Android Developer

Candidates must have an educational background in Computer Science or a related computer field.

A Master’s degree in Computer Science (or equivalent) is highly preferred.

Bachelor’s degree holders (BE/B.Tech) are eligible only if their specialization is in Computer Science or a directly related field.

CDAC candidates will be considered only if their prior academic background is in Computer Science or a relevant computer discipline. Experience:

Minimum 2 years of hands-on experience in Android application development.

Technical Skills:

Proficient in Kotlin and Java for Android development.

Solid understanding of Android SDK, Android Studio, and core Android frameworks.

Experience with MVVM architecture and best practices for modular, maintainable code.

Familiarity with modern libraries: Jetpack components (LiveData, ViewModel, Flow,Navigation, Room, etc.), Retrofit, Dagger/Hilt for dependency injection.

Good grasp of threading, background tasks (Coroutines/WorkManager), and app lifecycle management.

Knowledge of RESTful APIs, JSON parsing, and efficient network communication.

Experience with version control systems, preferably Git.

Key Responsibility Areas:

• Design, build and deliver enterprise level mobile applications
• Write code with standards and conventions and follow best practices
• Encourage and lead innovation and solid lifecycle processes
• Collaborate with team on work definition, estimation and prioritization
• Lead and grow as a professional software engineer.
• Full ownership of product deliveries and mentoring junior team members.
• Strong client interactions to provide excellent Quality of Service.
• Owning the code base and making sure all code is reviewed and is of very high quality.
• Write and modify coding conventions and standards documents for all development

Required Skills:

• 2-4 years experience in developing Android applications using Java and Kotlin

Technologies/Frameworks – 

• Java, Kotlin
• Maven, Git, Bitbucket
• Knowledge Data Structures
• SQLite, Room Database 

• Must have strong knowledge and experience in Agile based software development methodologies. Knowledge of an Agile tool like Jira.
• Must have a very strong knowledge of integrating various system and APIs (both REST and SOAP)
• Good to have: Experience of Payment Gateway Integration, Third Party SDK integrations
• Domain Preference
• FinTech, Banking, IoT

Sr. Android Developer Requirement:

• Minimum 4 years of experience in Android development.
• Degree in software development, computer science, or similar.
• Proficiency in Android, Java, Kotlin, MVC, MVVM.
• Prior experience as an android developer will be advantageous.
• Excellent coding and proofreading skills.
• Top-notch teamwork and communication skills.
• Ability to manage your workload with minimal supervision.
• Unwavering curiosity.

• 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

• Develop advanced and secure applications for Android phones and tablets
• Continuously discover, evaluate and implement new technologies, libraries for application to improve the functionality
• Keep eye on new technologies to maximize development efficiency
  Unit-test based coding for modular coding, reusability;
• Writing readable code; Maintain technical documentation
• Bug fixes and improving performance of existing applications
• Work on new ideas for products, it’s prototypes and estimates
• Collaborate on projects with a closely knit team

Lead Engineer - 

Responsibilities:

• Leads a project end-to-end and collaborates across functions. Drives planning, estimation and execution.
• Understands requirements well and comes up with efficient design
• Develops complex, well backed and bug-free products. Estimates accurately.
• Takes well-reasoned tech decisions keeping in mind goals and trade-offs
• Becomes a go-to person in more than one area. Provide technical mentoring to team
• Communicates clearly, gets clarifications and establishes expectations for all parties
• Helps establish SDLC best practices and high standards of code quality
• Demonstrates excellent problem solving & debugging skills
• Proactively identifies and resolves issues in requirements, design and code
• Perform peer code reviews and help us all get better.

Requirements:

• Solid experience in JAVA and Kotlin.
• Should have experience in Reactive programming, Asynchronous programming and Unit Testing.
• Has an ability to quickly learn and contribute in multiple codebase.
• Overcomes roadblocks and requires minimal oversight
• Takes initiatives to fix issues/tech debts before assigned to him/her.
• Able to deep dive into codebase and advise QA of possible regression impact.
• Communicates tech decisions through design docs and tech talks.
• Has delivered projects with end-to-end accountability.
• Keeps track of industry trends and introduces right tech/tools for a given job.
• Excellent understanding of software engineering practices, Design Patterns, Data Structures, Algorithms.
• 5+ years of experience in a product-driven organisation.

• Translate product designs and features into high-quality code within project constraints through diligent planning and attention to detail.
• Design and develop efficient reusable components. Follow SDLC best practices by ensuring coding and testing standards.
• Take the lead to maintain and refactor code and remedy performance bottlenecks.
• Collaborate with different tech teams, product teams, and QA. Exhibit excellent teamwork and help achieve team goals. Keep key stakeholders informed about progress and problems; avoid surprises.
• Work to architect simple, reliable, and elegant applications. Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.
• Identify and communicate improvements to development tools, processes & workflows. Contribute to a collaborative work environment and a culture of ownership.
• Participate in understanding problems for our specific target and finding solutions for them.

• Strong knowledge of Android design principles, patterns, and best practices.
  Good problem-solving skills and verse with OOPs fundamentals.
• Proficiency in Java, Kotlin, and a solid understanding of Android SDK and other components (MVP/MVVM, Architecture components, Jetpack, Dagger, RxJava, Coroutines, Data binding, Retrofit, etc).
• Knowledge of clean architecture and its implementation.
• Proficient with developing apps optimized for different android versions and devices of varying performance.
• Strong system design and architecture skills.
• Experience with multi-threading, memory management, databases.
• Experience in working with REST APIs, JSON, XML, etc.
• Experience/Knowledge of unit testing and integration testing.
• A knack for profiling, performance tuning, and optimization.
  Skills that will give you an edge
• Hands-on experience with supporting payments and integrating payment gateways
• Experience with progressive web apps, service workers
• Strong grasp over frontend unit and end-to-end testing frameworks