Android Developer (Senior)

Discovery – Group Information Services - Digital Channels Senior Android Developer – Mobile Team

Discovery’s core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating in order to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.

About Digital Channels

Working in a high performance organization that prides itself in attracting the finest talent, we challenge ourselves to find solutions that make a difference in the world. Our environment is always buzzing with energy and smart, motivated people working on finding the best way to move forward.

The Digital Channels team works on dynamic new projects and product enhancements within the web and mobile platforms in order to improve business inefficiencies, gain competitive advantage on our products and ultimately to provide better service to our clients. Using knowledge of the organization’s technology infrastructure and specific software applications, Application Platform Services helps the business to address changes through technologies.

Key Purpose

Senior Android developer will support the projects throughout the project lifecycle, including requirements, design, implementation, release and post release support.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

The senior Android developer must have a competent understanding of :

• The system development life cycle and can explain the Java developer role in each stage
• Thedefined system development tools, processes and workflows
• Thedistinction between business, functional and non-functional requirements and how to implement them
• Theimportance of delivering high quality source code and how to achieve it
• Thetechnologies used and the systems components structure
• Thedomain and business terminologies and link them back to system implementations

Senior Android developers should be able to demonstrate that they can :

Personal Attributes and Skills

Behavioral Skills

Technical Skills

Education and Experience

Minimum

Advantageous

Methodologies

Tools

Processes

ITIL (Incident, Release, Problem Management)

Technologies

Other

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.

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