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Mobile Developer (Android)

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Washington, DC, United States
Full-time

A thriving, mission-driven multimedia organization, NPR produces award-winning news, information, and music programming in partnership with hundreds of independent public radio stations across the nation. NPR listeners value information, creativity, curiosity, and social responsibility – our employees do too. We are innovators and leaders in diverse fields, from journalism and digital media to IT and development. Every day our employees and member stations touch the lives of millions worldwide.

Areas of Responsibility: 
  • Skilled in Android native development
  • Strong Object-Oriented programing skills
  • Experience with automated testing of native applications
  • Not just a willingness, but a passion to learn new things
  • Experience working with RESTful APIs
Skills/Experience: 

What we are looking for:

  • Creativity, initiative, thirst for innovation and acute attention to detail
  • Vigor for crafting well-tested, well-documented and elegantly structured code.
  • Passion for standards-based development and polyglot programming.
  • Love for using and contributing to open-source software.
  • Honesty, friendly attitude and good sense of humor. 

 It’d be nice if you had:

  • Agile experience
  • Git or other distributed version control system
  • Familiarity with setting up and maintaining Continuous Integration
  • Experience with rapid prototyping
  • Other web development experience (e.g. HTML/CSS, JS, PHP)

What else? 

  • We rely on and give back to the open source community
  • Mac, Windows, whatever. Tell us which you prefer.
  • We are diverse, lifelong learners and read omnivorously from NPR’s giveaway book shelf, regularly walk down the hall to Tiny Desk Concerts, tell coding jokes and edit bad grammar on milk cartons.
  • We are a friendly bunch and expect the same from you, too.
  • Ours is a shiny, new LEED Gold certified building in the NoMA neighborhood of Washington, DC.
Compensation/Benefits: 

NPR offers a competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package including health and wellness benefits, retirement, and work/life balance programs, as well as opportunities for career growth and development. 

Organization Info

National Public Radio, Inc.

Overview
Headquarters: 
Washington, DC, United States
Founded: 
1971
About Us
Mission: 

NPR's mission is to work in partnership with member stations to create a more informed public-one challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of events, ideas and cultures. To accomplish our mission, NPR produces, acquires and distributes programming that meets the highest standards of public service in journalism and cultural expression. Our vision is to serve the public as the leading provider of high quality news, information and cultural programming worldwide.

Listing Stats

Post Date: 
Dec 17 2017
Active Until: 
Jan 16 2018
Hiring Organization: 
National Public Radio, Inc.
industry: 
Nonprofit