Backend developer

Xamarin App Developer with Android focus – Consumer IoT-products The Connectivity group within R&D at Electrolux Home Care & SDA seeks a Xamarin App Developer with Android focus to join one of our system development teams. The team’s objective is to deliver awesome user experiences through apps and cloud backend solutions to our connected consumer appliances. Each team has a main product focus, but since the technology platform is shared, a lot of the work in the teams have to be synchronized between them. The teams have full-stack responsibility, together they need to master system architecture, backend development, app development on iOS and Android platform as well as system testing. In this position we are looking for someone that can take lead responsibility in developing Xamarin Apps for Android. The candidate must however be willing and able to work in the other areas within the team’s responsibility as well. We work side-by-side with our product management teams, project managers and UX design team. We foster a Build-Test-Learn environment where everyone plays an active part in creating awesome customer experiences. Electrolux is committed to attract, keep and enable a diverse team to own and deliver in all defined areas. Gender equality is a key focus. When hiring consultants, we require among the final three candidates presented to us to be at least one female. We are currently in the process of scaling our development from one to many in the product, project and team dimensions. In addition to developing product functionality, cooperation between the teams within the competence areas are required. The work includes • Analyzing new needs together with product managers, UX and other system designers • Defining roadmaps for our Android technology- and tool stack together with other Android developers • Participating in creation and maintenance of the development backlog • Communicating status daily to the rest of the team, and being open to helping out where most needed • Contributing to demos and other activities that are generating stakeholder feedback • Take an active part in team improvement work Required competence and experience • > 5 years of experience in developing systems or products • > 5 years of experience in developing Xamarin Apps for Android • Previously worked with full-stack product centered teams that deliver to multiple stakeholders • Experience of product development and maintenance in the same team • Ability to contribute with complexity, risk and effort analysis in backlog creation and management • Proficient in choosing and maintaining a development toolchain for Xamarin App development for Android • Ability to both lead and follow in technical discussions Personality • Quick learner, energetic problem solver • Enthusiastic about creating and improving ways of working • Value creating awesome products over adhering to agile dogma (but still knows how to TDD like a Boss) • Confident but without personal prestige • Thriving on cooperation, getting things done and awesome user experiences Extra credits for • Product development experience • IoT experience • Worked with DevOps teams • Active community participation, conference presence etc. • Worked closely with UX • Scrum master experience (Removed by Freelancer.com Admin)