SW Technologist II- Android

Job Title

SW Technologist II- Android

Job Description

Your role:

• Design, develop, and maintain Android applications using Kotlin and Java.

• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and backend teams to deliver high-quality mobile solutions.

• Build scalable, maintainable, and reusable code following Android best practices.

• Integrate RESTful APIs, third-party SDKs, and cloud services.

• Optimize application performance, security, and user experience.

• Implement unit testing, UI testing, and participate in code reviews.

• Troubleshoot and resolve bugs, crashes, and performance issues.

• Utilize AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity, code quality, documentation, testing, and debugging.

• Rapidly prototype features using vibe-coding methodologies while ensuring production-grade implementation.

• Stay updated with emerging Android technologies, AI-powered development tools, and industry trends.

You're the right fit if:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• 5 -9 years of experience in Android application development.

• Strong proficiency in Kotlin and Java.

• Expertise in Android SDK, Android Studio, and Gradle.

• Experience with MVVM, Clean Architecture, and Android Jetpack components.

• Strong knowledge of Retrofit, OkHttp, REST APIs, and JSON.

• Experience with Room Database, WorkManager, Navigation Component, and Dependency Injection (Hilt/Dagger).

• Familiarity with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile methodologies.

• Experience using AI-powered coding tools such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Cursor, Windsurf, or similar tools to enhance development workflows.

• Ability to evaluate, refine, and productionize AI-generated code while ensuring maintainability and security.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Jetpack Compose.

• Experience with Firebase services.

• Knowledge of modular architecture and multi-module Android projects.

• Experience with automated testing frameworks such as JUnit, Mockito, and Espresso.

• Understanding of AI-assisted software development best practices and prompt engineering techniques for development workflows.

Key Competencies

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

• Ability to balance rapid AI-assisted development with engineering best practices.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

• Ownership mindset and ability to work independently.

• Passion for adopting new technologies and development methodologies.

Experience

• Minimum 5 years of Android development experience.

• Demonstrated experience delivering production-grade Android applications

• Experience leveraging AI-assisted development and vibe-coding practices to improve engineering productivity is highly desirable.

How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.
this role is an office role.

About Philips
We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others.
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If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our culture of impact with care here.

About Us

At Philips, we believe that every human matters. As a global health-tech leader, we focus on improving people’s health and wellbeing through meaningful innovation. The people who work here share our passion and are motivated to bring this purpose to life.

For more than 130 years, we have been creating technologies and innovations that improve people's lives and support healthcare practitioners. Headquartered in the Netherlands and operating in more than 100 countries globally, we focus our advanced technology and deep clinical and consumer insights on Precision Diagnosis, Image Guided Therapy, Enterprise Informatics, Monitoring/ Connected Care, Sleep & Respiratory Care and Personal Health.

Together, we deliver better care for more people because we believe that every human matters. That's why we're taking steps to create an environment where we acknowledge and embrace our differences and uniqueness and listen to and value each other's views. When people feel cared for and listened to, they bring their best qualities to work, leading to better collaboration, communication, innovation and success.

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