Android Developer

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Flutter Consultant to join our team. As a Senior Flutter Consultant, you will play a critical role in developing innovative and user-friendly mobile applications for our clients. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including designers, developers, and project managers, to deliver high-quality solutions that meet our clients' business objectives.

Responsibilities:

1. Develop and maintain Flutter applications for iOS and Android platforms.
2. Collaborate with designers and developers to translate wireframes and UI designs into fully functional mobile applications.
3. Provide technical expertise and guidance to the development team regarding best practices for Flutter application development.
4. Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code that adheres to industry standards and project requirements.
5. Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to ensure code quality and performance optimization.
6. Troubleshoot and debug issues, identify bottlenecks, and propose effective solutions to technical challenges.
7. Stay updated with the latest trends and advancements in the Flutter framework and mobile app development.
8. Mentor and coach junior developers, sharing knowledge and promoting a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
9. Collaborate with project managers and clients to understand their requirements, provide technical insights, and deliver solutions within the agreed timelines.
10. Participate in Agile/Scrum development processes, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and daily stand-ups.

Requirements:

1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
2. Minimum 3 years of professional experience in mobile application development, with at least 2 years of hands-on experience with Flutter.
3. Strong proficiency in Dart programming language and Flutter framework.
4. Extensive experience in building and deploying mobile applications on both iOS and Android platforms.
5. Solid understanding of software development principles, including object-oriented programming, design patterns, and architectural best practices.
6. Experience with RESTful APIs, third-party integrations, and asynchronous programming.
7. Knowledge of version control systems (e.g., Git) and experience with collaborative development workflows (e.g., GitFlow).
8. Familiarity with mobile app testing frameworks and tools, such as Flutter testing framework, XCTest, and Espresso.
9. Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills, with the ability to analyze complex issues and propose effective solutions.
10. Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and clients.
11. Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development environment.
12. Proven ability to meet deadlines and deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Experience with hybrid app development frameworks (e.g., React Native) is a plus.
2. Knowledge of backend technologies, such as Node.js or Firebase, for building APIs and integrating with databases.
3. Contributions to open-source projects or personal Flutter app projects.
4. Certifications related to mobile app development or Flutter.

Join our team and contribute to the development of cutting-edge mobile applications using Flutter. As a Senior Flutter Consultant, you will have the opportunity to work on diverse projects, leverage your expertise, and make a significant impact on our clients' businesses.

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:

• Min 4-5 years of experience in Mobile application development
• Min 2-year Experience in React Native app development
• Firm grasp of the JavaScript and TypeScript language and its nuances, including ES6+ syntax
• Follow best practices using Android Guidelines
• Knowledge of functional or object-oriented programming
• Technically strong in React-Redux/Mobx development and deep understanding of core mobile concepts such as lifecycle, UI, networking, caching, device features, etc
• Experiences with automated testing suites, like Jest or Mocha
• Experience integrating third-party frameworks. Worked with logging and capturing user navigation and app usage to Analytics and Crashlytics for understanding the most used features by users.
• Knowledge of mobile security and cryptography is an advantage.
• Good working knowledge of tools such as Git, JIRA, Jenkins, or any tools that are similar to these.
• Experience with agile methodology is preferred
• Good communication skills
• Good knowledge of app telemetry integration & app performance management
• Have published at least 2 React Native apps on Play Store & Appstore

• Implement robust app architectures and complex user interfaces
• Component Design and coding new features. includes unit tests, debugs, and solves defects
• Component Design/Coding/Unit Testing/Debugging
• Responsible for designing app architecture and integration design to various external systems (APIs, 3rd Party SDK)
• Follow best practices using React Native Guidelines
• Understand reacting design patterns like HOC, Render Props, and their applications.
• Good understanding of atomic design principles
• Experience with CSS-in-js / styled-components
• Good understanding of Android & iOS working principles, Release process
• Ability to multi-task under pressure and work independently with minimal supervision
• Work on high-performance consumer-facing apps
• Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds.
• Good understanding of server-side templating languages (such as jade, EJS, and pug).
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes.
• Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests.
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as HTML5, SCSS, and CSS3.
• Ability to make recommendations on UI design and UX best practices.

• Design and build advanced applications for the Android platform
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
• Experience in working with SDLC. Experience in end to end SDLC documentations.
• Experience in Banking/Financial Application.
• 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
• Hands-on experience in Web Services
• Excellent programming, unit testing and debugging skills in Mobile Java (Android and Kotlin)
• Good designing skills based on object-oriented design patterns & frameworks
• Basic/core Java/Kotlin/OOPS knowledge and an understanding of Java technologies is mandatory
• Very good exposure in frameworks like Android Architecture, SDK, SDK Development
• Strong Experience in Mobile Application Development Life Cycle
• Experience in Design Patterns MVVM, MVP etc.
• Programming new Android Applications from specifications
• Experience in implementing communication with API servers via web-services using JSON and XML
• Exploring upcoming new features of Android Platform

Responsibilities:
1. Understanding the scope of work
2. Working with the design, programming & testing team on project estimates & timelines
3. Coordinate with team to build assets to be used within the mobile application
4. Build Application static flows using React Native with Redux
5. Integrate JSON web services
6. Working with the tester to fix bugs reported by the testers
7. Building and deploying the application to the app store

Requirements:
1. Understanding of the Mobile Application Development lifecycle
2. Hands-on experience with React Native
3. Experience with Redux or Flux or MobX
4. Understanding of Advanced JavaScript – ES6
5. Understanding of Flexbox
7. Understanding of iOS/Android module integration
8. Deploying iOS and Android apps on Apple Appstore and Android Play Store.
9. Ability to work in an Agile environment