Senior Software Engineer – Android

This role is eligible for our hybrid work model: Two days in-office.

Our Technology team is the backbone of our company: constantly creating, testing, learning and iterating to better meet the needs of our customers. If you thrive in a fast-paced, ideas-led environment, you’re in the right place.

Why this job’s a big deal:

This Senior Android Engineer role is a high-impact opportunity within Priceline’s Product Operating Model (POM), driving a faster, more responsive mobile experience for millions of travelers. You’ll contribute to the Search Platform—the intelligence engine that powers discovery and booking across hotels, flights, cars, and packages on Priceline’s app, web, and conversational interfaces like the Penny chatbot. As part of an award-winning Android team (recognized with Google’s Top Developer Badge), you will collaborate closely to build innovative, high-scale mobile products, engineer new features from the ground up, and shape the personalized experiences that define Priceline’s most important customer moments.
 

In this role you will get to:

• Showcase fluency with the Java programming language, Kotlin, the Android SDK (versions 5.0 and up), Dalvik VM, ART, memory management, strong command of object oriented principles, data structure optimizations, security, IPC, App Modularization, third party service integration.

• Lead, mentor, and guide other developers in standard methodologies.

• Program with the latest Android technologies: Android Architecture Components, Navigation Framework, Android Jetpack, Android NDK, View components, JSON, and more.

• Collaborate, design, and develop new products in Agile development techniques.

• Implement interaction with Product Managers and UI/UX specialists to create fast, efficient, stable code, with core Android technologies. 

• Utilization of REST-ful API design: design and document a client-server protocol, and implement the client side of a documented protocol.

• Implement A/B tests and real-time analytics, as a member of a tight-knit, fast paced team that includes server-side developers.
   

Who you are:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field.

• 5+ years related experience in Android development.

• Exceptional coding abilities with Java, Kotlin, and Android SDK (version 5.0 and up).

• Meticulous Object Oriented (OO) software design skills.

• Ability to analyze large and complex code bases.

• Worked on MVVM, Jetpack Compose, Retrofit, Flows, Coroutines, advance Kotlin components etc

• Worked on unit testing and test covege/ TDD approach

• Worked on clean architecture

• Aptly used SOLID principles

• Good to know about: Jetpack Composables, Jetpack Navigation, HiltWhy, Kotlin Multiplatform 

• Integrated couple of 3rd party SDKs – payment gateways, analytical tools, marketing tools, Firebase integrations, etc

• Participated in PR reviews, to find out missing points and suggest better approaches.

• The Right Results, the Right Way is not just a motto at Priceline; it’s a way of life. Unquestionable integrity and ethics is essential.
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