Shop Your Way - Android Developer

Do you consider yourself an innovator, a builder, a game-changer? Do you have what it takes to transform the payments, loyalty, and commerce space? Do you want to help develop and scale truly “never been done before” services and technologies? If yes, then we want to hear from you at Shop Your Way **SYW Overview** Shop Your Way (“SYW”) is a high-growth FinTech and e-Commerce enablement platform that leverages a proprietary technology infrastructure to service some of the largest and most innovative brands in America. SYW powers multiple business and consumer services, including SYW Rewards and the SYW Mastercard, along with a leading mobile app and digital destination. When bundled together as part of our Pay Your Way (“PYW”) service, we have a truly differentiated loyalty + credit solution for our business partners and their customers, without the hassle of setting up a direct credit relationship with a bank or underwriter. This integrated module makes it easy for Partners of any size to improve their conversions, drive new revenue, save on transaction and payment costs, and create more repeat business. Today, we’re providing this “loyalty-card as a service” to Raise (gift cards) and Way (mobility) – two of the “Andreessen Horowitz Top 50 Marketplaces” – and other national brands. Now, we’re expanding our offering to include other new application services while also unlocking new channels. SYW is at an exciting inflection point, built for scale and driving growth. **Key Highlights include:** ● Recent investment of +$30M of “growth capital” from Private Equity / Hedge Fund sponsor ● Long-term strategic partnership with Citibank powering a multi-billion dollar credit portfolio ● Compelling pipeline of New Business Development initiatives, focused on SYW 5321 Card Externalization (“loyalty-card as a service”) ● Proprietary, best-in-class loyalty and data technology platform built to power $10+ billion of partner business ● A sizable (9 million active) yet hyper local member base of active shoppers ● A valuable rewards currency, with more new places to burn – from gift cards to sports media to parking, car wash, electrical vehicle charging to crypto and ETFs ● A multi-tender, proprietary “wallet” with rewards, gift cards, and credit ● Platform can be white-labeled and quickly integrated into existing retail and loyalty systems [**](https://business.syw.com/) Role Summary: Android Developer As an Android developer, you will work on the Android apps used by multiple million Shop Your Way members, applying theoretical principles of computing and algorithms for advanced user experience, integrating web services for interactive service flow, and deploying and distributing the apps to our members. You will work closely with the mobile team, product managers, UX architects, and UI designers everyone to bring the best social shopping experience to life. Join us to work on the most exciting challenges in mobile app development. ### Responsibilities: - Design and develop Android mobile applications using Android Studio, Java, Kotlin, Android SDK, and Gradle. - Manage Android mobile app release cycle on Google Play. - Need to work from UI/UX requirements and mockups to build functional, high-performance Android apps. - Influence the discovery and decision-making process when changes to standards and technology are required (tools, conventions and design patterns). - Independently develop and implement software for e-commerce applications and related technology, with minimum oversight. - Deliver code that meets specifications, creates little to no operational support overhead and requires minimal support during development from more senior engineers. - Create self-documenting designs and/or clearly communicate intent via comments in code, on specifications, in as-built documentation and during code reviews. - Write unit and integration tests for each deliverable, effectively and comprehensively exercising the code; prevent the introduction of subsequent bugs, and correct existing bugs or design issues when discovered. - Engage with QA to establish testing tasks, approach and standards. - You will push the boundaries of what is possible applying creative solutions to hard, mobile-centric problems like synchronization, asynchronous APIs, and leveraging offline device capabilities ### Requirements: - High proficiency in at least one of the following languages: Java or Kotlin - Experience delivery of React Native applications - Deep curiosity to learn new technologies, explore new ideas, and passion to implement them. - Attention to detail, particularly around software engineering fundamentals, testing methodologies, and quality. - Experience in consuming REST/SOAP Web Services and parsing JSON and XML content by using Java and Kotlin - Good understanding of object-oriented software design patterns and debugging skills - Excellent technical problem resolving skill – can take the lead finding out the issue and resolving it alone or with the team - Excellent knowledge of Agile methodologies