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Marriott International · 3 weeks ago

Principal Engineer – Android - Mobile Engineering

7750 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD, 20814, US

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

$127K/yr - $211K/yr

10+ years exp

Marriott International is seeking a Principal Engineer for their Android Platform Team to enhance the Marriott Bonvoy app. This role involves overseeing mobile solutions, providing technical advisory, and collaborating with various teams to deliver high-impact solutions while maintaining high standards in design and technology.

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Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Define and build the next evolution of mobile solutions that elevate the Marriott experience

Oversee various mini-projects, ensuring they’re delivered on time and within scope

Provide strategic technical advisory, helping define the Target Architecture for the Platform and advising on the Mobile Platform Roadmap

Drive innovation and excellence across our feature teams

Collaborate with top-tier talent—including other Principal Engineers, Engineering Directors, Solution Architects, Feature Team Tech Leads, Product Leads, UX Designers, QA Engineers and more

Deliver high-impact solutions that matter

Act as a go-to expert for tackling the toughest problems and delivering high-quality, scalable solutions

Support strategic goals, blending hands-on development with technical advisory responsibilities, leading architecture and framework initiatives

Partner with Product Owners and lead technical workgroups, acting as a go-to expert for complex, non-routine challenges

Dive into research, design, and implementation of cutting-edge capabilities that meet both current and future developer and user needs

Conduct code reviews, mentor developers, and recommend improvements to workflows, tools, and standards that elevate the entire mobile engineering discipline

Stay on the cutting edge of the mobile ecosystem, exploring OS and device capabilities, researching emerging tools and libraries, and assessing new technologies through hands-on proofs of concept

Educate and inspire the broader mobile engineering community—both inside and outside the organization

Qualification

Android developmentKotlinEnterprise-scale applicationsCI/CD processesAPI platformsAgile methodologyProblem resolution skillsCommunication skillsLeadership skillsProject management

Required

10+ years of application development leadership experience that includes:

Enterprise-scale native mobile application development across multiple platforms with a strong capability in Android

Expert-level Android architecture and coding abilities in Kotlin and knowledge of Java

Extensive experience in development of a variety of large apps supporting millions of users at scale in Android

Management of multiple Omni-Channel development efforts integrating with multiple back-end systems

Experience with Automation, CI/CD, Release Management processes and Application Deployments to app stores

Familiarity with Enterprise-level SDKs for Analytics, Networking, Customer Engagement, Application Performance Monitoring

Strong understanding of API platforms, backend services, database and networking components of full-stack infrastructure

Undergraduate/graduate degree or equivalent education + experience

Preferred

Demonstrated success leading medium- to large-scale initiatives/transformations

Proven knowledge of Agile methodology; preferably SAFe Agile

Experience with mixed and offshore delivery models

Good process management, negotiating, influencing and problem resolution skills

Proven ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment

Knowledge of business environment, service requirements and hospitality culture

Knowledge of / familiarity with the other platform (iOS) as well

Demonstrated ability to assess customer/client needs, creatively approach solutions, decide and influence appropriate courses of action

Ability to understand and communicate the lifecycle of technologies and applications and to translate into business strategies for the client organizations

Solid understanding of IT financial structures and ability to manage to corporate financial processes and standards - including drivers of process costs

Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical ideas in easy to understand business terms

Ability to accomplish results through others, particularly by establishing relationships, effective controls and leading in a managed service environment

Benefits

Stock Package?

Bonus Eligible?

Company

Marriott International

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Marriott International, Inc.

Founded in 1927

Bethesda, Maryland, USA

10001+ employees

http://travel-brilliantly.marriott.com

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