Android Developer

Android Services, System service and framework development, Broadcast using Java, Kotlin, C++ (Mandatory)

Experience in AOSP build setup & understanding of Android.bp, gradle, Android.mk (Mandatory)

IPC mechanism in Android: AIDL, JNI, HIDL, Socket Communication (Mandatory)

Experience in Android application development using Java & Kotlin (Mandatory)

Custom UI component development & understanding of MVVM architecture (Mandatory)

Flexible in customizing AOSP for product branding (Good to have)

RESTful service integration, Multithreading ,Message queueing (Good to have)

Role: ANDROID DEVELOPER

What you’ll do?

• Design and build advanced applications for the Android platform
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
• Work with outside data sources and API's
• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance

What Makes You A Great Fit?

• Have published one or more android apps on the Play store
• At least 3 years of experience in Android app development
• Strong knowledge of Android SDK/ NDK, different versions of Android, and how to deal with different screen sizes
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services
• Solid understanding of Object Oriented programming, data structures, algorithms and relational database
• Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
• Experience with offline storage, threading, performance tuning and firebase services
• Ability to design applications around natural user interfaces, such as touch
• Knowledge of the open-source Android ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks
• Proficient with Java and Kotlin (including coroutines)
• Preference for good experience in the gaming industry, but experience in the B2C app is a must
• Knowledge of code versioning tools, such as Git, Bit bucket
• Familiarity with continuous integration
• Excellent work ethic and attention to detail
• Collaborative mind set

WE EXPECT YOU TO WIN:Everyone at chargeMOD is given the tools and resources they need to succeed at their job. We offer a flexible and positive work environment so you have the autonomy to build amazing software for our customers and add to our team of industry leading visionaries. You will build a compelling and easy to use interface, ensure its maintainability and ease of use, and suggest ways to improve the look and feel of the application. We are lean, which means we reflect on what we learn and use that new knowledge to quickly make better products. Your job is to keep learning, contribute your knowledge back to the rest of the team, and apply what you learn to make chargeMOD and our clients even greater.

YOUR OPPORTUNITY:

chargeMOD’s engineering team is looking for an Android Developer to join our growing team. You are highly motivated, collaborative, and technical, with the passion to help shape the delivery of software products for our customers. You are passionate about web development and interested in helping to shape the future of our web services team.You are always seeking new and diverse challenges to grow your skill set and broaden your experience.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• You will join development on a mobile SDK, in use by tens of thousands of users around Pan India.
• You will join the weekly team meetings with the client and communicate progress to the client, as well as work closely with our development team in Slack/Gmeet.
• You will be responsible for development, do a portion of the testing, and be responsible for the release of the application

RESPONSIBILITIES: As a developer, you are responsible for delivering valuable software to your clients while adhering to technical standards, company values, and industry best practices. Your success in this position will require you to set and meet appropriate expectations with customers and delight customers by anticipating their needs. You will be accountable for meeting commitments and producing quality, tested software. High output, driven developer, able to work in a team setting.
Here are some tools we use in our Android development process:

• Slack
• Atlassian Tools (Jira, Confluence, etc)
• Android Studio
• Jenkins
• Github

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS:

• You have ability to write and test SDKs for use by other developers
• Here are some of the skills we expect you to possess:
  • Java and Kotlin
  • Client and team communication
  • Material design
  • Action bar/toolbar
  • Support libraries/Android X/Jetpack
  • Understanding of the activity and fragment lifecycle
  • Efficient layout design
  • Resource/asset management
  • Multi-threading, background processing
  • Networking
  • Functional / UI Testing (Espresso)

WE CONSIDER IT A PLUS IF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH:

• Significant UI experience (one of the primary SDKs is UI-related – so although you will not be developing a user interface for the application, knowledge on UI is important)
• Significant push notification experience (one of the primary SDKs is push-notification related)

# Proficiency in Java, Kotlin, or C++

# Ability to use the Android Studio, including the Android SDK, with ease

# Prior experience as an Android Developer will be advantageous

# Excellent coding and proofreading skills