Android Developer

- Experience Level: 2+ years
- Experience using Android Studio, Android SDK, Kotlin, Agile Methodologies (e.g.
Scrum, Kanban)
- Excellent Understanding of Android app architecture and use of design patterns,
Android UX/UI guidelines/best practices and the ability to engage with the creative
team to deliver pragmatic solutions, balancing design, quality and velocity.
- Flair for clean code, reusability, testability and readability (SOLID, TDD)
- Good Communication skills.

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.

Responsibilities
● Manage a team of junior android developers
● Coordinate with the product team for timely delivery of requirement
● Design, build and maintain high performance, reusable, and reliable code
● Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the application
● Identify and correct bottlenecks and guide your team to fix bugs
● Help maintain code quality, architecture, and automation

Required Knowledge and Skills
● 2-5 years of experience of working as a native android developer
● Highly curious and ready to dive into complex technical challenges.
● Strong knowledge of Android SDK, different versions of Android OS, and how to deal
with different device configurations, screen sizes, OS customizations
● Hands-on experience with architecture and structural design patterns like MVVM,
MVP, MVI
● Expertise in RESTful APIs, using Retrofit, Volley or HTTP Client
● Strong knowledge of Android UI, material design and other design principles,
patterns, and best practices
● Experience with offline storage and local databases
● Strong knowledge of asynchronous tasks and multi-threading
● Knowledge of the open-source Android ecosystem and the libraries available for
common tasks
● Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical
requirements
● Familiarity with Firebase, cloud messaging, push notifications, and similar protocols
● A knack for benchmarking and optimization
● Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
● Experience of working with analytical tools like Firebase, Google Analytics, etc

Personality
● Requires excellent communication skills – written, verbal, and presentation.
● You should be a team player.
● You should be positive towards problem-solving, have a very structural thought
process to solve problems
● Interest to work at a high paced start-up environment with a large amount of learning.
● Good understanding of different frameworks, and be able to pick up new
technologies at ease.
● You should be agile enough to figure out a need for new technologies/frameworks
and learn new technology for better product performance

**~ What Qualities are we looking for ~**

* -Be part of a Culture where Customer Obsession, Ownership, Teamwork, Bias for Action and Insist on High standards are a way of life
* -Desire to work in a start-up environment, work culture, and be able to self-manage and self-initiative.
* -Learn and use cutting-edge technology to build state-of-the-art platforms that enhance customer experience at scale
* -Be part of high-performing teams that know how to have fun along the way
* -Collaborating with Designer and Product Managers to translate beautiful designs into pixel-perfect views
* -Experimenting and suggesting improvements to our frontend tools & workflows
* -Taking the lead to maintain, refactor and if necessary, throw away legacy frontend code
* -End-to-end engineering - design, development, testing, and deployment for the UI work

**~ Job Requirements ~**

* -2-4 years of hands-on experience developing mobile/web apps with at least 2 years using React Native
* -Sound knowledge of JavaScript ES6 & ReactJS + React Native
* -You have a sound understanding of React-Native and Flutter Dart
* -A command of native iOS and Android development
* -Must have published more than two apps to play store/ app store which has a server-side interaction
* -Strong understanding of mobile design principles, patterns, and best practices ● Strong analytical skills and the ability to review code
* -Proven experience in both small and medium-size teams
* -Proven ability to architect mobile applications and adapt and improve the existing architecture Unit testing with automated testing suites, like Jest

• Experience / strong knowledge in both iOS & Android Mobile Application technologies
• Proficient in SwiftUI, Swift, Xcode, Java, Kotlin and Android Studio, Flutter, React Native
• Experience with version control: Maven, Gradle, Git, Cocopods
• Experience in application submission / provisioning process
• Experience in performance and memory tuning
• Good understanding of computer science concepts, design patterns, algorithms and data structures

Bonus Points:

• Experience / knowledge in any of the Back-End technologies

• 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.

The candidate will be directly working in the area of app development and is offered best of pay, exposure to product management from scratch to complex levels, strong appraisals for your future reference.

Responsibilities:
Selected intern's day-to-day responsibilities include:1. Design and build advanced applications for the Android & iOS platform2. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features3. Work with outside data sources and APIs4. Work on bug fixing and improving application performance5. Discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiencyOther requirements:1. Must-Have worked with Flutter/Android/iOS application development2. Excellent ability to develop & understand algorithms4. Strong knowledge of RESTful web services5. Experience in interacting with web services from the Flutter mobile platform6. Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning7. Strong knowledge in push notifications8. Analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills9. Qualification: BE, MSC, MCA in computer science or equivalent work experience

Perks:
Certificate, Letter of recommendation, Flexible work hours, Informal dress code, Job offer.

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