Android Developer

Qualifications:

· Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

· Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience in iOS development with a strong portfolio of released applications that can be shared for review.

· Technical Skills:

o Proficiency in Swift and Objective-C.

o Solid understanding of object-oriented programming

o Knowledge of memory management and multi-threading

o Experience with embedded databases and other system data stores

o Strong understanding of iOS frameworks such as UIKit, Core Data, Core Animation, and Core Graphics.

o Good  knowledge of performance limits and characteristics

o Good sense of UI design execution principles

o Experience with RESTful APIs, JSON, and third-party libraries to connect to backend services.

o Knowledge of mobile app architecture patterns such as MVC, MVVM, and VIPER.

o Experience with version control systems, preferably Git.

o Familiarity with continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.

o Implementation of automated testing platforms and unit tests, benchmarking and optimization 

o Understanding of Apple’s design principles and interface guidelines.

What does the core role include?

• Designing and developing high-volume, low-latency applications for mission-critical systems and delivering high-availability and performance
• Designing stateless components in React Native
• Contributing in all phases of the development lifecycle
• Working with the developers to create and maintain a robust framework to support the apps
• Working with the developers to build the interface with a focus on usability features
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What else can you expect in the role?

• Prepare and produce releases of software components
• Optimizing performance for the apps
• Problem-solving skills, analytical mind, and positive attitude
• Ability to think from end users perspective and focused on improving the overall product experience.
• Deliver across the entire app life cycle concept, design, build, deploy, test, release to app stores and support
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What can fetch you brownie points?

• Hands on experience with React Native is required
• Hands-on experience in React Native APIs, ReactJS, Javascript, ECMAScript (OOJS) and JSX.
• Strong understanding of JavaScript ecosystem
• Hands on experience on Android in creating Hybrid / Native applications
• Demonstrable UI/UX experience on a large-scale app.
• Thorough understanding of React Native development tools like IDEs (Nuclide, Atom, Sublime Text, or Visual
• Good knowledge of JS frameworks like ReactJS is a plus.

Desired Skills and Experience

Hybrid Apps,React Native, Native iOS and Android Architecture understanding

JOB DESCRIPTION:

What you’ll do

● Working closely with both engineering and

product teams

● Write well-designed, testable, efficient code

● Develop new features and cutting-edge user

experience

● Work on bug fixing, code optimisation and

performance improvements

● Unit-test code for robustness, including edge

cases, usability, and general reliability

● Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement

new technologies to maximise development

efficiency

● Code evaluation and managing the teammates

What you’ll bring

● 2-4 years of experience in iOS development.

● Proficiency in Swift programming, Cocoa,

XCode, unit test, mobile database, and the iOS

SDK

● Knowledge of design patterns (MVVM and

MVI)

● Understanding of dependency injection

frameworks

● Understanding of RxSwift, observable pattern

● Good knowledge of memory management,

concurrency, and multi-threading

● Good knowledge of OOPS, data structure and

algorithms

● Experience and passion to build great user

experience for iOS platforms

● Previous work experience at a startup would be

a plus

• Designing the Mobile Application for our product offering
• Communicating effectively in a cross-functional product development team and present ideas and designs effectively.
• Identifying and correcting bottlenecks and fixing bugs
• Helping maintain code quality, organization, and automatization

Android

• Strong understanding of the OOPS concept.
• Working experience in Java and Kotlin language. (Must)
• Knowledge of Offline Sync, Multithreading, Realm/Room/SQLLite databases, Live data, Socket Programming. (Must)
• Familiar with Android Jetpack components (Must)
• Idea/Experience of MVC/MVVM and MVP
• At least 1 live application on Playstore. (Must)
• Good debugging and problem-solving skills.

Good to have

• Idea/experience in RxJava, RxKotlin
• Idea/experience of unit and instrumentation testing in Android
• Knowledge of Web RTC.
• Experience with tools like Git, Jira, Basecamp, BitBucket, Azure DevOps would be an advantage.
• Good to have experience working with IOT projects, Bluetooth technologies
• Active Open Source, GitHub or Stack Overflow contribution will be a big plus
• Having personal apps in play store will be an added advantage
• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends & emerging technologies.

What we look for in people 

critical thinking, openness to unlearn and learn, collaborate seamlessly cross borders, enjoy working in a remote and fast paced environment, curious and passionate about solving customer problems, consensus driven decision making approach, persuasive communication and precision for details

About the Role:

Are you a talented & enthusiastic Android development expert with a love for mobile based technology and Open-Source communities? Would you like to work on a project with large social impact? Are you experienced with Databases on Android, creating developer APIs and complete Android applications? Are you comfortable leading a small team and interacting with stakeholders from customers and outside stakeholders? Then we would like to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities:

• Take part in the development and enhancement of an Open-Source SDK
• Be both an individual contributor with hands-on development responsibility, as well as a mentor and lead for a small developer team
• Contribute to the Open-Source community interaction, including participation in the discussion forums
• Review code contributions, review pull requests
• Create and maintain the documentation for the SDK
• Design and development a usable and functional Android reference app
• Hands-on Android development, including feature development, troubleshooting, debugging, problem solving and bug fixing
• Design and run your own unit test cases, integration test cases and test automation
• Analyze new requirements, investigate feasibility, suggest implementation options and estimate efforts timeline, dependencies and risks
• Collaborate closely with other development team members, including some being located at other parts of the world

Required Skills:

• 9+ years of experience in the software development industry
• 5+ years of experience in Android development
• 5+ years of experience in Java and/or Kotlin, with strong programming and software engineering skills
• Good understanding of Android related programming patterns and OS facilities, including activities, fragments, views, lifecycles and UI components
• Experience with SQLite database development
• Excellent communication skills, especially written
• Experience in creating software architecture and design document, as well as externally-focused technical documentations
• Readiness to work in a global team with contributors from different backgrounds, skills and locations
• Experience in leading small technical teams
• Bachelor’s degree in Software/Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field, or comparable relevant experience

Preferred Bonus Skills:

• Experience in Design and Implementation of RESTful APIs
• Experience in Database design and implementation
• High proficiency in Kotlin, including multi-threading and synchronization (Kotlin coroutines)
• Experience in Open-Source development
• GitHub experience (Continuous Integration, GitHub routines)
• Real-life experience with mainstream commercial-grade mobile apps used by a broad user base (please provide links to app listings)
• Experience with Jetpack libraries (fragment library, recycler view)
• Familiarity with Java 8 libraries such as Java Time
• Hands-on experience in the Agile/Scrum development process
• Good understanding of OOPS concepts, design patterns, algorithms and data structures
• Good understanding of Material Design Language and human interface guidelines
• Experience with integrating mobile applications with cloud services