Lead Software Engineer Android (Finance)

***This role is based at our corporate office in Dallas, TX***

This is your chance to be a part of an in-house Technology team that's creating consumer-facing, cutting-edge technologies revolutionizing the hospitality industry around the world! As a Lead Software Engineer Android , you will bring your technical skills to a hospitality company with an award-winning culture. On the Android team reporting to the Senior Manager Mobile Software Engineering, you will support projects spanning platform and features.

HOW WE WILL SUPPORT YOU

Hilton is proud to support the mental and physical wellbeing of all Team Members so they can Thrive personally and professionally in a diverse and inclusive environment, thanks to programs and benefits such as:

• Go Hilton travel program: 110 nights of discounted travel with room rates as low as $40/night
• Hilton Shares: Our employee stock purchase program (ESPP) - you can purchase Hilton shares at a 15 percent discount
• Paid parental leave for eligible Team Members, including partners and adoptive parents
• Mental health resources including free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Learn more about the rest of our benefits

At Hilton, we believe every Team Member is a leader. We are committed to offering leadership development opportunities and programs through every step of a Team Member's career journey and at every level, both in our hotels and across corporate.

**Available benefits may vary depending upon terms and conditions of employment and are subject to the terms and conditions of the plans.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

Your role is important and below are some of the fundamental job duties that make your work unique.

What your day-to-day will be like:

• Implement new requirements within our Agile delivery methodology while following our established architectural principles.
• Write clean, concise code that is stable, extensible, and unit tested. Actively participate in code reviews.
• Debug and resolve production issues.

How you will collaborate with others:

• Guide team to use preferred design patterns, mentor junior engineers, and analyze design tradeoffs with the team.
• Communicate frequently and effectively with other engineers on the team, as well as the Delivery Manager, Product Owner, UX, QE, and developers from other platforms/channels to deliver quality working software.
• Refine requirements into small batches of work and coordinate work within the team.

What deliverables you will take ownership of:

• Work with the team on creating reusable components to decrease time to market and help implement architecture patterns.
• Develop features that empower our customers, as they book and manage their stays while utilizing features like digital keys and digital room controls on our Mobile App.

WHY YOU'LL BE A GREAT FIT

You have these minimum qualifications:

• Five (5) years of professional work experience in Technology or related field.
• Four (4) years of experience with full cycle software development. Experience should include all of the following - design, coding, testing,release, and maintenance.
• Three (3) years of experience with Android application engineering with Kotlin.
• Two (2) years of Jetpack Compose.
• Experience/ working knowledge with architectural design patterns (UDF, MVVM, etc), coroutines and flows.
• Proven track record of leading development efforts.
• Experience in an environment with daily commits, weekly store releases and real-time collaboration.
• Familiarity with version control systems such as Git.
• This is a hybrid role and will require visits to the Dallas office.
• Travel up to 10%.

It would be useful if you have:

• Bachelor's Degree, or Associate's Degree plus 6+ years of Technology related experience, or High School Degree/GED plus 12+ years of Technology related experience.
• Seven (7) + years of professional work experience in Technology or related field.
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools (Gradle, GitLab.)
• Knowledge of Redux.
• Experience working closely with iOS developers and reviewing their code.
• Experience building apps in Travel/Leisure domains.

WHAT IT IS LIKE WORKING FOR HILTON

Hilton, the #1 World's Best Workplace, is a leading global hospitality company with a diverse portfolio of world-class brands . Dedicated to filling the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality, we have welcomed more than 3 billion guests in our more-than 100-year history. Hilton is proud to have an award-winning workplace culture and we are consistently named among one of the World's Best Workplaces. Check out the Hilton Careers blog and Instagram to learn more about what it's like to be on Team Hilton!

It is the policy of Hilton to employ qualified persons without regard to color, race, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medication conditions), gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military service, status as a protected veteran, disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable law, genetic information, or any other protected group status as defined by and subject to applicable federal, state and local laws.

We provide reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position and provide other benefits and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable law. Please contact us if you require an accommodation during the application process.