Android Developer

What will you do? (but not limited to)

• Design, develop, and maintain our mobile applications using either Flutter or React Native, ensuring high performance and responsiveness across both Android and iOS platforms.
• Collaborate closely with the product and development teams to design and develop innovative features that align with our mission and user needs.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code that adheres to industry best practices, and conduct code reviews to uphold high-quality code.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade the software to ensure optimal performance, security, quality, and responsiveness of applications.
• Lead and mentor junior developers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and improvement.
• Drive architectural decisions and lead efforts to scale and improve our codebases.
• Work closely with stakeholders to understand and address their needs, translating business requirements into technical solutions.

Who can apply?

• Minimum 3 years of experience as a Mobile Application Developer with a proven track record in developing and deploying mobile applications for both Android and iOS platforms.
• Proficiency in React Native, with a deep understanding of cross-platform mobile development and app architecture.
• Strong knowledge of JavaScript (for React Native), and familiarity with native build tools, like XCode, Gradle, Android Studio, IntelliJ, and other IDEs.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with an ability to think algorithmically and a keen eye for debugging and optimizing code.
• Experience with app development languages such as Swift, Kotlin, or Objective-C and with utilizing RESTful APIs for backend integration.
• Proficient understanding and utilizing code versioning tools, such as Bitbucket.
• Experience in a startup environment and building products from scratch is highly preferred.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to lead and inspire a team.
• Strong project management skills, with experience in agile methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to make sound decisions based on a balance of data, experience, and judgment.

**** Only Mumbai based candidates will be considered for interview. Immediate Joinee only *****

JForce Solutions is looking for developers who have excellent coding skills and who can start contributing right away.
There will be a bond of 2 years for this position based on your experience. The job location will be Vileparle west, Mumbai

Responsibilities and Duties

• Build and customize mobile applications used by over 100K users.
• Migrate existing applications from NativeScript to Native
• Enhance existing mobile application
• Improve performance & User experience of mobile app

Key Skills
Native Development, NativeScript, Java, JavaScript, React, ReactJS, Android, iOS, API

Expected Start Date: Immediate

Job Type: Full-time

• 5-7 years of experience on Android Java-based mobile applications and systems development
• Strong command of Android Java. Exposure towards Android SDK
• Strong knowledge of the various packages on the Android App development stack layouts, intents, widgets, content providers, touch handling, drawing, location services, media interfaces, network, storage, security/cryptography, SQLite, etc.
• Knowledge of web services and serialization techniques like REST, SOAP, XML, JSON & framing
• A strong penchant for Object-Oriented Design and CS fundamentals
• Experience in working with version control, bug tracking, continuous integration, and other productivity enhancement software like TFS, Bugzilla, Jira, etc.
• Prior experience in working in Agile software methodologies
• Taking responsibility and ownership in the team's work, team player, and good communication skills
• Hands-on experience in developing native Android applications.
• Understanding of Android design patterns, memory management, file I/O, concurrency, and multithreading.
• Knowledge of working with network & battery optimizations, APIs, external libs, SDKs, Analytics, UI, visualizations & animations
• Preferred knowledge on Connectivity, Bluetooth protocols/ BLE.
• Working knowledge and hands-on with Database management such as SQL and contemporary technologies at their backend
• Experience in Unit Testing and TDD practices. Usage of Junit/Mockito/Espresso kind of test frameworks
• Eclipse or any IDE usage
• Published one or more applications in an Android marketplace and knowledge on the process of making the app live.
• Experience in working on applications with react native is a plus.
• Able to create a UI and UX that would make the app simple to use and delight users.
• Able to fix the occurring bugs and iteratively improve the app, include newer features, and keep the app up to date with all the Android updates/ libraries that will be released.
• Have an eye for new upcoming technologies and be able to evaluate and implement the same to enhance development efficiency.
• To succeed in this role, you should have the following skills and experience
• B.E/B.Tech/M.Tech/MCA or equivalent qualification

ESSENTIAL SKILLS/ATTRIBUTES:

• Excellent knowledge of Android
• Appreciation for the limitations of handset development
• Attention to detail and subtleties of UI design and implementation
• Understanding of design patterns
• Ability to design for scalability and resilience
• Strong application process flow and problem solving techniques.
• Strong focus on refactoring and code quality
• Understanding of software configuration management and release management
• High levels of software engineering literacy and communication skills
• Friendly and professional manner
• Minimum 3 - 5 years java development
• Third Level Qualifications in computing, mathematics or science

DESIRED SKILLS:

• Experience of working in an agile environment
• Product development and lifecycle experience
• Experience of unit testing
• Scripting (JavaScript, Ruby, Python, Shell, etc.)
• Knowledge of build systems such as Maven and Gradle

• 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.
• 4-7years of experience in product driven organization.