Android Developer

We are looking for a skilled Android Developer with strong expertise in Kotlin and image processing to join our growing team. You will be responsible for developing, optimizing, and maintaining mobile applications with a focus on performance, scalability, and user experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop advanced Android applications using Kotlin.
• Implement image processing features (filters, compression, enhancement, etc.)
• Optimize app performance, memory usage, and responsiveness.
• Integrate ad SDKs and optimize monetization strategies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (product, design, backend)
• Ensure code quality through testing, debugging, and best practices.
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies.

Required Skills:

• Strong experience in Android development using Kotlin.
• Hands-on experience with image processing libraries / techniques.
• Good understanding of Android SDK, UI/UX principles, and app lifecycle.
• Experience with REST APIs and third-party integrations.
• Familiarity with ad networks (AdMob, Facebook Audience Network, etc.)
• Knowledge of performance optimization and memory management.

Good to Have:

• Experience working on high-scale or globally distributed apps.
• Understanding of analytics tools and A/B testing.
• Exposure to Jetpack Compose is a plus.

Qualification:

• BTech CS/IT
• MCA

• Expert-level knowledge of developing Android based applications.
• Deep understanding of the internals of Android Frameworks.
• Good knowledge of OOPS concepts and JAVA.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services.
• Experienced in building mobile applications that utilize web services.
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs.
• Good knowledge of SQLlite database.
• Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git.

Key Responsibilities

•  Build, iterate, and enhance mobile applications on Android.

•  Continue to evaluate innovative approaches on Android and present new ideas to improve our offering on Android and other mobile platforms.

•  Ensures that code developed is easy to test, easy to understand, extensible and meets the quality guidelines of the business unit.

•  Partner closely with the design team to create an intuitively easy to use application for our users.

•  Bring new features in the course taking experience to the Android platform.

•  Optimize the existing code for ease of use and performance and improve quality.

•  Continue to improve the development process. Evaluate and implement new tools as needed.

•  Lead and Contribute to a team culture that values quality while fostering initiatives and innovation.

• Knowledge of the common application/web security and OWASP vulnerabilities.

•  Knowledge of the encryption algorithms to protect sensitive information.

• Knowledge of PII, PCI, HIPPA, and GDPR compliance and how to implement.

• Understanding of security breaches of data-in-transit and data-at-rest and knowledge in implementation for both.

• Knowledge/Aware of finding the vulnerabilities of the third-party components/libraries used in the application and remediating vulnerabilities.

• Integrate with multiple devices & printers

Required skillset:

 Java, Android SDK, Rest API, SQLLite, Json, Enterprise mobility management (EMM) and EMV, POS application in Android(preferably version 4.4 Kitkat and API level 19 and above) 

Good to have:

 Play store deployment, push notifications, Web services, Android Location Services, Google Maps API, GIT

 Desired Competencies:

 Problem Solving Approach, Analytically strong, Time Management skills, Passionate to learn new technologies and working in an agile environment.

Create world class apps that have potential of reaching millions of users.

Roles and responsibilities include -
1. Addition of new features to existing app and making sure minimal crash rate and ANR
2. Adding new AI models built by data science team into the android environment 
3. Planning new features with founders and other stakeholders
4. Creating reasonable timelines and making sure delivery according to planned schedules 

We're looking for an experienced and mature engineer (2-6 yrs experience), who wants to build incredible products while shaping the architecture, tools, and engineering culture of our company

Responsibilities:

• Architect and build our native Android application using Java or Kotlin.
• Set up our backend using either the MEAN (Mongo, Node) or Django stack.
• Collaborate with the design team on feasibility and design reviews.
• Set up DevOps processes - CI/CD and release management.
• Hire an additional backend engineer to scale the application based on requirements.

Requirements:

• You possess strong computer science fundamentals.
• You have native Android application development skills - with Java/Kotlin as a framework.
• You have strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices.
• You have built backends for mobile applications - using the MEAN or Django stack.
• You have some mobile app projects that are worthy of public view (Play Store, Github).
• You like discussing a plan upfront, welcome open collaboration and are an excellent verbal and written communicator.
• We’re a fast-paced environment so while we value robustness, we also hope for speed. You’ll hop from project to project and should be a self-starter.
• You are open to learning new stuff (important).
• You are humble, kind, and are open to feedback (important)

WillyWeather is a feature rich weather website and mobile app that beautifully delivers the most accurate local weather data from best in class data sources. Going beyond the average weather service, we process and fine-tune forecasts to the specific coordinates of over 45,000 Australian locations.

WillyWeather has a loyal user base of over 3 million Australians each month. We have launched in the UK and US, and are on track to be the leading provider of local weather services worldwide.

WillyWeather operates through a http://www.willyweather.com.au?campaign=jobs">website, an https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/willyweather/id592978502">iPhone app and an https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=au.com.willyweather">Android app. The Android app has an average rating of 4.7☆ from around 7.8K users.

We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated Senior Android Developer to join our team for a full time permanent position. The successful candidate will be working remotely, and will be provided with a laptop to be able to work from home. This is an exciting opportunity to showcase your exceptional Android skills within an international team of talented and passionate people working collaboratively on a high-quality product. 

Responsibilities:

• Manage and oversee a project from the conceptual phase to the deployment phase
• Technical leadership
• Software development
• Code reviews

Technical Requirements:

• Android SDK
• Java
• Kotlin
• JUnit

Skills and Experience:

• English speaker
• Computer Science degree or similar
• 4+ years’ Android experience
• At least one app currently published and live on the Google Play store
• Experience with Android Widgets
• Understanding of Google’s Android design principles and interface guidelines
• Experience crafting pixel-perfect user interfaces with complex interactions and animation
• Experience with Google Maps API
• Test driven development
• Passion for delivering well designed high quality software
• Knowledge of OOP, design and architectural patterns such as MVC
• Excellent communication and documentation skills
• Ability to self-manage and work autonomously in a collaborative environment

Android Developer:

Our Android stack includes Java and libGDX, the code base is designed using Clean Architecture.  It is a multi module application and supports both 'application' and 'library' project mode.

EXPECTATIONS:

● Writing efficient android code in Java and Kotlin following Clean Architecture guidelines

● Tracing, benchmarking and profiling android java code

● Familiarity with popular android libraries/methods like Dagger2, RxJava2, OkHTTP.

● Familiarity with latest android platform changes.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

● Work closely with our product and design teams to customize the Poker experience across our  vendor platforms.

● Prototype new and redesign features

● Strong coding abilities and experience with Kotlin, Java and Android SDK

● A focus on UI design principles, hardware acceleration and making games work intuitively

● Contribute best-in-class programming skills to develop highly innovative, consumer-facing

mobile products.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

● Experience of building Android applications/Games in Java or Kotlin using Android SDK (Kotlin preferred)

● Good knowledge of Kotlin, Dagger2 and RxJava2 is a great plus

● Strong understanding of object-oriented software development

● Understanding of large and complex code bases, including API design techniques to help keep them clean and maintainable.

● Programming experience using any game engine (libGDX preferred)

● Knowledge of multithreading and memory management specific to mobile devices and caching mechanisms