Senior Software Engineer

HARMAN’s engineers and designers are creative, purposeful and agile. As part of this team, you’ll combine your technical expertise with innovative ideas to help drive cutting-edge solutions in the car, enterprise and connected ecosystem. Every day, you will push the boundaries of creative design, and HARMAN is committed to providing you with the opportunities, innovative technologies and resources to build a successful career.

A Career at HARMAN

As a technology leader that is rapidly on the move, HARMAN is filled with people who are focused on making life better. Innovation, inclusivity and teamwork are a part of our DNA. When you add that to the challenges we take on and solve together, you’ll discover that at HARMAN you can grow, make a difference and be proud of the work you do everyday.

Introduction: A Career at HARMAN Lifestyle
We’re a global, multi-disciplinary team that’s putting the innovative power of technology to work and transforming tomorrow. As a member of HARMAN Lifestyle, you connect consumers with the power of superior sound.
• Contribute your talents to high-end, esteemed brands like JBL, Mark Levinson and Revel
• Unite your passion for audio innovation with high-tech product development
• Create pitch-perfect, cutting-edge technology that elevates the listening experience

About the Role
We are looking for a senior Software Engineer with native Android app development experience to join our team, based in North Sydney, Australia. The team is responsible for developing and maintaining mobile apps used to control various networked audio players developed by Sound United SBU.
This is a high growth, changing environment, and you will have the opportunity to really make an impact on our systems and processes and how we enhance them. In addition to being exposed to new projects and learning new skills, this role also positions you to interact with a variety of departments, teams and leadership groups on a global basis.
What You Will Do

• Analyzing requirements
• Implementing new features
• Bug fixing
• Development testing
• Architecting and re-architecting code and projects
• Collaborating with local and remote team members (Japan, UK, US)
• Providing technical feedback
• Code reviews.
• Researching (APIs, Tools, Features)
• Using version control tools
• Managing assigned Sprint tasks

What You Need to Be Successful

• 7+ years of professional Software experience
• 4+ years of native Android app development experience
• Java and Kotlin experience
• Experience using Android NDK and Java Native Interface (JNI)
• Good understanding of Android Studio and Gradle
• Good understanding of software design principals, patterns
• Good understanding of version control systems (SVN, Git)
• Experience using 3rd party software libraries and SDKs
• Experience using web service APIs
• Good written and verbal communication
• Self-motivation

Bonus Points if You Have

• C++, Python
• Experienced Ubuntu user
• Material Design
• Automated testing (Unit, UI)
• Experience with other build systems (CMake, SCons)
• Jira, Fisheye, Crucible, Confluence
• Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery (Jenkins)
• Firebase (Analytics, Crashlytics, Messaging)
• Google Analytics (Big Query, Data Studio)
• App localization and localization management tools (Lokalise)
• Asset management tools (Figma, Zeplin)
• Data serialization (Protobuf, XML, JSON)
• Google Play Console (Publishing, Analytics, Ratings and reviews)
• Cross-platform development (Xamarin, Flutter, React Native)

What Makes You Eligible

• The North Sydney team operates in a hybrid model where they work out of the Chatswood office two days a week.
• Remote work candidates will be considered.

HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.