Software Engineer (Android-Remote)

About the Role

As Software Engineer, you will collaborate closely with design, product, and engineering experts to tackle real-world challenges and deliver innovative solutions that elevate Kohl's retail offerings.

What You'll Do

• Develop high-quality applications using extreme programming (XP) practices and a user-centric approach
• Participate in the entire application lifecycle in collaboration with designers, product managers and other engineers on the product team
• Leverage critical thinking, experimentation, data and industry best practices to achieve desired business outcomes
• Contribute to product engineering and software standards
• Influence the team to reduce the toil received from production, advocate for product reliability and influence the benefits of tech debt reduction with matrices
• Develop self and support the development of others through accountability and continuous learning
• Adapt to constant change and model that for the rest of the team
• Evaluate a user story for technical context, feasibility, acceptance criteria, testability and estimation
• Additional tasks may be assigned

• Knowledge of Java and Kotlin for Android
• Experience working with notifications and background tasks in apps
• Collaborate with iOS, Android, and Server engineers to ship features
• Experience with making REST calls over the network
• Experience with JavaScript, either in a browser or server-side environment such as NodeJS
• Have designed and developed a complete Android app from top to bottom
• A familiarity with the Android tool ecosystem for development, testing, debugging, and performance benchmarking

• 2+ years of experience in software development
• Knowledge of application design patterns, event-driven architecture, database schemas and testing strategies
• Knowledge and experience with continuous integration, continuous deployment and test-driven development

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in MIS, Computer Science or related field
• Experience with large-scale application troubleshooting and performance tuning
• Exposure to working with major cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or Azure)
• Familiarity and experience with XP (Extreme Programming)