Android Developer

Designation: Android Developer

Location: Bangalore/Bhopal

Experience – 3 to 6

Job Type: Full Time

Job Description:

We are seeking a skilled Android Developer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in developing, deploying, and maintaining Android applications. The role requires proficiency in Java and Kotlin, expertise in payment gateway integration, and the ability to support multiple languages within the app. If you have successfully deployed multiple apps on the Play Store and can manage end-to-end development, we want to hear from you.

Responsibilities:

·       Lead the development lifecycle from concept to deployment, ensuring high performance and responsiveness.

·       Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code using Java and Kotlin.

·       Implement and maintain secure payment gateway solutions to facilitate transactions within the app.

·       Manage deployment processes, ensuring smooth and efficient delivery of applications.

·       Integrate and maintain support for multiple languages to ensure the app is accessible to a global audience.

·       Manage the process of uploading and maintaining applications on the Google Play Store, ensuring compliance with all guidelines and policies.

·       Work closely with designers, product managers, and other developers to deliver high-quality applications.

·       Conduct rigorous testing to identify and fix bugs, ensuring a smooth user experience.

·       Stay updated with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices to continuously improve the app development process.

Requirements:

·       Proficiency in Java and Kotlin.

·       Android app development using Jetpack Compose.

·       Knowledge of state management, navigation, and UI best practices in Compose.

·       Experience with payment gateway integration.

·       Ability to support and manage multiple languages within the app.

·       Proven track record of deploying and maintaining at least 5 apps on the Google Play Store.

·       Strong understanding of mobile UI/UX principles.

·       Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services.

·       Experience with version control systems (Git).

·       Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

·       Strong communication and collaboration skills.

• You need to be excited about the problem that we are trying to solve
• 3+ years of experience building applications in Kotlin
• Build pixel-perfect, buttery smooth UIs across both mobile platforms.
• Strong Js fundamentals - You should be able to contribute partially to our existing React Native development as well
• Ability to give clarity and communicate well with the team, including Product, Backend and Dev-Ops (if and when needed)
• Ability to use profiling tools well, getting to root causes of bugs fast
• Ability to pick and work on adjacent technologies if and when required (Eg: If the best performance monitoring solution needs a basic firebase setup, that should not be a blocker for you to go ahead and do so)
• Maintain code and write automated tests to ensure the product is of the highest quality.
• Reach out to the open-source community to encourage and help implement mission-critical software fixes
• You need to be comfortable working in a remote environment (Good internet connection and availability on phone is needed)
• Deep understanding of android architecture
• Understanding of inter app communication
• System design thinking

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:

• Participating in the entire product lifecycle (analyze, develop, test, release, and support.
• Contributing to research for new web and mobile technologies and recommend solutions to improve interface designs and interactions
• Testing, debugging, and fine-tuning to optimize the application’s performance.
• Designing intuitive applications to enhance users’ experiences.

DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES:

• 2+ year experiences of mobile/web application development and system integration.
• Must be a skilled programmer with knowledge of coding best practices and ability to produce highly readable and maintainable code.
• Management and support of Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
• Experience in API development and integration with third-party APIs
• English communication is required. Great communication skills to coordinate across technical teams and business stakeholders.
• Creative, detail-oriented, and with good problem-solving skills
• Ability to collaborate with and lead other development team members.
• Ability to work in multiple projects and thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Candidate must possess at least a bachelor's degree or Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Science/Information Technology or equivalent.
• Specialization in IONIC must.

KNOWLEDGE OR EXPERTISE IN THE FOLLOWING ARE AN ADVANTAGE:

• Specialization in HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, and JavaScript.
• Experience with web service integration (REST, JSON, XML).
• Experience or knowledge with Git, Gitlab, GitHub is a plus.

Job Summary

Global Lancers is looking for an Android developer responsible for the development and maintenance of applications. Your primary focus will be the development of Android applications and their integration with back-end services. You will be working along-side other engineers and developers working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and creating quality products is essential.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Design, build, and maintain high performance, reusable, and reliable code
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the application
• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs

Key Skills

Strong knowledge of Android SDK, different versions of Android, and how to deal with different screen sizes., Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services, Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices, Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning

Required Experience and Qualifications

• Exp- min 3 years
• Knowledge of the libraries available for common tasks
• Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications
• Understanding of Google’s Android design principles and interface guidelines
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git

About the Role

A highly motivated and passionate individual who has experience in executing end to end web based products and applications; bringing them to production quickly and with high quality. Passionate about building flexible and scalable solutions with an eye for detail and can weigh pros and cons to find best possible solutions. 

Role and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Managers to plan, implement and deliver tasks and modules on a timely basis with best practices and adherence to SOPs.
• Understand the product requirements, ask questions, and gather information and feedback to design and deliver features both on Android and iOS.
• Create a roadmap of tasks to be delivered for both iOS and Android applications in sync, such that new features go to the end-user at same time. 
• Lead the design of Android and iOS applications in a modular fashion with reusable components.
• Proactively identify issues related to memory consumption, battery drain and multi-threading in the application by planning regular tests and analysis.
• Deliver Android and iOS applications with integration to backend services deployed on the cloud with high quality and responsiveness. 
• Create strong practices around test driven development, automating delivery of apps to the marketplace with strong CI/CD practices.
• Manage a highly skilled and efficient team by hiring, keeping the team motivated, and managing performance.
• Play the role of an unblocker in a tight scrum environment. Should be able to help other developers with challenges, problem solving, and help achieve milestones as per plan.
• Prioritize to manage ad-hoc requests in parallel with ongoing projects.
• Hands on with programming with 50%+ of bandwidth going into modules owned.

Skills/Experience

• A highly talented developer with 10+ years of hands-on experience in building apps that have been released to the Play Store(Android) and Appstore(iOS). 
• Demonstrated experience managing teams of 5-10 or more engineers in mobile application teams.
• Strong knowledge of Android, Kotlin, iOS, Swift, Objective C and working with MVVM, MVP, MVC patterns.
• Experience building mobile applications which lean heavily on connecting to cloud services to gather data and stream videos/content. 
• Working knowledge of Xamarin or Flutter (cross platform frameworks) is highly preferred. 
• Practitioner of test driven development practices. Experience in creating and adhering to best practices for development.

Mandatory: Hands on experience working with Java or Kotlin. Very strong logical skills. Good hold on operating system concepts and data structure. Experience with web services , SQL Lite , camera kit , image caching concepts, keychain , past experience working with one of the design patterns like MVC / MVVM / MVP , network check implementation.

Good to have:  Rx-Swift experience , video / image filter experience , media player usage , complex UX effects , couch-db , RealM.Knowledge of GIT management , Continuous Integration and Continuous Development practices.

Soft Skills: Strong communication skills , high spirited , eager to learn , able to perform in a high pressure environment