment efforts

Role Qualifications and Requirements:

• We expect our developers to know the ins and outs of the Android framework and to deliver polished products that customers want to use. We need self-starters who are great at solving problems, initiate solutions and discussions and are not afraid of solving challenges due to our large scale.

  
  
  

• We have found that people who match the following requirements are the ones who fit us best:

  
  
  

• 5+ years of experience as a Developer with Java and/or Kotlin and other languages;

  
  

• At least 3 years of this experience must be from working with the Android SDK;

  
  

• Strong interaction and design sense, excellent attention to detail;

  
  

• Experience with automated testing and deployment of Android apps;

  
  

• Self-motivated to explore new technologies, applications and environments;

  
  

• Self-starter, highly motivated, team-player.

Bonus points for:

• Experience with Google Play Store & Apps Distribution Process;

  
  

• An approved Play Store app;

  
  

• Experience with server-driven UI framework development;

  
  

• Experience working with A/B testing;

  
  

• You have an intrinsic curiosity in technological innovations and you are always on top of the latest trends.