Senior Android Engineer

Staff Level Android Engineer

MKS2 Technologies, one of the nation’s fastest growing companies, is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer to join our client’s team in Colorado Springs, CO

Be part of a rapidly growing and highly capable product engineering team building applications that transform the way merchants run and manage their business

As a Senior Android Engineer, you will be a part of an Integration Platform team that designs, builds, and supports core architectural technology that facilitates success for thousands of merchants and hundreds of second- and third-party integrators. We build high performance, extensible, and observable integration service layers that are used around the world.

This position focuses on Android; However, we must think on a much larger scale than Android alone. We have integrators using .NET, iOS, JavaScript, and Enterprise Java containers who depend on us to deliver a highly reliable financial platform.

You will contribute to the overall architecture processing billions of dollars in GPV, this person will also help scale the team through mentorship and solid software design principles.

The bulk of this Engineer’s time will be spent in a substantial multi-repo Android environment: this person should be eager to design and debug across numerous technology boundaries from an embedded RTOS performing secure contactless communications, through android and into the cloud over mutual TLS.

As a Senior Android Engineer, you can look forward to:

• Collaborating with Product Development, UX Designers, and QA to build quality products; including resolving complex technical issues related to projects.
• Build, test, implement and launch the solutions proposed.
• Install, configure, customize, upgrade, support and troubleshoot all technical issues related to on premise and hosted environments for mobile platforms.
• Work directly with third party vendors to define technical requirements and customize, configure and implement solutions to interface with various external systems.
• Work with senior management to define and implement technical processes and procedures within department focusing on client satisfaction and efficiency
• Communicating within your functional team and across Engineering to keep information flowing
• Reviewing peer code, designs, and providing mentorship.
• Writing tests and automation to advance maturity in product testing
• Be a team player, ability to collaborate idea sharing in a strong product setting.
• Develop native mobile applications for Android
• Work in an agile environment, participating in planning and Scrumban boards.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 8 years of Android development experience.
• 10 years software engineering experience in a modern engineering language: Java, C, C , JavaScript, .NET, Swift, Objective C.
• Demonstrated experience implementing both Android software design patterns and application architecture.
• An advanced understanding of coding techniques which contribute to the reliability, maintainability, readability, simplicity, performance, and testability of software.
• Experienced in the day-to-day practicalities of Software Development Lifecycles such as Kanban.
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Software Engineering Technical Leadership experience.
• Experience with CI/CD pipeline, Gradle/Kotlin DSL’s for building Android applications/libraries
• Experience developing in Kotlin.
• Experience working with e-commerce, shopping cart, or payment service gateways.
• Exposure to POS Hardware and/or Software for Clover Station Pro, Mini, Flex or Go.
• Experience in Payment Terminal Certification in area of Contact & contactless payment
• Experience with relational databases, SQL Experience using Android devices

Founded in 2008, MKS2 Technologies has helped commercial industry customers and Federal government customers design, implement and sustain mission-focused IT solutions focusing on software development, cyber security support, enterprise application development, and instructional design and training.

MKS2 is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) headquartered in Austin, Texas, with regional offices in Colorado Springs, CO, Monterey, CA, Portland, ME, and Washington, D.C.

MKS2 Technologies, LLC, an award-winning high growth small business, creates innovative and customer-centric technology solutions in the areas of Cyber Security, Instructional Design and Training, Software Engineering and IT Support Services to improve the security and well-being of our clients.

Our commitment to excellence and our “Mission First” orientation has resulted in steady growth and an expanding client base across government agencies. Headquartered in Austin, TX we have employees nationwide and for the past three consecutive years were named one of the fastest growing Veteran-owned companies in the nation.

Please take a moment to browse through our website and learn more about what it means to serve with MKS2.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: MKS2 Technologies is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.