Android Developer

A Delhi NCR-based Applied AI & Consumer Tech company tackling one of the largest unsolved consumer internet problems of our time. 

We are a motley crew of smart, passionate and nice people who believe you can build a high-performing company with a culture of respect aka a sports team with a heart aka a caring meritocracy.

Position Overview:

As an Android Developer, you will have the exciting opportunity to work on developing, testing, and maintaining Android applications that deliver exceptional user experiences. Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, you will play a key role in transforming ideas into functional and user-friendly applications that meet the needs of our customers.

Key Responsibilities:

● Participate in the entire application development lifecycle, from concept and design to testing and deployment.

● Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code following coding standards and best practices.

● Continuously research and stay up-to-date with the latest Android development trends, tools, and technologies.

● Assist in maintaining code repositories and version control using tools like Git.

● Collaborate with UI/UX designers to ensure seamless integration of design elements and optimal user experience.

Qualifications:

●     Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).

●     Strong passion for mobile app development and a genuine interest in the Android platform.

●     Solid understanding of Java and/or Kotlin programming languages.

●     Basic knowledge of Android application architecture and components (Activities, Fragments, Services, etc.).

●     Familiarity with development tools and frameworks such as Android Studio and Gradle.

●     Adept problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically.

●     Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.

●     Prior experience with personal or academic Android projects is a plus.

●     Knowledge of UI/UX principles and design patterns is a bonus.

We are looking for an Android Developer who possesses a passion for pushing mobile technologies to the limits. This Android app developer will work with our team of talented engineers to design and build the next generation of our mobile applications. Android programming works closely with other app development and technical teams.
Responsibilities

• 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 APIs
• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency

Job responsibilities:

• Design and develop high-volume, low-latency applications for mission-critical systems, delivering high availability and performance
• Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle: concept, design, build, deploy, test, release to app stores, and support.
• Diagnose performance issues, fix bugs (including crashes and ANRs) to increase the functionality of the application
• Write well-designed, testable, efficient code
• Ensure designs are in compliance with specifications
• Prepare and produce releases of software components
• Support continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies and presenting these for architectural review
• Collaborate with team members (product managers, developers, designers) to brainstorm about new features and functionalities.

• Knowledge and experience in Flutter Framework and DART programming
• Hands-on experience in using RESTful APIs
• Hands-on experience in designing and developing micro-services architecture and containers
• Object-oriented analysis, UML, and design using common design patterns.
• Hands-on experience in the development IDE Android Studio, Android SDK, Firebase Test Lab
• Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
• Familiarity with push notifications
• Familiarity with IOS integration with Flutter
• Experience using GitHub or a similar environment
• Experience with Agile development is a plus
• Experience with Material Design and Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
• Good knowledge of adding third-party libraries
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies
• A track record of delivering successful complex consumer product apps (finance apps, e-commerce apps)
• Critical thinker
• Knoweldge on Adobe XD/ Figma/ Sketch
• knowledge on GetX will be plus

Job Title: Android Developer

Experience: 2 yrs to 6 yrs

Notice Period: upto 15 days

Location: Chennai

Job Description :

• Strong knowledge of Android SDK, different versions of Android, and how to deal with different screen sizes
• Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, architectural patterns, and best practices
• Strong Knowledge in integrating  Android apps with back-end applications through RESTful web services
• Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
• Experience in app release management and publishing
• Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications using FCM
• Familiarity with the use of additional sensors, such as gyroscopes and accelerometers
• Knowledge of the open-source Android ecosystem and the libraries
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical documents
• Understanding of Google’s Android design principles and interface guidelines

Scope of Work:

• Understand the Requirement
• Create wireframes / UI
• App development & testing
• Release Management & Publishing apps
• Following Coding best practices

Vah Vah! is an ed-tech company that offers online makeup courses in micro-batches to students across India to learn from the leading teachers in top cities. We provide holistic education with lots of practical training that makes our students job-ready with not just the base skills but also the soft skills for great customer service. Our teachers have more than 15+ years of experience in training makeup and have certified more than 1000+ students. Vah Vah! is founded by executives with extensive experience running consumer business and mobile games at scale (over 100 million players) at Zynga. Vah Vah! is backed by a leading investment firm.

Website Link: https://vahvah.com/

The Mission

Vah Vah teaches professional makeup to budding makeup artists and influencers through live online classes. We have students from Srinagar, all the way to the Andamans. And experienced teachers who have worked in Bridal Makeup, Ramp Shoots, Film and more. We empower our students to join the workforce as fully trained makeup artists. This is the future of vocational education, and you can help build it.

Our Culture

• Amazing workplace and colleagues to work with
• We have the right mixture of creativity, analytics and hustle to move fast in the right direction.
• You will work with colleagues who don’t take themselves too seriously but move mountains.
• See yourself evolving every month with new problems to solve and new skill to master.
• Work with the smartest engineers so you can learn from them.
• Competitive salary at par with the best in the industry
• Great stock options so you can benefit from the company's growth.
• Immense exposure to new technologies

Responsibilities:

• Complete ownership of building and maintaining mobile APP.
• Deliver across the entire app life cycle design, build, deploy, test, release to app stores and support.
• Should be comfortable working on Android (Kotlin/Java) OR iOS(swift) platform.
• Should be comfortable in building a great consumer user interface.

Requirements:

• Overall experience of 2-4 years in native Android or iOS Platform
• Android Developer OR iOS developer with 2+ years of experience
• Experience in Android (Android Studio, Java, Kotlin) OR iOS development (Xcode, Swift)
• Basic understanding of Backend services, API implementation and database systems.
• We encourage all our devs to have base level of knowledge on DevOps, Source Control, CI/CD systems, Cloud Services such as AWS, Firebase, GCP
• Ability to implement designs and functionality provided by UI/UX teams
• Understanding of production deployment of the app in Play Store/App Store

• Android Studio, Java, Kotlin OR Xcode, Swift, Objective-C
• Familiarity with Analytics integrations
• Conversant with Github, CI/CD pipeline

What you get:

• Amazing workplace and colleagues to work with
• Work with the smartest engineers so you can learn from them.
• Competitive salary at par with the best in the industry
• Immense exposure to new technologies

• 4+ years of mobile software development (iOS & Android).
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Deep understanding and proficiency in building mobile apps from scratch using at least one mobile language (Swift, Java, Objective-C, etc.). Experience with multiple platforms is preferred.
• Desire and ability to expand expertise into additional mobile languages.
• Expertise in designing testable software and building large scale, complex applications.
• Self-motivated with strong problem-solving skills.
• Passionate about writing clean, well organized, and production-ready code.
• A portfolio of Apps or SDKs already built and in the App Store and Google Play.
• Desire to build a larger in-house team and manage a group of developers over time.
• Some management experience preferred.

Here’s what you will do day-to-day:

Brainstorm, contribute new ideas, conceive innovative strategies, and implement solutions to difficult problems

Work with fellow designers and developers in an iterative environment with short and impactful development cycles 

Exploit the most advanced Android APIs and platform features to build innovative solutions to real-world problems 

Build all the necessary tools and infrastructure to enable rapid mobile development 

Work closely with our backend team to interface with RESTful API services 

Work with real-time feedback from our users to make the product better 

Discover, design, develop, deploy, debug. Repeat! 

Why work with us?

Work in a very small, highly talented team consisting IIT alumnus and rockstar developers

High standard of engineering quality 

Work on cutting edge technologies in android development so that you are always updated with the trends in android community. P.S. We hate outdated technologies! 

High impact role at fast paced growth company 

Skills we are looking for - Android Engineer:

Must be able to independently design, code and test major features, as well as work jointly with other team members to deliver complex changes.

Strong object-oriented design and coding skills (Java, Kotlin) 

Solid software development background including design patterns, algorithms, data structures 

Experience with MVVM or MVP or Clean architecture 

Experience with mobile data storage with SQLite/Room or other DBs including no-SQL 

Understanding of RxJava, Dependency Injection frameworks like Dagger 2 

Good experience in memory management, performance tuning, and resource optimizations 

Has published at least one app in play store 

Few Good to Haves:

Kotlin experience is a big plus

Experience working in a startup 

Experience with Camera and Google Maps apis 

Published apps in play store 

Github/Medium/StackOverflow presence 

Our Android Tech:

Clean architecture with best practices in MVVM 

Latest jetpack components 

Reactive programming 

Kotlin

• Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals and excellent problem-solving skills.
• Good understanding of software engineering practices, Data Structures & Algorithms.
• Solid programming skills in Java/Kotlin.
• Good communication skills.
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Experience in Reactive programming, Asynchronous programming and Unit Testing will be an added advantage.
• 3+ years of experience in product driven organization.
• A Bachelors or master’s degree in engineering from a reputed institute (preferably IITs, NITs, or other top engineering institutes)