Android Developer

Our team is looking for experienced mobile developers to lead the development of cross-platform mobile applications and be responsible for major technical decisions associated with them accountable for their successful execution. 

In this position on the software engineering team, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to many client and internal-facing products. FarmSetu’s suite of products spans multiple technical domains and disciplines in software and hardware, so experience in end-to-end systems thinking across distributed components is key for this role.

• Design, implement and deploy mobile applications
• Lead the delivery of software projects in a team-based environment 
• Collaborate cross-functionally with business users, product managers, customer success representatives and other engineers to define, design, scope and ship new features using elegant solutions.
• Provide recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Work alongside other engineers on the team to elevate technology and consistently apply best practices.
• Help others to improve the quality of their work through regular design and code reviews
• Deliver new features to production environments and support them in operation
• Participate in building the open engineering culture at FarmSetu

FarmSetu’s technology stack includes (but will not be limited to) Python, Django/Flask/FastAPI, GraphQL, Hasura, React, Flutter, Dart, Postgres, Celery, Docker, Git/Bitbucket to be deployed on Digitalocean/GCP infrastructure. We’re also quick to adopt better tools and processes, so you’ll be more than welcome to help shape our tool suite.

• 2+ years of experience developing applications at an enterprise scale using the mobile technologies in our stack
• Ability to translate user experience design (mockups, wireframes and user journeys) into code 
• Familiarity with Cloud/SaaS architectures and how to build secure and maintainable applications
• Strong understanding of unit testing, design patterns and usage of tools like profilers
• Experience with source control and continuous integration tools
• Worked in an Agile multi-functional team 
• Thrive in an environment that requires you to partner with multiple cross-functional teams as stakeholders/customers
• Great oral and written communication skills

• Competitive salary
• Annual compensation reviews
• 12 days of annual leave plus public holidays
• Ongoing investment in you and your skills
• The right equipment for the job

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.

• 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

• 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.

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.

Requirements 

- You will be working with our engineers to develop and maintain high-quality mobile applications for both platforms as Android and iOS.

- Ultimately, you should be able to design and build the next generation of our mobile applications.

Job Responsibilities and Required Skills :

- Experience with React Js, React Native, JavaScript including DOM Manipulation and the JavaScript object model.

- Thorough understanding of React Native and its core Principles.

- Hands-on experience on React Native Framework at least 3 years.

- Good Knowledge of HTML5, CSS.

- Familiarity with code versioning tools (Such as Git, SVN or Mercurial)

- Familiarity with RESTful APIs

- Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools.

- Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Web pack, NPM etc.

- Experience with Native Mobile app deployment on App store and google play store.

• You will be having an impact on our 1.7M users every day.
• You will be rolling out experiments and working closely with our product managers and design team to validate and build new features.
• Monitoring apps and fixing bugs for improving performance.
• Refactoring/Rewriting obsolete code to align with the new architecture.
• Design, build and maintain high performance, reusable, and reliable Kotlin code.
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency Experience: 1- 5 yrs in android development

Expertise:

• Kotlin
• Live Data and other Android Jetpack components
• DI (Dagger/Hilt)
• Design patterns MVVM, MVI
• Multithreading (Coroutines)
• Offline Storage
• Remote data interaction via REST and JSON

Hands-on experience:

• Git
• CI/CD
• Third-party analytics like Amplitude, Clevertap, etc..
• Common third-party libraries and APIs like (Glide, retrofit...)
• Firebase products (FireStore/ RealTimeDB/ FCM..)
• Writing custom views
• Text-based UIs like notes, reader, etc..
• Publishing/Updating apps on Google Play and other stores (Huawei/Xiaomi...)

Good to have:

• Basic understanding of clean architecture.
• Simple data structure and algorithm understanding.
• Basic understanding of AWS services and products
• Strong design intuition and user empathy.
• Should be aware of future technologies in the Android ecosystem.
• You should be quick in understanding the hypothesis, and build the experiment and make it available to a user
• We prefer people who are highly experimental and willing to take risks.
• Experience in training or mentoring team members.

Do not apply if you are not:

• Ownership driven
• Curious in general
• Self-motivated
• Use to work in a chaotic environment
• Highly proactive
• Hate drinking and smoking will have a hard time here

Desired Candidate Profile

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Developing app using Flutter for both Android & iOS platforms.
• Writing quality code independently that is simple, reliable, and scalable.
• Evaluating and implementing out-of-the-box ideas for application development.
• Working with the team to manage, optimize, and customize multiple applications.
• Detecting and troubleshooting application issues.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Must have 1+ years of experience in Flutter.Should have worked and successfully deployed apps using Flutter framework.
• Good knowledge of Flutter SDK & Dart programming language.
• Should have worked on mobile platforms like Android or iOS.
• Should have developed & worked with Flutter widgets for iOS & Android with any of the state management solutions like Bloc, Provider, Mobx, etc.
• Mobile app architecture design and optimization. Extreme attention to detail and the ability to match the design as closely as possible.
• Ability to work closely with Product Managers, other development team members.
• Understanding of Functional Reactive Programming is a must.
• Comfortable with Test-Driven Development.

Are you an experienced app Developer with a growth mindset and looking to explore your skills in the ed-tech domain? Then read on.

What you need to have:

Experience: 2 to 6 years

Annual CTC: Rupees 8,00,000 to 15,00,000