Position Overview

The Android Mobile Developer will support the National Strategic Planning & Analysis Research Center (NSPARC) by:

• Modeling, designing, developing, coding, maintaining, and testing modern data-intensive mobile applications

• Providing programming support to analytic staff

• Designing, coding, and testing application software

• Modifying existing software based on functional requirement changes

• Preparing and maintaining technical documentation

• Preparing user documentation and operational instructions

• Improving program efficiency

• Preparing test data and validating software accuracy

Mandatory Requirements

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related field

Core Responsibilities / Skills

• Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (OOP)

• Java and Kotlin for Android development

• Android SDK

• REST, GraphQL, JSON

• Unit testing & bug fixing

• Architecture patterns (MVC, MVP, etc.)

• Android Studio

Technical Skill Matrix 

Operating Systems

• Linux – Intermediate (Required)

• Android – Intermediate (Required)

• iOS – Beginner (Preferred)

Programming / Development Tools

• Kotlin – Intermediate (Required)

• Android Studio – Intermediate (Preferred)

• XML Views UI Framework – Intermediate (Preferred)

Additional Skills

• Testing tools: Espresso, Postman

• Ability to work with legacy code

• Ability to organize and delegate work

Preferred / Nice to Have

• 1+ year experience designing, developing, testing & deploying production-grade applications

• Familiarity with Android frameworks

• Familiarity with package managers (CocoaPods, Carthage, Swift Package Manager)

• Strong attention to detail

• Desire to build quality products

• Willingness to learn new technologies