Android Developer

Position: Mobile Application Developer

Job Summary:

Futuresafe Technologies, having a long-term agreement with US-based SiteRecon Inc, requires a Mobile Application Developer.

We are looking for an avid programmer and an engineer who is enthusiastic about building high-performance Android and Flutter applications. Someone who is aspiring to become an industry tech leader in the GIS stack. Knowing about GIS is optional if you can learn and adapt quickly. The candidate will facilitate requirement analysis, provide feedback and enhance software frameworks. The candidate is expected to demonstrate a sound knowledge of Kotlin, Dart, and other mobile development tools and frameworks.

About Siterecon:

SiteRecon is helping property maintenance contractors in the US to automate property mapping and site visits through our mapping platform, giving back time, speeding up their sales process, and increasing their profitability. We are building the next-generation property intelligence platform and looking for people to help out on our mission to revolutionize how businesses make decisions in North America.

To learn more about the team & our origin story - https://order.siterecon.ai/about-us

To learn more about what we do for our customers - https://order.siterecon.ai

About the team:

Started by IIT Delhi alumni who have worked with multinationals in satellite imaging, e-commerce, and edtech sectors. 

Meet our team - https://order.siterecon.ai/team

About Product:

SiteRecon is the Amazon + Google Docs combination for maps. Users place an order to create a map. State-of-the-art AI does our data delivery with a humans-in-the-loop pipeline. This becomes the basemap to create survey notes, operations plans, cost estimates, and so on.

About the Market:

Although our technology applies to many applications especially related to the site-based operations industry, our Primary market is the landscaping industry in the United States, Canada, and Australia. The combined size of Industry in these 3 countries alone makes up a staggering $140B.

Responsibilities:

• Build high-performance Android and Flutter applications using Kotlin, Dart, and other mobile development tools and frameworks
• Convert wireframes and designs to pixel-perfect UI and consistent UX
• Build mobile applications targeted both at phones and tablets
• Own, execute, and deliver products/features end-to-end from planning to design to development to deployment
• Writing reusable, testable, well-documented, and efficient code
• Possess strong problem-solving and decision-making skills while using good judgment
• Ability to work independently and multi-task effectively
• Fast learner and stays up-to-date on emerging technologies

Qualifications:

• 3-6 years of experience in Android development using Kotlin
• 1-2 years of experience in Flutter development using Dart
• Experience working with design tools such as Figma, Adobe XD, etc.
• Experience integrating REST APIs in the application
• Experience working with push notifications
• Experience with concurrency, asynchronous coding paradigm
• Understanding of design patterns such as MVP, MVVM, etc
• Understanding of coding principles such as SOLID, KISS
• Good computer science fundamentals and logical reasoning.
• Experience working with version control tools such as Git.
• Honest and easy to work with.

We’d be impressed if you also have –

• Previously worked with Google Maps SDK for Android
• Understanding of GIS tech
• Knowledge of writing Unit test cases
• Understanding of continuous integration
• Previous experience working with offline storage using Realm DB

• Support the entire application lifecycle (concept, design, test, release, and support)
• Produce fully functional mobile applications writing clean code from designs and wireframes
• Write unit and UI tests to identify malfunctions
• Troubleshoot and debug to optimize performance
• Design interfaces to improve user experience
• Stay up-to-date with new technology trends

• Proven work experience as a Mobile developer
• Demonstrable portfolio of released applications on the App Store or the Android market
• In-depth knowledge of programming in React Native.
• Experience with Javascript libraries.
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
• Familiarity with OOP design principles
• Excellent analytical skills with a good problem-solving attitude
• Ability to perform in a team environment
• Understanding of REST principles

Experience: 1 – 2.5 years

Job Location: Chennai, Bangalore & Mumbai

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Proven working experience in Android Native development 

• Excellent coding skills in Java or Kotlin or both. 

• Should have knowledge in SQL and SQLite Database.

• Strong knowledge in User Interface designing using latest frameworks.

• Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices.

• Improving Application performance.

• Enterprise application development experience

• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements.

• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs 

• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies

• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency 

Educational Requirements:

BE/B. Tech, BBA, MBA

General Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, on multiple projects concurrently.

• Track record of timelines, milestones and deliverable.

• Ability to interact effectively with executive level clients.

• Excellent oral/written communication skills. Effective analytical, problem-solving. interpersonal and time management skills. 

• Ability to mitigate pressure and risk.

Job Description:

• Min 4-5 years of experience in Mobile application development
• Min 2-year Experience in React Native app development
• Firm grasp of the JavaScript and TypeScript language and its nuances, including ES6+ syntax
• Follow best practices using Android Guidelines
• Knowledge of functional or object-oriented programming
• Technically strong in React-Redux/Mobx development and deep understanding of core mobile concepts such as lifecycle, UI, networking, caching, device features, etc
• Experiences with automated testing suites, like Jest or Mocha
• Experience integrating third-party frameworks. Worked with logging and capturing user navigation and app usage to Analytics and Crashlytics for understanding the most used features by users.
• Knowledge of mobile security and cryptography is an advantage.
• Good working knowledge of tools such as Git, JIRA, Jenkins, or any tools that are similar to these.
• Experience with agile methodology is preferred
• Good communication skills
• Good knowledge of app telemetry integration & app performance management
• Have published at least 2 React Native apps on Play Store & Appstore

• Implement robust app architectures and complex user interfaces
• Component Design and coding new features. includes unit tests, debugs, and solves defects
• Component Design/Coding/Unit Testing/Debugging
• Responsible for designing app architecture and integration design to various external systems (APIs, 3rd Party SDK)
• Follow best practices using React Native Guidelines
• Understand reacting design patterns like HOC, Render Props, and their applications.
• Good understanding of atomic design principles
• Experience with CSS-in-js / styled-components
• Good understanding of Android & iOS working principles, Release process
• Ability to multi-task under pressure and work independently with minimal supervision
• Work on high-performance consumer-facing apps
• Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds.
• Good understanding of server-side templating languages (such as jade, EJS, and pug).
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes.
• Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests.
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as HTML5, SCSS, and CSS3.
• Ability to make recommendations on UI design and UX best practices.

• 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.

Android Mobile Developer

The ideal candidate will be passionate about providing the best experience to our user community from UI/UX design to speed and performance.  You will think critically to develop native apps for Android mobile devices.  You’ll instrument, measure, optimize and build high quality architectures and code in areas such as Search, Transaction Management and Profile Management.

General Responsibilities:

• End-to-end Android application development that will produce elegant features that our users will love
• Coding alongside the team (comprised of designers and product managers) developing features for our mobile apps
• Produce high quality software that is unit tested, code reviewed, and checked in regularly for continuous integration.
• Understand where to make architectural trade-offs applying synchronous and asynchronous design patterns
• Provide solid feedback on good mobile UI/UX design practices and ways to reduce any user friction

Requirements:

• 5+ years developing extensively with Java 
• 7+ years experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions
• Knowledge of UI and animation frameworks, touch user interface, and MVP application design
• Strong expertise in developing enterprise mobile applications using Google’s Android SDK( e.g. packaging, emulators, adb, etc)
• Familiar with deploying to Google’s app store and staged rollouts
• Extensive programming experience in Java and/or Kotlin
• Experience with relational databases (transactional and non-transactional), database architecture, and distributed transaction management
• Experience with consuming third-party libraries and APIs
• Strong understanding of working with REST services, databases, caching strategies & asynchronous calls is a must
• Good understanding of software development lifecycle along with working knowledge of SCM with strong emphasis on Git and Jira
• BA/BS Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or related practical experience.

• Build pixel-perfect UIs across both mobile platforms.
• Leverage native APIs for deep integrations with both platforms.
• Diagnose and fix bugs and performance bottlenecks for performance that feels native.
• Maintain code and write automated tests to ensure the product is of the highest quality.

• 1- 3 years as a professional software developer.
• Experience with React, React Native and Redux
• Experience with at least one native mobile platform (bonus points if you moved to React Native from iOS or Android development).
• Firm grasp of the JavaScript language and its nuances, including ES6+ syntax. Knowledge in TypeScript is a plus point.
• Knowledge of functional and object-oriented programming.
• Familiarity with native build tools, like Xcode & Android Studio.
• Understanding of REST APIs, the document request model, and offline storage.

Skill:-

• Candidate must be strong in logic and programming
• Perform all phases of software development life-cycle, including application design, programming, testing (unit and system level), internal documentation of code.
• Strong knowledge Native Android APIs
• Experience with internet technologies such as JSON, XML, HTTP, REST, AWS, MySQL
• Experience with analytics, crash reporting and other
• Core Data and integration with downstream REST APIs & services
• Familiarity with JavaScript frameworks like jQuery, AngularJS is plus
• Ability to work in a variety of client settings and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
• Strong communication and client-facing skills with the ability to work in a consulting

• Strong knowledge of Android SDK. 

• Experience with Android Studio and Gradle Build System. 

• 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.

• Knowledge of the open-source Android ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks.

• Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications.

• Experience working in Git, Jira and other productivity tools. 

• Familiarity with Kotlin is helpful.