Android Developer Jobs

Yes! As recognized by the United States Bureau of Labor and Standards, application development jobs are not only lucrative career choices, but demand for Android mobile developer jobs has been growing much faster than previously recorded. With an approximated average of 90 thousand new mobile apps released every month via the Google Play Store, you’ll have your pick of interesting projects and teams to join.

Since Android software engineers are responsible for the entirety of a company’s Android application development efforts, they tend to be involved at multiple touchpoints during the development lifecycle. These team members will often be involved with the application in related tasks past the completion of development, like conducting routine training and maintenance. Some common roles include:

• Android App Designer – Responsible for an application’s overall look and feel, these professionals also zero in on the finer points of the UI, making sure the app’s navigation is simple yet intuitive.
• Android App Developer – Working with the Android SDK and programming languages like Java, these developers put in the work to make the application fully functional. They also keep the application’s code base clean and easy for other team members to work with.
• Android App Tester – Software testing is a mandatory step in development. Here, bugs are spotted, either visually in lines of code or via automated testing, and resolved. Once the app is error-free, it goes live.
• Maintenance/Support – While Android developers strive to code cleanly and without errors, at times they are still called upon to perform troubleshooting maneuvers and deploy various patches to fix newly discovered glitches.

Android software engineers are responsible for designing and constructing mobile applications to be run on Android mobile devices. What this looks like in terms of a typical workday reliably differs from app to app, company to company, and industry to industry. In general, though, most Android developers are tasked with:

• Creating, updating, and maintaining applications that run on Android devices.
• Resolving code errors and debugging newly coded functionality prior to launch.
• Collaborating with business teams to understand the organization’s priorities in developing an Android application.
• Ensuring that a given application is compatible with any necessary external data sources or APIs.

To become an Android app developer, you need a lot of different qualifications and no small amount of practical programming experience. While the requirements for hiring Android engineers absolutely fluctuate with the position, title, project, and organization concerned, in general, you’ll want to make sure you have:

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree, typically in a technological major like Computer Engineering (or other STEM discipline).
• Professional or hobbyist Android development experience
• Familiarity with the Android SDK and other essential dev tools
• An understanding of the mobile application “life cycle,” or development process/phases

Starting out as a junior Android engineer is exciting! You’ll be able to choose from many different companies in many different industries around the world, potentially working in some of the following fields:

• Hospitality
• Food and Beverage
• Retail and eCommerce
• Healthcare
• Technology