Android Software Engineer | Garmin Connect Team

We are eager to meet Android engineers who can realize innovative, robust, and creative solutions to complicated development challenges in an end-to-end product development environment. 

Garmin is a great place to work if you love developing products that make a difference and are passionate about technology.

Your role would be to develop Android applications using Android SDK, Kotlin, ADT, Java core, OOP, following the best practices and using standard development tools.

We are currently looking for engineers to join us for the following project:

Garmin Connect Mobile is our best known, Fitness and Outdoor power-house companion app catering to over 20 million active users and supporting an ever-growing number of compatible Garmin devices (around 150 at this point). The feature set is very rich and targets our complex user base with running, cycling, wellness, training, smartwatch, golfing, diving, and even pregnancy tracking feature.

We believe that collaboration leads to the best ideas, and we rely heavily on team interaction. As a hybrid role based in Cluj-Napoca, this position will require at least 3 days in the office each week.

Responsabilities:

• Create and execute designs for software components within a larger project.
• Mentor and provide guidance to less experienced Software Engineers.
• Collaborate and add value through participation in peer code reviews, providing comments and suggestions.
• Estimate level of effort, evaluate new options of similar technology, offer suggestions to improve processes.
• Perform technical root cause analysis and outlines corrective action for given problems.

Requirements

• Strong knowledge on Android components such as Services, Providers, Activities, Fragments, threading, BT/BLE API’s.
• Minimum 5  years of experience in Android development.
• Strong Java/Kotlin and Android Studio knowledge.
• BSc in Computer Science, IT or similar.
• Proficiency in English.

Would be a plus:

• Jetpack Compose experience.

Benefits

Benefits to enhance your experience:

• 24 days off each year plus extra vacation days based on years at Garmin and compensation for legal holidays.
• Health package subscription and yearly budget for glasses.
• Monthly budget for sports and wellbeing activities.
• Local and global career development programs (training, mentorship, technical and leadership development, and more).
• Access to e-learning platforms and support for technical conferences attendance.
• Loyalty bonus within the company, plus other special bonuses (for holidays and personal life events).
• Meal tickets.

Yours exclusively when part of our team:

• Significant discount for Garmin products.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Contribution to the retirement plan (Pillar 3).
• Garmin products available for testing and borrowing.
• A comprehensive event series championing wellbeing, sports, and community tailored to foster holistic health (featuring sports events, classes, hackathons, parties, and more).
• Other benefits which we invite you to discover along the recruitment process.

Garmin Cluj is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, national origin, sex, age or disability.