What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr Software Engineer, Android position at Vivint?
Welcome to the intersection of energy and home services. At NRG, we’re driven by our passion to create a smarter, cleaner and more connected future.
Vivint Smart Home, an NRG owned company, is a leading smart home company in the United States, dedicated to redefining the home experience with intelligent products and services. We find purpose in proactively protecting and keeping our customers connected to home, no matter where they are. Join the Smart Home team to create smarter, safer and more sustainable homes.
Summary :
The Foundation team within the Vivint Innovation Center is looking for a Senior Software Engineer on our Android team. You will be working on experiences to support our world-class smart home solutions. We are looking to grow our team of exceptional engineers. Join us and use your passion for engineering cool solutions to create the world&aposs best smart home experience.
Primary Responsibilities :
Collaborate closely with software engineers representing other disciplines to build amazing experiences from top to bottom.
Leverage your technical expertise and interpersonal skills to help the team make great implementation decisions together, including active participation in code reviews and other software lifecycle activities.
Work in a fast-paced, self-directed, agile environment.
Research and evaluate new technologies and tools.
Contribute to new feature development, maintenance, and architectural activities.
Actively participate in the Android guild with fellow engineers to develop better organization-wide development practices and solve hard problems.
Participate in a quarterly "Innovation Week" and work on innovative projects of your choice.
Put smart home products in your own home and experience your work product firsthand.
Required Skills, Experience & Education :
Experience with well-known design patterns
Experience with Kotlin and / or Java and Android Studio
Experience with Android SDK and tools, including Jetpack Compose and Coroutines
Experience building RESTful Servicess
Experience with Dependency injection (Dagger, Hilt, etc)
Experience with Unit Testing
Common software architectural practices and principles (MVC, MVP, MVVM, Clean, SOLID)
5 years relevant work experience
B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
Preferred Skills, Experience & Education :
Experience with Bluetooth highly desirable
Experience with location Servicess desirable
Experience with Mobile analytics frameworks
Agile development processes (Scrum)
Mentoring fellow mobile engineers
Driving architectural changes within an organization
IoT products and Servicess (security, home automation)
Here are some highlighted perks you should ask us about :
Free daily lunch and drinks on site
Paid holidays and flexible paid time away
Employee / Friends / Family Discounts
Onsite health clinic, gym, gaming tables
Medical / dental / vision / life coverage & 24 / 7 Medical Hotline
401(k) Employer Match
Employee Resource Groups
WORKING CONDITIONS :
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol-free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M / F / Protected Veteran Status / Disability. Level, Title and / or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills.
EEO is the Law Poster (The poster can be found at )
Official description on file with Talent.
Vivint, an equal opportunity employer, does not consider any protected traits (e.g., race, creed, color, religion, gender, national origin, non-job-related disability, age, or any other protected trait) when hiring—under federal, state, and local laws. We are a drug-free environment. We do not conduct pre-employment drug screening; however, we do conduct random drug testing on site.
