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CARMAX Senior Android Developer in Richmond, Virginia
8116 - Midtown Office - 2220 W. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, 23220
CarMax, the way your career should be!
About this job
At CarMax, we are industry disruptors. At the heart of our innovation is new digital products. Working on many different aspects of the customer experience, our Senior Engineers research and discover new opportunities and shape products to fulfill them. From inception to completion, you will develop tools and technology, learning quickly from our spirit of experimentation. You will have a direct impact on improving the performance of our business and ensuring customers can buy the vehicles they want in a way that is right for them!
What you will do – Essential responsibilities
Coordinate with product teams on Omni-Channel solutions delivering the shopper and owner experiences within the native app
Foster a community of ideation and creativity
Collaborate with colleagues in product design, product management and systems architecture to develop innovative solutions and bring great ideas to life
Market your new ideas internally and evolve them according to feedback and critique within an agile environment
Stay on top of industry trends and best practice to continuously improve what we do and ensure our customer experience is the best it can be
Deliver Omni-Channel solutions through development efforts
Maintain CICD pipeline and manage releases
Resolve support issues
Mentor Jr. developers
Participate in on-call rotation
Purpose of the role
It takes a passion for technology to develop ground-breaking products. Working collaboratively and creatively as part of a close-knit product team, you will be part of the development process from end to end: consulting users, carrying out experiments, tackling complex business problems and implementing new products. You’re able to balance customer needs with business goals and know how to deliver technical solutions that enhance business value. Creative, curious, and highly analytical, you never stop learning and thrive on constant change in the digital marketplace.
Technical Expertise:
Proven delivery of enterprise-class native apps
Proven experience leveraging observability to assess and analyze key metrics for continuous improvement of performance, resiliency, and enterprise scalability
Ability to engage in support and effectively, efficiently, and quickly drive to a successful resolution
Proven experience leveraging existing software, development of reusable components, and elimination of redundancy in designs
Understanding of end-to-end system design, from the top to the bottom of the stack
Ability to learn the ecosystem, including downstream systems, outage impacts, and limitations
Analyze, recommend, and deliver automation within CI/CD pipeline, code, in partnership with QE resources
Qualifications and requirements
This role requires hands-on design and development in technologies including Android Studio, Jetpack Compose, Kotlin, Firebase, Azure DevOps for CI/CD, load testing / automated testing tools, Splunk, API management systems, and Google Play Store.
5+ years of software development experience
3+ years working with Android native mobile development
Experience in design and delivery of mobile architectural patterns
Professional experience using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose
Published apps in Google Play Store
Strong computer science background
Experienced in integrated with APIs, persisting data, caching, and refreshing
Commitment to provide quality completed deliverables with well-factored, maintainable code
Experience with VCS (git, hg)
Experience as a software developer working with product teams in dual track agile
Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, Google or AWS
A degree in Computer Science or related discipline or equivalent experience
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
Upon an applicant's request, CarMax will consider reasonable accommodation to complete the CarMax Job Application.