Job Title Android Developer Job Description Job Title: Android Developer Your Role: We are looking for a strong hands-on Android Developer to build and evolve high-quality native mobile applications. You will work across the full development lifecycle from designing scalable solutions and delivering features to ensuring performance reliability and a polished user experience. Key Responsibilities: Design develop test and maintain native Android applications using Kotlin and Java. Build scalable maintainable application architecture using sound object-oriented design principles and established design patterns. Develop intuitive responsive and accessible user interfaces that provide a simple and engaging customer experience. Integrate and maintain APIs third-party libraries SDKs analytics platforms and backend services. Improve application performance including network efficiency battery usage memory management storage and app responsiveness. Debug production issues address defects and continuously improve app stability quality and feature set. Keep applications current with Android platform changes security updates and evolving libraries and development practices. Collaborate closely with product UX QA backend and cross-functional engineering teams to deliver reliable releases. Contribute to technical discussions code reviews estimation and continuous improvement of development practices. Evaluate relevant new technologies and tools that can improve engineering efficiency app quality or user experience. Youre the right fit if: You have a Bachelors or Masters degree with 5 years of hands-on experience in native Android application development. Strong proficiency in Kotlin and solid experience with Java for Android development. Strong understanding of the Android SDK and core Android components including activities fragments intents services broadcast receivers content providers layouts widgets touch handling drawing media location networking storage and security.
Good understanding of Android application architecture design patterns object-oriented design and computer science fundamentals. Experience with concurrency multithreading memory management file I/O and performance optimization. Experience integrating RESTful web services and working with JSON XML serialization and API framing. Familiarity with SOAP is a plus. Experience with local data storage and database technologies such as SQLite/SQL and contemporary backend-integrated data solutions. Robust knowledge of unit integration and UI testing practices including TDD where applicable. Hands-on experience with testing frameworks such as JUnit Mockito and Espresso. Experience with Git issue tracking CI/CD pipelines and engineering productivity tools such as Jira and Azure DevOps/TFS. Experience working in Agile development teams. Experience publishing and maintaining applications through the Google Play Store including release and rollout processes. Strong problem-solving skills ownership mindset and ability to communicate effectively within a collaborative team. Preferred Skills: Experience with Bluetooth and connectivity technologies particularly Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). Familiarity with network and battery optimization techniques for mobile applications. Experience working with analytics visualizations animations and rich mobile UI experiences. Exposure to React Native or other cross-platform mobile development frameworks. Experience working with consumer-facing connected-device or IoT mobile applications. About Philips We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters and we wont stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others. Learn more about our business. Discover our rich and exciting history. Learn more about our purpose. If youre interested in this role and have many but not all of the experiences needed we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here. Required Experience: IC