Android Developer - Lead

Should have min 2+ years of Hands-on experience in React Native development.

• Knowledge of REACT tools including React.js, Webpack, Enzyme, Redux, and Flux
• Experience with JavaScript, Typescript, CSS, HTML5 and front-end languages.
• Good understanding of Android/ iOS design guidelines, SDK.
• Exposure to building React Native components in native iOS and Android.
• Solve complex technical, scalability or performance challenges.
• Familiarity with code versioning tools such as Git, SVN, Gitlab.

• Proven software development experience
• Proven working experience in Android
• Strong Java OOPs concepts and design patterns understanding 
• Hands-on experience on Kotlin.
• Good understanding of C and data structures, JavaScript
• Must have a good understanding of React Native or Cordova
• Strong knowledge of Android SDK, different versions of Android, and how to deal with different screen sizes
• Have published at least one app in the Store.
• Experience in writing SDK frameworks
• Experience working with remote data via REST and JSON
• Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
• Knowledge of JNI, security algorithms
• Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
• Ability to design applications around natural user interfaces
• Knowledge of the open-source Android/iOS ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks
• Must be proficient in code versioning tools such as Git, SVN
• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies Solid understanding of the mobile development life cycle
• Good to have: Experience in working on cross-platform such as Flutter, Kony.

• Build pixel-perfect 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.
• Maintain code and write automated tests to ensure the product is of the highest quality.

• 1- 3 years as a professional software developer.
• Experience with React, React Native and Redux
• Experience with at least one native mobile platform (bonus points if you moved to React Native from iOS or Android development).
• Firm grasp of the JavaScript language and its nuances, including ES6+ syntax. Knowledge in TypeScript is a plus point.
• Knowledge of functional and object-oriented programming.
• Familiarity with native build tools, like Xcode & Android Studio.
• Understanding of REST APIs, the document request model, and offline storage.

Y Media Labs is a creative technology company that helps brands re-imagine their customer  experiences. Our mission is to export the Silicon Valley mindset to the rest of the world.  

We create digital products with purpose that have a lasting impact on users' lives and clients'  businesses. We are a team of dreamers and doers united by a simple idea: If we make a  difference for your customers, we will make a difference for your business too. And it works.  Since 2009, we have led early-stage startups and top-tier brands to "wow" their customers  with best-in-class digital products and experiences. The Wall Street Journal calls us “YML is  one of the most innovative companies in Silicon Valley.”  

Through next-generation technologies and world-class design, we help brands like Apple,  PayPal, L'Oreal, Home Depot, Kaiser Permanente, State Farm, First Republic Bank develop  solutions that drive major business outcomes. Founded in 2009, Y Media Labs is  headquartered in Silicon Valley with four offices worldwide including Atlanta, Indianapolis,  Bangalore & Sao Paulo.  

We came of age with the invention of the app store. We have mobile in our DNA. We create  solutions across the digital ecosystem. Unlike agencies who are born desktop, we are deeply  connected to how consumer perception has shifted thanks to the mobile lifestyle. We have  

built and launched 207 products, delighted over 407 million users, built over 200+ apps, work  with 30 Fortune 500 clients, been responsible for over 400 billion transactions through our  work and generated over $200 billion in transactions for our clients, and been featured on the  app store over 700+ times!  

• Portfolio of our work can be found @ ymedialabs.com/work  
• Live look into our engineering team @ medium.com/ymedialabs-innovation  • Live look into our design team @ dribbble.com/ymedialabs  

Our team in Bangalore is close to 250 strong, and we are growing in a variety of ways. Our  goals include a culture of excellence and we are looking to transform the team to be one of  the best tech teams in Bangalore.  

We are looking to hire Engineering Manager for our team in Bangalore. If you are excited about building products that will be used by millions of consumers worldwide, building products for brands that you can be proud to show to your family and friends - you need to join us!

Responsibilities:

• Lead and coach a group of engineers in delivering scalable, flexible and secure features to our customers
• Leading engineering teams composed of backend, frontend, iOS, Android developers and QA.
• Deep dive into work of your team, review the code submitted by your team, and resolve the root cause of problems
• Coach your team members how to increase the quality of their code based on real examples
• Involve in hiring for your teams
• Drive a continuous improvement process - introduce new tools & automations based on real data analysis
• Represent the team to engineering groups internally, to executive leaders in various functional groups within YML, to current and future customers, and to our partner organizations.
• Build a diverse team while fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment.
• Project and Program management
• Collaborate with Product/Project Managers to plan, implement and deliver tasks and modules on a timely basis with best practices and adherence to SOPs.
• Manage the development pipeline to deliver features on schedule while maintaining high bar for quality.
• Closely Interact with other functions such as PM/Product, Design, UI/UX, Architecture, QA, and deliver planned features
• Deliver Web, Android and iOS applications with integration to backend services deployed on the cloud with high quality and responsiveness.
• Create strong practices around test driven development, automating delivery of apps to the marketplace with strong CI/CD practices.
• Play the role of an unblocker in a tight scrum environment.
• Should be able to help other developers with challenges, problem solving, and help achieve milestones as per plan.
• Prioritize to manage ad-hoc requests in parallel with ongoing projects.
• Hands on with programming with 50%+ of bandwidth going into modules owned.

Requirements:

• A highly talented developer with 10+ years of hands-on experience.
• Primarily in web application development experience using, JAVA, Angular, ReactJS, Python, GO.
• Working with MVVM, MVP, MVC patterns.
• Additional Mobile development experience Android, Kotlin, iOS, Swift, Objective C will be a bonus.
• Must have at least 3+ years of experience in an engineering management role, and a clear record of success prior to that as a senior/staff engineer.
• Must be compelling and clear communicator, able to represent your team to internal and external audiences with differing levels of technical fluency.
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities/projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Good Analytical, Problem solving and Debugging skills.
• Hands on experience in Designing, Coding and release management.
• Continuously increasing your team's work quality & performance.
• Experience with writing and maintaining unit-tests, functional tests, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to think from a product mindset.
• B. Tech/M. Tech/MCA (IT/Computer Science).

Nice to Have:

• Hands-on cloud development experience