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Software Engineer II - Android - Microsoft Corporation
Philadelphia, PA
Posted: May 20, 2022 04:08

Job Description

Wake up every morning and KNOW you are making a difference. Flipgrid is a free video discussion app from Microsoft that makes learning fun and empowering for over 100 million educators, learners, families, and organizations around the world. (Check out #FlipgridForAll on Twitter! And @FlipgridEvents)

We started with a mission of empowering every voice in the classroom and now we have a much larger vision: to make learning fun and empowering for everyone. We're dedicated to getting people together around the things they love, so that we can all learn, make, discuss, share, and grow! We're excited to see where you can help take us next!

We'relooking for creative problem solvers and diverse thinkers-people who care about adding to our team culture and engaging the community we serve. We believe that why we do things is as important as what we do. We're looking for a team member who is creative, dedicated, startup-minded, and a life-long learner looking to create the future of learning at Microsoft.

#OPGJOBS #FlipgridJobs #SocialLearningJobs

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

  • Deliver Android experiences that are highly crafted and rewarding to the Flipgrid community.

  • Collaborate with engineering, design, and product teams to ensure the goals of the product are aligned with what is delivered.

  • Deliver experiences that are rooted in a design-driven approach that adhere to the Android design language and industry best practices.

  • Work with the product development team in driving innovative approaches to solving common problems.

  • Ensure all delivered user-facing elements follows accessibility and inclusivity standards defined by WCAG, ADA, and MAS.

Qualifications

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience.

  • 3+ years of Android experience with an emphasis on building large-scale, world-class apps.

Bonus credit for:

  • Experience developing world-class applications in Android Studio using Kotlin and/or Java.

  • Working knowledge of the UI/Layout APIs and the ability to create complex and responsive views.

  • Working knowledge of REST APIs and consuming/modeling API-driven content.

  • Design-driven with a strong understanding of the Android Material Design specification and best design practices.

  • Experience in media capturing, editing, transcoding, and playback.

  • Knowledge of popular concepts and tools such as: Asynchronous Programming (RxJava or Coroutines), Dagger2, OkHttp3, Retrofit

  • Proficient in delivering accessible apps that leverage touch and spoken feedback.

  • Experience with test-driven development frameworks.

  • Proficient technical communication skills.

  • Strong cross-discipline and cross-team collaboration skills.

  • Experience analyzing and improving service efficiency and reliability.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form (https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/accommodationrequest) .

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Microsoft Corporation

Philadelphia, PA