Android Developer

Job Description:

1.Design mobile application interface design, navigation, and presentation along with developing

custom controls as required by the application.

2. Understand product development road map and execute rapidly to build mobile applications with

high quality.

3. Utilize native APIs to enable maps, in-app SMS and email features

4. Develop applications that controls handset resources

5. Able to lead and mentor team members

6. Troubleshoot to solve customer problems with help of Catalytic/firebase among other tools.

7. Deployment / Release understanding

8. Unit Testing

9. Good to have exposure to Kotlin, flutter, react native

10. Implement Deep Links and Notification Libraries

11. Understanding of battery/ram/network and other system resource saving strategies

We are looking for an experienced Android developer for the development and maintenance of an Android app aimed at drone pilots to execute drone flights. The application will have to be intuitive, robust and work offline.

You will be working along-side other mobile and web developers to develop a full-stack drone flight solution that enables drone service providers, pilots, and enterprises to execute fast, accurate, and seamless drone missions. You will work with cross functional product development team and will be responsible to design and build drone applications.

Qualification:

• Tech/M.tech/BCA/MCA Degree in computer Science/IT/Electronics.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Design, build and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable android code.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency

Skills:

• Hands-on experience in developing Android apps

• Experience with offline storage, threading and performing benchmarking and tuning.
• Well versed with the latest android jetpack libraries (AndroidX, ViewModels etc)
• Understanding of Android design principles and interface guidelines
• Strong knowledge of Android SDK, different versions of Android, and how to deal with different screen sizes.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools like Git
• Work with outside data sources and APIs (Familiar with frameworks like Retrofit, Volley, OkHTTP, etc.)
• Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications.
• Good knowledge in programming concepts OOPs, design & coding patterns
• Experience in writing & executing UI Unit Tests for robustness, usability, and reliability.
• Experience with Google Play console and publishing apps on the play store

Soft Skills:

• Understanding of database structure, algorithms, and processes
• Familiar with database management and design
• Good communication and management skills
• Ability to adapt to new technology, concept, approaches, and environment faster
• Problem-solving and analytical skills
• Must have a learning attitude and improvement mindset
• Knowledge of non-functional aspects of the app/product such as security, automation, testing, performance, optimization
• Leadership and resource management skills

Job responsibilities:

• Design and develop high-volume, low-latency applications for mission-critical systems, delivering high availability and performance
• Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle: concept, design, build, deploy, test, release to app stores, and support.
• Diagnose performance issues, fix bugs (including crashes and ANRs) to increase the functionality of the application
• Write well-designed, testable, efficient code
• Ensure designs are in compliance with specifications
• Prepare and produce releases of software components
• Support continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies and presenting these for architectural review
• Collaborate with team members (product managers, developers, designers) to brainstorm about new features and functionalities.

• Knowledge and experience in Flutter Framework and DART programming
• Hands-on experience in using RESTful APIs
• Hands-on experience in designing and developing micro-services architecture and containers
• Object-oriented analysis, UML, and design using common design patterns.
• Hands-on experience in the development IDE Android Studio, Android SDK, Firebase Test Lab
• Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
• Familiarity with push notifications
• Familiarity with IOS integration with Flutter
• Experience using GitHub or a similar environment
• Experience with Agile development is a plus
• Experience with Material Design and Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
• Good knowledge of adding third-party libraries
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies
• A track record of delivering successful complex consumer product apps (finance apps, e-commerce apps)
• Critical thinker
• Knoweldge on Adobe XD/ Figma/ Sketch
• knowledge on GetX will be plus

Android

• Strong understanding of the OOPS concept.
• Working experience in Java and Kotlin language. (Must)
• Knowledge of Offline Sync, Multithreading, Realm/Room/SQLLite databases, Live data, Socket Programming. (Must)
• Familiar with Android Jetpack components (Must)
• Idea/Experience of MVC/MVVM and MVP
• At least 1 live application on Playstore. (Must)
• Good debugging and problem-solving skills.

Good to have

• Idea/experience in RxJava, RxKotlin
• Idea/experience of unit and instrumentation testing in Android
• Knowledge of Web RTC.
• Experience with tools like Git, Jira, Basecamp, BitBucket, Azure DevOps would be an advantage.
• Good to have experience working with IOT projects, Bluetooth technologies
• Active Open Source, GitHub or Stack Overflow contribution will be a big plus
• Having personal apps in play store will be an added advantage
• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends & emerging technologies.

What we look for in people 

critical thinking, openness to unlearn and learn, collaborate seamlessly cross borders, enjoy working in a remote and fast paced environment, curious and passionate about solving customer problems, consensus driven decision making approach, persuasive communication and precision for details