Hertz

At Hertz, our Mobile Engineers focus on innovation by empowering small teams to deliver software with agility. We believe the phrase “I don’t know” always provides an enviable opportunity to learn something new. We are actively seeking the next generation of problem solvers who have a hunger for learning, live on the forefront of technology, and are committed to delivering high-quality maintainable code.

The ideal candidate would exemplify the following traits:

• Believe that empathy is the key to collaboration.
• Passionate for developing elegant code.
• Believe that form and function are equally important to delivering the best-in-class user experience.
• Agile and believe that failure is often as interesting as success.
• Believe that testing comes first to increase overall velocity and scalability in the market.
• Believe that documenting and commenting code is just as important as the code itself.
• Enjoy working in Mobile and Cloud-based environments.
• Enjoy working in a collaborative environment with other developers, product managers, designers, and clients.
• Passionate about enhancing skills and solving challenging problems.
• Enjoy teaching others while also understanding that you are a student yourself.
• Passionate about research and development and being the first to try new things.
• Maintain a high degree of emotional intelligence.

What You’ll Do

• Work in an Agile environment with Engineering, QA, UX and Product leaders in Sprints
• Collaborate with fellow engineers, product managers, UX and stakeholders to design and deliver innovative solutions to business challenges
• Contribute to all stages of the software development lifecycle from inception to deployment
• Design, document and implement new innovative solutions with a wide variety of technologies
• Learn on the job and bring new solutions, ideas and technologies to the team.
• Take ownership of initiatives, inform processes and work with peers with a variety of backgrounds and an eagerness to learn, support and grow professionally
• Peer review code, giving and receiving productive feedback and sometimes challenging and being challenged on implementation decisions.

What We’re Looking For:

Hands on experience with:

• Test Driven Development (TDD)
• Using Jira
• Continuous integration and continuous deployment
• Creational, Structural, Behavioural design patterns
• Solid principles
• MVC, MVVM, MVI Architectural design patterns
• Native Android SDK, different versions of Android, and how to support developing for different screen sizes
• Android Architectural components, Jetpack, Coroutines, Compose
• Native Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
• Modelling JSON using Kotlin
• Offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
• Application Performance Monitoring tools (APM) such as Crashlytics or Dynatrace
• Performance and memory tuning. (Leaks, Circular References, Race Conditions)

Familiarity with:

• The use of additional sensors, such as camera, gyroscopes, and accelerometers.
• Consuming RESTful APIs to connect the edge computing device to back-end systems/services.
• Identifying PII and PCI data and knowledge of best practices when handling such data.
• Cloud messaging APIs and push notifications.

Knowledge of:

• Google’s Android design principles and interface guidelines.

Mandatory Requirements:

• BA/BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent work experience.
• (5-10) Year’s work experience.
• Proficient with native Android engineering practices.
• Proficiency using Android Studio.
• Proficient in Kotlin.
• Proficiency utilizing Git version control following Trunk Based Development.
• Experience with integration of MFE and web technologies into native platforms.
• Experience with Jenkins.
• Proficiency using Android Studio Profiler.
• Strong debugging techniques.
• Effective communication skills and interest in a collaborative paired-programming environment.

What You’ll Get:

• Discounts for you, family/friends on Hertz Car Hire in Corporate countries.
• Hybrid/flexible working arrangements
• 22 days holidays on hire rising to 27 days with service.
• Occupational Pension Scheme with up to 5% company matched contribution.
• Life Cover payable at 4 times base salary.
• Profit Share Scheme
• Tuition support plus access to compressive online learning platform
• 10 days paid study leave & paid exam leave where exams fall during work hours.
• Income protection for long term illness
• Professional membership fees paid in full annually where membership relates directly to role.
• Bike to Work & Travel Pass schemes.
• Employee Assistance Program for employees and family
• Onsite Occupational Health support
• Christmas savings scheme