Technical Lead Software Development Engineer, Android

About the team

About the role

We are looking for a strong Senior Android Engineer who is used to taking on and driving initiatives and bringing new ideas-someone who holds their code to high standards and who is not afraid to give feedback on the product.

Customer focus and comfortability with cross-functional partnerships is a huge plus. You should be able to lead the teams' technology stack to ensure we're building more robust, scalable, and operable systems. Our ideal candidate is also a technical leader who is passionate about mentorship and growing the potential of others.

We embrace agile software development practices, and believe deeply in building teams composed of all skills needed to deliver value (SDE, PM, SDM, SQE, Design, DE, etc).

We have a couple teams working to give people the power to manage and ingest lots of media and data. Looking for an engineer that can help lead the teams' technology stacks to ensure we're building the more robust, scalable, and affordable systems. Our ideal candidate is also a technical leader who has a real passion for mentoring and growing the potential of others.

• Work on the latest Android technologies and architectural patterns to develop world-class mobile applications.

• Contribute to outstanding full-stack mobile application development from concept to launch

• Implement client-side features and server APIs and services to support planned mobile functionality

• Collaborate with an agile cross-team of developers, testers, designers & program managers to build features that engage our users and understand their outstanding expectations

• Consistently deliver performant, testable, scalable, highly-readable code using OO best practices
  

This role has been categorized as a teleworker position. Teleworkers do not have a permanent corporate office workplace and instead work from a physical location of their choice, which must be identified to the Company. Employees may live anywhere in Mexico, with availability to travel to Mexico City, as we recommend attendance at occasional office events.

In addition to a competitive base salary and benefits, this position is also eligible for bonuses depending on factors such as experience, performance and location.

This role has been categorized as a teleworker position. Teleworkers do not have a permanent corporate office workplace and, instead, work from a physical location of their choice which must be identified to the Company. Employees may live in any part of Mexico, but preferably in Mexico City, as we would encourage attendance for occasional in-office events.

In addition to a competitive base salary and benefits, this position is also eligible for equity awards based on factors such as experience, performance and location.

Who you are

Wondering if we're the right team for you? You'll excel in this team if you thrive on autonomy, seek out persistent problems, implement effective solutions quickly, and you have:

• BS/MS in Computer Science (or equivalent experience) and 6+ yrs of experience

• 4+ years of Android experience (Strong knowledge of Java and Kotlin)

• Ability to mentor and coach Junior and Senior developers

• Ability to drive cross-team design and framework decisions

• Familiar with Compose for UI Development

• Strong architectural knowledge about MVVM and/or similar patterns

• Familiarity with modular Android architecture

• Ability to include and work closely with other engineers and other disciplines, most notably individuals in BE roles, product, and design.

• Experience delivering quality code on a deadline

• Strong experience profiling for optimizing performance and resource utilization.

• The ability to work well with product management, design, services to shape and define products

• Experience with Agile development processes

• The ability to work well in a team setting

• Fluent in English and Spanish (both written and spoken).

• Must be authorized to work in Mexico.

Here at Zillow we value the experience and perspective of candidates with non-traditional backgrounds. We encourage you to apply if you have transferable skills or related experiences.

Please note: This is an evergreen job post that accepts applications on an ongoing basis. We will consider your profile for any current and future openings that align with your expertise.

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