Senior Android Developer - Shoppers Drug Mart
Toronto, Canada
Technology – Mobile Development /
Full-time /
Hybrid
At Loblaw Digital, we know that our customers expect the best from us. Whether that means building the best, most innovative online shopping experiences, or designing an app that will impact the lives of people across the country, we’re up for the challenge. Loblaw Digital is the team responsible for building and operating the online businesses of Canada’s largest and most successful retailer. Based in downtown Toronto, we are an entrepreneurial, fast-paced, and collaborative team working towards transforming the way Canadians shop by creating leading eCommerce experiences in the online grocery shopping, beauty, pharmacy, loyalty, and apparel spaces, and we’re only just getting started! To achieve these goals, we are looking for talented and passionate individuals who want to collaborate and solve challenging problems and make significant and lasting impact on Canadians.
The impact you'll make
As a Senior Android Developer for our Shoppers Drug Mart team, you will be responsible for aiding in the technical vision and quality of the Android mobile platform modules and architecture powering our user experiences. Working in agile scrum, you will work collaboratively with other developers, data analysts, product owners, performance gurus, and other subject matter experts to challenge the status quo and improve the lives of our shoppers, one release after the other. You will work alongside product owners and tech leads to define the metrics and KPIs needed to ensure we deliver on that promise with each release. Your colleagues will share a lot of these responsibilities and philosophies with you. However, not everyone will be at your level, and some of your colleagues may just be starting their engineering journey. Each day you will find teachable moments using your background and experience to help our engineers become their best selves
What you'll do
- Balance code quality with business requirements and customer needs
- Deliver cutting-edge software that enhances our customer experience
- Collaborate with other teams to find the best solutions available, and if not, build them
- Keep us up-to-date with the latest mobile best practices
- Mentor and grow our junior engineers into rockstar engineers
Does this sound like you?
- Excellent Android development skills with Kotlin
- Detailed knowledge about a variety of Android frameworks
- A deep understanding of mobile software development with a minimum of 5 years of programming expertise in that field
- Keen awareness and understanding of performance, security, and other software engineering best practices
- The ability to pick up technology quickly. We don't say "I'm not familiar with that technology," without adding, "but let me read up on it, and I'll get back to you on it."
- Solid understanding of RESTful API design
- Communication skills are paramount. Documenting once is not enough; being able to explain something in 5 different ways is key.
- You enjoy taking ownership of your work in an environment where leadership is a shared responsibility.
- A track record of successfully mentoring and growing other software engineers in your previous roles
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with functional programming
- A good understanding of Mobile Design Patterns, especially MVVM
- Knowledge in RxJava and Flow
- Experience with Gitflow workflow, CI/CD pipelines, Fastlane, and some parts of the Google Cloud Platform
- Show us your past projects! We'll specifically be looking for how you designed your application and, of course, how you decided to get it deployed and ready for customers.
How you’ll succeed
At Loblaw Digital, we seek great people to continually strengthen our culture. We believe great people model our values, are authentic, build trust and make connections. We’re able to keep innovating because our colleagues are passionate about their work and excited about the future of eCommerce. You will get to work with some of the best digital minds and will have the support of world class technologies to craft products our customers will love!
If you are unsure whether your experience matches every requirement above, we encourage you to apply anyway. We are looking for varied perspectives which include diverse experiences that we can add to our team.
We have a long-standing focus on diversity, equity and inclusion because we know it will make our company a better place to work and shop. We are committed to creating accessible environments for our colleagues, candidates and customers. Requests for accommodation due to a disability (which may be visible or invisible, temporary or permanent) can be made at any stage of application and employment. We encourage candidates to make their accommodation needs known so that we can provide equitable opportunities.
