Android Developer

Job Description:

We are looking for an experienced React Native Developer to join the team. The ideal candidate will have experience building and maintaining mobile applications for both IOS and Android.


Responsibilities:

1. Develop new features for existing mobile applications
2. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
3. Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code
4. Troubleshoot and debug applications
5. Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications
6. Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies


Requirements:

1. Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including knowledge core principles
2. Experience with Redux and other state management libraries
3. Experience with mobile development (iOS or Android)
4. Experience with navigation libraries (e.g., React Navigation)
5. Strong understanding of the mobile app development lifecycle, including experience with the app store submission process
6. Strong communication skills and ability to work well in a team environment

We are looking to hire someone who has hands on experience in native android development. About Us Incorporated in June 2000, HeyMath! is an Ed-tech product company, based in Chennai and focused on improving the quality of Maths education globally through our flagship products: HeyMath! We develop our products in formal collaboration with the University of Cambridge who we have partnered with since our inception. You can check us out here: https://plp.heymath.com/ Over 95% of our work is with overseas customers, and we are investing heavily in building world-class capabilities in Software Engineering to support our next phase of growth – which will include consumer facing Apps in multiple languages, offline delivery capabilities as well as server side integration with our distribution partners to deliver the best user experience. The office environment is very collegiate and you will get to work in small, high-impact teams.

Responsibilities:

• Design and build advanced hybrid mobile applications using React Native
• Lead the application development effort by being the SPOC
• Build hybrid apps using React Native for Android/iOS
• Publish apps to corresponding App store/Play store
• Implement new technologies to maximize application performance and optimize load time
• Collaborate with the back-end developer to build the RESTful APIs
• Research on emerging technologies and trends
• Participate in the planning and design of future software and technical architectures

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands on experience in the full life cycle of Hybrid mobile application development including publishing one or more apps to the play store & app store
• Must have developed Hybrid Mobile application using React. Hands on Working experience of React Native is a must.
• Experience developing back-end services preferably with NodeJS.
• Experience in developing apps on native Android/iOS platforms is a plus
• Experience in designing and working with n-tier architectures (UI, Business Logic Layer, Data Access Layer) along with some experience with service-oriented architectures (SOA)
• Strong skills in RESTful web services
• Experience with Agile methodologies would be helpful

Requirement:

1 - 3 Years of Total Experience in iOS Programming
Strong knowledge of iOS frameworks and proficiency in Objective-C.
Understanding of Mobile programming languages such as Swift 4.0, Objective-C or Cocoa Touch.
Experience working with iOS frameworks like Core Data, Core Graphics, Core Animation. In-depth knowledge of native iOS development frameworks (API, testing, deployment, etc. ).
Familiarity with push notifications and cloud message APIs. Ability to evaluate new technology to optimize application development.
Ability to connect iOS apps to back-end services.
Strong understanding of UXUI standards. Strong knowledge of Apple Design and Interface principles.
Strong understanding of the iOS mobile app development cycle.
Need to have proficiency in iOS app designer with excellent problem-solving skills.
Should have adequate knowledge of iOS patterns and practices Responsibilities Design and create high-level iOS applications for mobile devices. Use core data core animation for the iOS framework.
Monitor the performance of apps and make improvements as required.
Identify and fix bugs. Write and maintain codes.
Research continuously and acquire the latest technologies for maximum efficiency.

Our client is more than 2 decades old NBFC registered with the RBI. The company was set up with an aim to empower rural entrepreneurs, SMEs, and small institutions by micro-financing. The company has come a long way since its inception in 1992 and has evolved with time with the introduction of its App in the small loans sector. At present, the company has more than 5000 employees and has serviced millions of borrowers to accomplish their dreams.

 

The group has diversified into the education segment and is running two schools. The schools are part of one of the largest private school chains in India. The schools have a flourishing family of 350 teachers and 6500 students. The leadership team at the helm of the company has demonstrable experience in financial services and has built the company by upholding the trust of its customers.
What you will do:

• Translating designs and wireframes into high quality code
• Designing and maintaining high performance, reusable, and reliable Java code
• Ensuring the best possible performance and quality of the application
• Identifying and fixing bugs
• Helping maintain code quality and automatization

Desired Candidate Profile

What you must have:

	RSPP Write Up
(Role - Skill - Persona - Process)
Company Write-up (Vision, Current News, Funding Status, Geography Presence)	Zoko makes it easy for businesses to do Sales, Marketing and Customer Support on WhatsApp. WhatsApp is the internet of the #nextbillion and Zoko’s vision is to become the Shopify for merchants, selling on WhatsApp. We are backed the best - YCombinator, Ryan Hoover (the founder of Product Hunt), Binny Bansal backed 021 Capital and other illustrious YC Alumni. We have over 300 paying merchants and were already profitable when we raised $1.4 Million in March ’21 to bring on more engineering talent to execute our vision. You will be working with a great team of fully-remote engineers, with a bias towards action. Reporting to a CTO who single handedly built an entire web app that got us 20 paying businesses and raised our Seed round. We brought-on our first engineer after that. Top 3 characteristics we look for are Execution, Execution, Execution. We’d love to see what you have built before and dig deep into those. Let’s talk about problems you have solved before and how you’ve approached them. This is a great ground floor opportunity with a great salary and equity package. To give a sense of how valuable our equity is, the first employee’s equity has already grown 15X in the last 12 months.
Role	Senior Frontend Engineer
Location	Bangalore / Kochi / Remote
Budget	30-40 LPA + 0.15% to 0.2% equity
Define the Role ( Areas of functioning)	1. Leads and executes the mobile development strategy for the company 2. Mentors a young and hungry development team 3. Participate in the overall growth of the product by developing / researching tech that can give the product an edge over the competition

Key outcomes expected from the role in next 2-4 quarters (OKRs)	1. Implementation of the mobile version(s) of the app in Android and iOS 2.Establish a support team to handle mobile related support issues 3. Track and improve product usability 4. Improve the stability of product releases
Persona ( Success Profile)	8-12 years of experience in web and mobile development Experience in leading and executing project(s) Flutter experience is a plus Great humour sense

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Skills (Mandatory & Optional)	Mandatory - Cross-Platform App Development experience - Extensive knowledge in React / React Native - Team leading experience Optional - Flutter experience
Process (Interview Rounds and what each round focuses on)	Round 1- (Google Meet) - Founders (screening) Round 2-(Google Meet) - Chief Architect Round 3-(Google Meet) - Founders / CTO

We are looking for a React Native developer interested in building performant mobile apps on both the iOS and Android platforms. You will be responsible for architecting and building these applications, as well as coordinating with the teams responsible for other layers of the product infrastructure. Building a product is a highly collaborative effort, and as such, a strong team player with a commitment to perfection is required.

What will you work on?

Build pixel-perfect, buttery smooth UIs across both mobile platforms.
Leverage native APIs for deep integrations with both platforms.
Diagnose and fix bugs and performance bottlenecks for performance that feels native.
Reach out to the open-source community to encourage and help implement mission-critical software fixes React Native moves fast and often breaks things.
Maintain code and write automated tests to ensure the product is of the highest quality.
Transition existing React web apps to React Native.
Do you fit in?

1+ years of experience in React Native

• Ability to write well-documented, clean JavaScript code
• Familiarity with native build tools, like XCode, Gradle
• Understanding of REST APIs, the document request model, and offline storage
• Meaningful experience working on large, complex systems
• Ability to work through new and difficult React Native issues and contribute to libraries as needed
• A positive mindset and can-do attitude.
• Ability to create and maintain continuous integration and delivery of React Native applications.

• Strong foundation in Computer Science fundamentals like data structures and
algorithms, and software engineering principles
• Passionate about creating great code
• Multiple years of experience in Android application development, with Java and/or
Kotlin. Kotlin experience is a major advantage.
• More than one published application on the Google Play store available for immediate
download and review by our team. Please provide names of all your apps that you've
worked with a brief description of your contribution (if not individually developed).
• Strong experience in building and publishing commercial applications to Google Play
store.
• Multiple years of in Java I/O, RDBMS, Networking, Generics and well-known
application frameworks.
• Solid Understanding of Android design principles and interface guidelines.
• Experience with performance and memory tuning using tools
• Experience coding with RESTful APIs to connect applications to back-end services.
• Great team player who works well in collaborative situations
• Experience with iOS app development is a major plus. Experience with cross-platform
tools would be an advantage
• 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.

Responsibilities 1. Design and build cross-platform SDK focusing towards Android compatibility 2. Work closely with the Product team for feature set implementation 3. Focused towards Test Driven Development Requirements 1. 3-5 years of experience in Native Android Development 2. Efficient in design patterns and OOP Paradigms 3. Exposure to common Android Third Party Libraries 4. Experience working with remote data via REST and JSON 6. Proficient with any code versioning system (Git) 5. Experience with Unity, Cocos2dx is a plus What we are building GreedyGame is a platform which enables blending of ads within mobile gaming experience using assets like background, characters, power-ups. It helps advertisers engage audiences while they are playing games, empowers game developers monetize their game development efforts through non-intrusive advertising and allows gamers to enjoy gaming content without having to deal with distractive advertising.