Senior Android Developer

About The Weather Company :

The Weather Company is the world's leading weather provider, helping people and businesses make more informed decisions and take action in the face of weather. Together with advanced technology and AI, The Weather Company's high-volume weather data, insights, advertising, and media solutions across the open web help people, businesses, and brands around the world prepare for and harness the power of weather in a scalable, privacy-forward way. The world's most accurate forecaster globally, the company reaches hundreds of enterprise clients and more than 360 million monthly active users via its digital properties from The Weather Channel (weather.com) and Weather Underground (wunderground.com).

Job brief :

The Weather Channel is searching for a Senior Android developer to join our flagship Android development team. This team is responsible for our native Android efforts on smartphones and tablets, both current and in the future.

This is very much a hands-on position, and the candidate will be responsible for continuing the development of existing world-class products for the consumer weather space, as well as delivering new and innovative products for mobile users. A wide range of skills will be required and the candidate must be willing to continue the learning process as we continue to innovate with new ideas and as new tools and techniques become available.

We have fully embraced dedicated Agile teams for product development. As such, the candidate must be willing and able to participate as a team member using Agile processes in an open team-based environment.

A commitment to quality is a must. The prospective candidate must be willing to continually work to raise the bar in terms of both code quality and user experience. This includes participating in code reviews, refactoring code as needed, and assisting others where needed.

The impact you'll make :

• Work in a team-oriented, agile environment
• Evaluate the Length of Effort to implement the requirements
• Provide alternative solutions that may provide a lower cost of implementation or maintenance when appropriate
• Identify performance bottlenecks or resource contention issues and define solutions
• Correct defects in the existing product
• Implement new features or improvements to the existing product or upcoming product as needed
• Create efficient, performant algorithms
• Work with Quality Assurance and Testing to deliver well-tested and working applications that meet required specifications
• Be proactive and willing to raise issues early in the development process

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