Where we play
WooliesX Hub is based 2 minutes walk from Central station and walking distance from all the cafes and restaurants that Surry Hills has to offer. The brand new site has been designed to support flexible working with different spaces for different activities such as collaboration, brainstorming or just chilling out. At WooliesX, we also believe in flexible working, and our teams also have the option to work from home or our corporate head office in Bella Vista.
 

About WooliesX 
As a start-up business inside one of Australia's largest retailers, WooliesX aims to bring the best of Woolworths to our customers, powered by our team, technology and data. To achieve our customer 1st strategy, we have combined the Digital, eCommerce, Customer Loyalty and Financial Services businesses to transform the customer experience under one banner - WooliesX. 
 
Based in Surry Hills, our vibrant, innovative and energetic collaboration spaces empower our teams to innovate and deliver an exceptional experience for our customers - no matter whether they choose to shop in-store, or online. 
 
We are an agile team who embrace diversity of thought and love to take on challenges with a pragmatic and innovative approach. Our culture thrives on mutual respect, care, curiosity, openness, and a proactive attitude. As a team we continually seek ways to pair, collaborate, support and learn from each other! 
 

The Role
WooliesX are seeking an Android Engineer to join one of the squads in the Digital Experience Tribe. The Digital Experience Tribe primarily focuses on consumer facing platforms such as Mobile Apps, Website Ecommerce and Content.
 
You will have the opportunity to work in a passionate and supportive team, time will be spent building relationships and engaging stakeholders, as well as:
 

• Design and implement and support features for the flagship Woolworths Android app
• Use best practices to deliver high quality code; Unit-test code for robustness including edge cases, usability, and general reliability
• Implement new features and optimize existing ones from draft to implementation
• Actively participate in all phases of the SDLC
• Work closely with, and incorporate feedback from, product management, UI designers, platform lead and other engineers on a tightly knit team cross-functional and agile team
• Help define and encourage best practices, actively participate in code reviews
• Contribute to a culture of automated testing
• Focus on continuous improvement of the product, developer tool sets and productivity
• Help evolve our technology stack to industry best practice
• Coach and mentor more junior software engineers, helping them upskill through your guidance, advice and knowledge sharing

 
About You 
Our new Android Engineer will be driven and passionate, keen to get things done and able to make an impact in a fast-paced environment. We’re looking for a team player with:
 

• Demonstrable experience building, releasing and supporting multiple Android apps
• 5+ years experience in native Android app development
• 5+ years experience in aspects of the mobile SDLC life cycle
• Deep knowledge of the Android SDK
• Understanding of architecting complex Android solutions, experience in both MVVM and MVP
• Strong knowledge of Google’s Android design principles and interface guidelines
• An appreciation of good API design in a mobile context
• Writing & maintaining Unit tests and UI tests
• Familiarity with continuous integration