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.

• Create and maintain mobile applications.
• Contributing to the development of project schedules and workflows.
• Recommending changes and enhancements to applications.
• Work from UI/UX requirements, APIs and mock-ups to build functional and high-performance applications.
• Keep abreast of the latest technology for mobile applications.
• Work with other developers to brainstorm new applications.
• Create UI tests to source analytics.

What do we do?

About MobileFirst: Mobile design & development studio focusing on great mobile app experiences. We have great exposure working with Startups, Enterprises and Design Studios. MobileFirst has worked with customers from the USA, India, UK, Kenya, and Israel.

We have catered to clients in Automobiles, Paints, Fashion, Sports, Transportation, Food, Music, Coupons, Smart Parking, Uber for X, etc.

What are we looking for?

• Android Developer with passion working on Android & Android NDK related challenges
• Exposure on Android Application development and deployment 
• Minimum 2+ years experience is required on Android 
• Must have uploaded 3 to 4 Android Applications
• Great command over Android Studio (Gradle-based development) 
• Understanding of Android UI and new UI/ UX trends
• Understanding of Play Store, FCM is required
• Exposure to Kotlin is a plus.

What should you have?

• Amazing debugging skills and problem-solving abilities
• Skills of designing and developing advanced applications for the Android platform
• Bug fixing and improving application performance
• Knowledge of Opensource Libraries & Frameworks  
• Command over algorithms, design trends & knowledge about popular applications on App 
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency
• Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle.

Who are we looking for?

• Tech Savvy. Fast learner. Leader. 
• Creative self-starter who is comfortable with both taking initiatives and working in collaboration.
• We don't see your college degree or we don't care if you are a dropout. 

Job Perks

• Great Fun Learning exposure
• Training and Seminars on new Technologies
• Startup Experience
• Flexible timings and "work from home" options
• Assignment Incentives
• Training on Vocabulary, Soft Skills, and Personality development
• Team Lunches, Team Outings, Hangouts, and Movies

• Leads more than one projects end-to-end and collaborates across functions. Drives planning, estimation and execution.
• Manages stakeholder expectations and offers scalable, reliable, performant and easy to maintain solutions.
• Consistently takes well thought technical/design decisions.
• Develops expertise in more than one area and shares knowledge with others. Able to mentor/train people in areas which are new to them.
• Drives people to solve engineering challenges.
• Enjoys high respect of Tech and other cross functional teams.
• Demonstrates effective communication with project team, management and internal/external clients as necessary.
• Surfaces both technical and non-technical team challenges and helps resolve them.
• Champion for SDLC best practices and high-quality standards.
• Significantly contributes in hiring high performance candidates.

• Expert in JAVA, Kotlin, Reactive programming, Asynchronous programming and Dependency Injection. Experience with unit-tests and automation frameworks.
• Familiarity with any architectures like MV*(MVP/MVVM/MVI).
• Strong focus on high-quality mobile UI experiences.
• Operates independently with almost no oversight.
• Is able to apply domain expertise to think critically and make wise decisions for the team, taking into account tradeoffs and constraints.
• Communicates tech decisions through design docs and tech talks.
• Has delivered multiple projects with end-to-end engineering ownership.
• Keeps track of new technology/tools and embraces them as necessary
• 12+ years of experience in a product-driven organization.

Technologies we're working with

• MVP, JAVA and Kotlin, Realm, Firebase Real-time Database, RxJava,Kotlin Coroutines, Dagger and Retrofit.

What WE have

• A small, well-knit team with a bunch of self-driven aces who love their work as well as working here!
• A top notch product spanning web app, mobile app, chatbot and artificial intelligence tech stack
• An enviable client portfolio that includes known names such as LG, Biba, W, HPCL, Costa Coffee (to name a few), who depend on us to track their compliances and efficiencies.
• An open door culture
• An environment to push your boundaries and expand your skillsets
• A newer challenge every day!

What YOU must have

• 3-5 years’ experience with native mobile App development on both Android as well as iOS platforms.
• Bachelor’s degree or above in information systems or computer science
• Excellent knowledge of Android SDK, different versions of Android, iOS framework
• Strong knowledge of Android & iOS UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to effectively integrate Android applications
• Should have worked on Apps using local resources (like camera, GPS, Speech recorder, settings etc) and having local storage capability using SQLite, xml, firebase etc.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git
• Familiarity with various testing tools
• Team player with strong communication, documentation  and collaboration skills

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to productively function under pressure and within a deadline oriented atmosphere
• Self-motivated and high-initiative taking
• Organized and detail orientated with strong work ethic
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment

What will you do

• Translate designs and wire frames into high quality code

• Develop AI/ML based mobile apps for both Android and iOS
• Resolve bugs as reported by the QA team.
• Maintain code quality, organization, and automation
• Share weekly and monthly development plans and build releases schedule.

Impress us with your skill, self-drive and work ethics, and we will go any length to make you part of the growth journey!

1. Build pixel-perfect UIs across Android and iOS mobile platforms.
2. Leverage native APIs for deep integrations with both platforms. 
3. Diagnose and fix bugs and performance bottlenecks for performance that feels native. 
4. Developing and releasing complex, data-driven apps using React Native as the primary application framework. 
5. Proficiency writing Modern JavaScript, including ES6+, and JSX.
6. Maintain code and write automated tests to ensure the product is of the highest quality.
7. Must be able to develop high-performance cross-platform apps using React-Native.