Remote Senior Android Developer (Kotlin, OpenGL)

Job Description:

Remote working is the new norm. Do you want to avoid a daily commute, reduce stress, achieve work-life balance, spend more time with your family, be more creative and improve productivity? At RemoteStar, we follow a remote-first work policy. If you’re passionate about working from home or a nearby co-working space with leading start-ups and scale-ups, RemoteStar can be a great fit. At RemoteStar we help both employers and employees to build a great remote-team culture, reduce overheads and improve productivity.

About Role - Remote Senior Android Developer (Kotlin, OpenGL)

A UK based Start-up is building an innovative and disruptive video mobile application.

You will be reporting directly to the CTO based in UK. As Senior Android Developer, you’ll participate in all development aspects of the solution. Your mission will be to drive the progress of the app and the Android team while providing the best user experience imaginable.

This is a full-time permanent role for a true self-starter, someone who wants to build something from the beginning.

As our Senior Android Developer, you’ll be responsible for

• You will play a key role in designing, building and maintaining large-scale, high availability mobile applications for various Android devices
• Architect, develop and test native Android applications
• Work across UI, service layers, and backend technologies to create server-driven native client solutions
• Shine with engineering excellence by developing test infrastructures, writing documentation, ensuring high performance, and following an agile development methodology
• Write entirely new code and maintain and update existing codeResearch on new frameworks for improving the architecture of Android application
• Ensure development best practices are followed (Clean Code, Clean Architecture, code reviews)
• Your mission will be to drive the progress of the app and the mobile team while providing the best user experience imaginable
• Actively communicate with the stakeholders, team members, and clients

What do we value?

• Fluent in Kotlin- A minimum 5 of years is required
• Understanding & working knowledge of OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) is required
• Experience in video processing is a nice to have,
• Passion for Android design
• Good knowledge and understanding of algorithms and design patterns
• CI/CD, Test Driven Development, BDD
• Good understanding of engineering best practices, methodologies and mobile development tools
• Ability to work efficiently - use 3rd party libraries, be able to prioritise tasks based on business requirements / customer priorities
• Have experience building scalable Android applications
• Good understanding of networking protocols and concepts like REST, HTTP/HTTPS
• Ability to work in a diverse, results-oriented, multicultural, remote-team environment
• Great communication, collaboration skills and a strong teamwork mentality
• Able to proactively communicate with non-technical stakeholders, manage expectations, and explain the value of addressing technical debt.

What do we offer?

• Participate in an open, fun, entrepreneurial and creative company culture
• Be part of a global organisation with international opportunities
• Work from the location of your choice, fully remote
• Competitive Salary
• Feature ownership — combine data and customer feedback to create meaningful solutions to the everyday problems our users face
• Unlimited annual leave; we do our best work when we’re feeling refreshed so take the time you need to relax!
• Flexible working — we trust you to work whenever and wherever you feel most productive
• Found a great book, meetup or conference? We’ll pay for the tools and resources to support your continued learning!
• It’s important to stay healthy, so we’ll pay towards your gym membership or fitness apps, and have - Self Space appointments available
• BYOD – You are welcome to work from your own choice of laptop

Who are we?

We are RemoteStar, a team of experienced engineering and people leaders on a mission to transform how we work.

We’re not your typical workplace. At RemoteStar, we believe in data-driven decision making and the importance of flexibility, fun, passion, personal growth, and transparency. And we’re doing everything we can to make sure you’re enjoying every minute you spend with us.

Here at RemoteStar, we’re passionate about creating an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of our employees. Everyone is welcome. We don’t discriminate on the basis of any protected characteristic including race, religion or belief, gender or gender reassignment, age, sexual orientation, marital status, or disability. We want to facilitate everyone in bringing their best selves to our interviews, so if there are any adjustments we can make for our process to be more inclusive, please let us know.

Additionally, trust and privacy are important to us here at RemoteStar, so we would like to let you know that upon submitting an application, your CV and personal details will be added to our database and may be used to match you to any future, suitable vacancies as they arise. Of course, we will remove your details at any time should you wish us to do so.