Software Engineer (Android)
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Job Title: Software engineer (Android)
Department: Digital
Reporting Line: Engineering Manager
Lotion: Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria or Germany
Job Grade: 16
About ENGIE Energy Access
ENGIE Energy Access is the leading Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGo) and mini-grids solutions provider in Africa. The company develops innovative, off-grid solar solutions for homes, public services and businesses, enabling customers and distribution partners access to clean, affordable energy. The PAYGO solar home systems are financed through affordable instalments from $0.19 per day and the mini-grids foster economic development by enabling electrical productive use and triggering business opportunities for entrepreneurs in rural communities. With over 1,800 employees, operations in nine countries across Africa (Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia), over 1.9 million customers and more than 9 million lives impacted so far, ENGIE Energy Access aims to impact 20 million lives across Africa by 2025.
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Job Purpose/Mission
We are looking for a qualified Senior Android developer to join our Engineering team.
You will be part of the ENGIE Energy Access Digital team, a team that includes 90 talented people coming from all over the world and with a lot of experience in the field.
In particular, you will be working with our Android engineers, in collaboration with Product Managers and UI/UX designers, to develop and maintain high quality Android applications.
Ultimately, the users of our Android apps will have a great mobile experience thanks to your contribution.
Responsibilities
- Show passion for Android development, pragmatic code and an eye for simplicity.
- Produce fully functional mobile applications using Kotlin.
- Gather and analyze requirements and suggest solutions that will take the Android products to the next level.
- Become a mentor for the other members of the team by sharing your knowledge.
- Work with an analytical mindset and be good at time management.
- Research and suggest new mobile tools and create new protocols for the team to implement.
- Continuously evaluate and adopt new technologies to improve the development process.
- Participate in code reviews, ensuring that the code is maintainable, scalable, and efficient.
- Write unit tests to identify malfunctions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including project management, design, and engineering
Experience and skills
Experience:
- Proven work experience as a Mobile developer for Android (5+ years)
- Know-how in object-oriented software design and design patterns
- High-profile programming skills in Kotlin and Android APIs
- A solid understanding of the Android platform
- Experience in building flexible and reusable UI components.
- Great communication and problem-solving skills
- Familiarity with Agile development and methodologies
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field
Language:
- English
Technology:
- Android Studio know-how for development and performance debugging
- Advanced Kotlin knowledge
- Good understanding of HTTP clients for Android (e.g. Retrofit)
- Experience with Android persistence libraries for robust database access (e.g. Room, Realm)
- Knowledge of concurrency design patterns (e.g. coroutines)
- Experience with client/server architectures using HTTP, REST and JSON
- Experience with RxJava
- Good understanding of the Functional Programming principles
- Knowledge of dependency injections tools (e.g. Dagger, Koin)
- Experience with backend API development in Python or Ruby is a strong advantage although not a requirement.
We thank all applicants for their interest, however due to the large volume of applications we receive, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
ENGIE is an equal opportunity employer, promoting diversity and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all. All applications are screened based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without any regard to origin, age, name, sexual identity, orientation or preference, religion, marital status, health, disability, political opinions, union involvement or citizenship. Our differences are our strengths!