Android Developer

Company Description

iCloudEMS, a market leader in providing cloud-based end-to-end comprehensive education management solutions, empowers learner-centric approaches in India, UAE, and Africa. Since 2011, iCloudEMS has been committed to revamping education through technology, offering integrated digital platforms for educational institutions. Our mission is to automate and streamline academic activities, making education management efficient and hassle-free. We aim to expand our reach in Asia and the Pacific, fulfilling diverse educational needs with innovative solutions.

Role Description

This is a full-time remote role for a We are looking for a Mobile Application Developer with strong expertise in PHP development to join our fast-growing EdTech product-based company. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience in developing scalable mobile applications and be able to join immediately.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of PHP and backend development.
• Experience in mobile application development (Android/iOS or hybrid frameworks).
• Hands-on experience with RESTful APIs and database management.
• Good understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC).
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, and efficient code.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a product-based company, preferably in the Educational Technology (EdTech) domain.
• Candidates who can join immediately will be highly preferred.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms and version control systems (Git).

Industry

• Software Development

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Provident Fund
• Work from home

We are seeking extremely smart Android developers who are passionate about pushing mobile technologies to the limits.

• Design and develop products by working closely with business teams.
• Design super intuitive experiences in the next generation of our mobile applications.
• Build performant, scalable, yet secure, enterprise-ready android applications with architecture that is fast yet lean on the backend servers enabling them to support millions of users in parallel.
• Build enterprise-ready back end architectures that can support millions of users in parallel.
• Gain experience with hands-on coding and independent ownership of software components.
• Follow strong engineering best practices and champion their adoption.

• 2+ years’ experience in android software development and delivery.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering from a reputed institute(preferably IITs, NITs, or other top engineering institutes).
• Strong grasp of CS fundamentals, algorithms and excellent problem-solving abilities.
• All experience should be from good product development or e-commerce background.
• Must have shown good stability in all your previous associations.
• Knowledge of UI architectural patterns like MVVM(preferable), MVC, MVP, data binding, activity & fragment lifecycle, recycler view, navigation component, layouts (constraint layout preferable), theming etc.
• Should have actively used retrofit, work managers, android jetpack, Rx java, dagger, retrofit, android sdk, GIT/bitbucket, gradle/ant and very keen on exploring other proven tech stacks.
• Comfortable with test-driven development in android with UI testing, instrumented unit testing and unit testing using junits, mockito or other tools.
• Willingness to learn and write simple backend REST API’s (preferably in Java, spring boot & hibernate) without having to completely depend on backend engineers for delivery.
• Has worked in a fast-paced agile organization building stateless and re-entrant/resumable android applications.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Build and technically lead Android apps in terms of scale, performance, security, and design
• Actively participate in feature design
• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability
• Take ownership of the features right from estimating timelines to Production release
• Carry out code reviews and mentor junior engineers
• Instill best practices from following MVP/MVVM patterns to using required Java design patterns within the application
• Understand the latest Android features and practices and lead the efforts towards its adoption within the team and across all mobile pods
• Follow SOPs of Agile methodologies & Sprint deliverables and drive the same within the team

Requisites / Prerequisites:

• Android Work Experience of between 3 to 5 years.
• BE/B.Tech from Tier 1 or Tier 2 institutions
• Strong understanding of Object Oriented Programming, data structures and design patterns
• Experience in developing B2C / B2B mobile applications
• Experience in memory management and in designing high-performance applications
• Strong Java, Design Patterns and OOPS knowledge and hands-on experience
• Experience in shipping applications through the Google play store
• Experienced in Android Material Design
• Basic SQL knowledge
• Experience in working with JUnits and other Unit Testing framework is a plus
• Experience in OpenGL and animations is a plus