Software Development Manager II Android
Position Summary
We are hiring a Software Engineering Manager, Android role for the Digital andDirect-to-Consumer product for Magnolia, a joint venture partnership between Discovery,Inc. and Chip and Jo Gaines. This role will lead, manage, and inspire the softwareengineering team that will launch the Magnolia product on Android, FireTV, and Fire Tabletplatforms. With Magnolia, we’re looking to solve practical problems for customers, improvetheir everyday lives, and create passionate and loyal fans.
The Android Manager role willdevelop the Kotlin and Java codebase for Magnolia and collaborate with app developmentteams developing products for other D2C initiatives.We’re looking for someone who has hands-on experience with Java, Kotlin, and Androiddevelopment. You’ll lead engineers towards developing new eCommerce andin-app-payment solutions, rich customer interactions, and will work closely with otherapp development teams to develop and use shared libraries that allow for re-use.
To besuccessful, you will need to partner with API engineers and other peers to developend-to-end solutions.This will be a hands-on role where you’ll be successful by: reviewing developer codeand architecture decisions, you will write code to support key features, you will coachand train engineers, and participating in all aspects of the agile software developmentprocess. As a manager on the team, you’ll be expected to write code, drive codereviews, and help prioritize work for the team. As an Android Engineering Manager, youwill also write code that supports other direct to consumer brands, including the FoodNetwork Kitchen app.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities:
1. Lead by example through coding, this is a hands-on engineering role.
2. Write clean, concise, readable code that follows common design patterns and principles.
3. Complete work with a conscientious attitude and good follow-through.
4. Collaborate with coworkers from design, engineering, product, project, QA and contentteams.
5. Translate functional requirements into solutions that work well with current architecture.
6. Perform peer code reviews.
7. Utilize multi-tasking and context shifting skills.
8. Identify inefficiencies and make recommendations.
9. Develop prototypes and proof of concept projects to test the waters with newtechnologies or ideas.
10. Stay informed with changes in technology and formally present new processes andtechnologies our team.
11. Produce comprehensive, usable software documentation.
12. Provide skill development opportunities to direct reports and work with them in regularone-on-one sessions.
13. Work with personal connections, HR and recruiters to define and fill open positions.
14. Communicate team status, drive and morale.
15. Partner with other cross-functional managers to ensure capacity and velocity ismaintained
Requirements
Requirements
* High proficiency & technical leadership in Android, FireTV, Fire Tablet and Javadevelopment
* 10+ years of professional experience architecting, developing, and launching softwareproducts and/or services.
* 2+ years of experience managing successful engineering teams including hiring andperformance management.
* Commanding knowledge of device manufacturer guidelines, signing, certification andpublishing processes.
* Commanding knowledge of UI component lifecycles, rendering and performance in atleast one of our target platforms
* Strong oral and written communication skills.
* Must have the legal right to work in the United States.
* You are comfortable with collaborating using Git.
* Ability to provide code samples either privately or through a Github repo.
* Several applications in an App store with a favorable rating.
* Skills with optimizing rendering performance using profiling and debugging tools.