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We currently have an opening in Barcelona for an Android Developer.


At XING Events located in Munich and Barcelona we are responsible for the events and communities part of the XING social network. Our goal is to create valuable experiences for our users by engaging with other users, either in an offline event or meeting, or in one of our many online communities. For that we are offering e.g. the events market (xing.com/events), the communities (xing.com/communities) and also an online event ticketing solution (en.xing-events.com/our-services/ticketing). We are a XING SE subsidiary currently employing around 80 people. Always keeping our vision in mind: “For people moments that matter”.

In our Barcelona office, we are looking for an experienced and passionate Android developer to be part of a new engineering team. Within the XING Android app, you will work on existing and new products that engage users to communicate offline and online.

Requisitos mínimos

A convincing background:
• Professional mobile and device programming experience
• API experience with HTTP, REST and JSON, maybe even complemented by some backend experience 
• Proficient in Java, and maybe even in Kotlin
• Profound knowledge of the Android SDK
• Ideally familiar with RxJava, Dagger, and Gradle
• Good understanding of algorithms and data structures
• Knowledge about general software development patterns
• You like to work in a team and you are dedicated to what you are doing
• You are used to work with collaboration tools like Git, JIRA, Confluence, and Jenkins
• You are constantly evolving with the technology trends, and willing to embrace change.
• You are familiar with agile methodologies and enjoy working in teams with a focus on sharing knowledge with other experts.
• You are fluent in English.

Requisitos deseados

• Ideally you already published a great app, contributed to an open source project, spoke at a conference and/or published articles
• Having experience with unit testing and/or automated testing frameworks would be a big plus

Responsabilidades

A challenging task:
• You won’t just be writing code all day, you’ll play an active part in shaping our product.
• You work in close collaboration with product management, QA and designers, in an Agile context.
• You will be part of the overall XING community of Android developers, sharing best practices, knowledge, and code.

Beneficios

An inspiring environment:
• Training, conferences and many opportunities to learn, experiment and grow.
• A great, multicultural and diverse environment.
• Regular innovation weeks
• Flexible working hours and some days “work from home”
• Restaurant tickets, fresh fruit, coffee, snacks and much more.
• Spanish / German lessons.
• A mobile device of your choice as well for private use (iPhone, iPad, Android…).
• A sunny office located in the centre of Barcelona, with a large terrace.
• Flexible Compensation Plan: Health insurance/ Transport/ Nursery Tickets
• Extended holidays
• Competitive salary and a Permanent contract
• Bicycle park and package reception
• Large, highly distributed platform with over 14 million users.
• A variety of technologies and languages: Perl, Ruby on Rails, Java, Scala, Elasticsearch, REST, React, AMQP, Linux, Hadoop, Riak, MongoDB, MySQL, Solr, iOS, Android, Backbone.js, Git, Jenkins…
• Relocation pack if needed.

We're looking forward to hearing from you!

We're an Open Source contributor (https://github.com/xing) and we also organise public user groups and coding events, such as Ruby on Rails and other Tech Meetups.
Check our Twitter account! https://twitter.com/xing_bcn