Remote App Tester Jobs in Detroit, MI (NOW HIRING)

The Stellantis mobile application for connected cars revolutionizes the way users interact with their vehicles, offering convenience, control, and connectivity at their fingertips. With remote control, real-time monitoring, advanced navigation, personalized insights, and seamless integrations, the app enhances the car owning experience, providing users with greater convenience, efficiency, and a sense of engagement.

Join our team as a Mobile App Developer and Technical Leader and be part of an exciting and challenging mission. Your role will involve developing innovative Android mobile applications, understanding requirements and architectural considerations, and optimizing code for performance, stability, and maintainability. Collaborate with cross-functional cross-geographical teams of application and UI software engineers, as well as QA and Validation teams. You’ll have the opportunity to solve complex technical problems using industry best practices while ensuring adherence to security policies.

Join our dynamic team and be part of shaping the future of connected vehicles through innovative mobile app development.

MAIN ACTIVITIES:

1. Design and develop mobile applications for connected vehicles, focusing on user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) design principles.
2. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product managers, designers, and backend developers to gather requirements and define app features and functionalities.
3. Lead the application architecture and algorithm design activities as well as end-to-end transaction modeling across the distributed component-based ecosystem and prepare supporting documentation.
4. Develop clean, maintainable, and efficient code for mobile applications, ensuring high performance and reliability as part of a team following agile processes such as Scrum or KanBan.
5. Integrate the Stellantis mobile app with the connected vehicle platforms, leveraging APIs and SDKs to enable seamless communication and data exchange.
6. Conduct thorough automated testing and debugging of mobile applications to identify and resolve any issues or bugs, ensuring a smooth user experience.
7. Stay up to date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices related to mobile app development and connected vehicles.
8. Collaborate with the QA team to ensure proper testing and quality assurance of mobile applications.
9. Optimize mobile applications for performance, scalability, and battery efficiency.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
• A minimum of 8 years of experience in mobile app development for Android platforms, with a strong portfolio of released applications
• Experience developing for multi-language support and global distribution is a plus
• Experience with Android SDK, Android Studio, and modern Android architecture components (e.g., Clean Architecture, MVVM, LiveData, Jetpack libraries)
• Excellent proficiency in programming languages such as Kotlin (Android) and Kotlin Multi-platform
• Experience with CI/CD tooling, Jenkins, Teamcity or GitHub actions
• Experience in integrating mobile apps with cloud services and external RESTful APIs or SDKs. Experience in IoT applications.
• Experience in designing distributed component-based asynchronous transaction models
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Experience leading a team and mentoring developers
• Knowledge of agile development methodologies, working experience in a Scrum/Kanban team
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to debug and resolve issues efficiently
• Passion for connected vehicle technologies and the automotive industry is a plus
• Ability to travel internationally

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field