Android Developer

Hiring for a Series E, Bay Area based 3.1 Billion USD rapidly growing organisation focused on payments, marketing and customer loyalty. You will be responsible for development of alternative payments based on blockchain technologies.

Position: Senior / Lead Engineer –Android

Location: Bangalore (Currently remote but post pandemic you need to relocate)

Roles & Responsibilities

• Design and development of apps for Androidin, Kotlin and JAVA
• Follow Google user interface guidelines and principles of material design
• Ensure performance and maintainability of the apps
• Code review and guidance to other team members to make sure code quality is as desired.
• Researching new frameworks and adapting the best of them in app development.

Skills Required

• Expert knowledge of Kotlin and JAVA
• Expert knowledge of Architectural patterns like MVC, MVVM and Clean Architecture.
• Expert understanding of Androidrun time model
• Experience with offline caching, threading and task management.
• Experience with object oriented design patterns.
• Experience with push notifications and Firebase or other similar PaaS systems.
• An Eye for design details, following pixel perfect designs.
• Experience with 3rd party libraries like okhttp, volley , Soket.io, Realm, Firebase, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, RX Kotlin / JAVA.
• Team management skills.

1. Proven working experience in Android app development and published at least one original Android app.
2. 1-3 years of experience in Android using the java language 
   Familiarity with architecture styles/APIs.
3. Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle.
4. Knowledge of MVVM and other Mobile design patterns and best practices.
5. Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications
6. Work in Agile, cross-functional teams and taking responsibility for deliverables
7. Excellent communication skills in both technical and non-technical discussions

About the Role

As an Android Developer, you will own the Android app and strive to deliver the best learning experience out there to our learners that upGrad is known for. You will be responsible for developing features, taking those features to production and maintaining the existing code. Innovative nature and pro-active involvement in the product is taken very seriously at upGrad, therefore, a major part of your role would involve thinking about new features and new ways to deliver quality learning experience to our learners

Skills/Experience

1. Minimum 6+ years of hands-on Android development experience.
2. Strong Java and object-oriented concepts.
3. Solid understanding of Android architectural patterns especially MVVM and their importance in scalable software development process.
4. Strong understanding of Android fundamentals.
5. Experience in Android UI creation.
6. Experience of Android Live Data, Kotlin and Constraint layout would be a huge plus point.

Years of Exp –  Minimum 6-8 

We're looking for a Sr. Android Developer to work on improving the performance and UX for our Android app and build kick ass new features. 

If you love building slick Android apps and pushing the limit on interactions, animations and usability, then this one's for you.

Required Skills:

Worked in app teams with multiple contributors/ team members

Demonstrated understanding of app architecture + best practices

Detail oriented with a focus on app performance and stability

Expertise in UI implementation - interactions, animations and design. We do not always follow material design, so should be comfortable with building custom UI elements

Understanding of how to build online->offline apps using local databases and file storage, and syncing with remote resources

Experience implementing any of the following is a bonus: branch.io , Google Analytics, Flurry, Urban Airship

Understanding of utilizing phone camera and in-app image manipulation is a bonus

Self motivated (we don't micromanage)

Product and design oriented thinking

We're looking for a Sr. Android Developer to work on improving the performance and UX for our Android app and build kick ass new features. 4+ years of experience in Android development is a must, with the ability guide app architecture and development to create high performing apps with stellar UX.

If you love building slick Android apps and pushing the limit on interactions, animations and usability, then this one's for you.

Required Skills:

Worked in app teams with multiple contributors/ team members

Demonstrated understanding of app architecture + best practices

Detail oriented with a focus on app performance and stability

Expertise in UI implementation - interactions, animations and design. We do not always follow material design, so should be comfortable with building custom UI elements

Understanding of how to build online->offline apps using local databases and file storage, and syncing with remote resources

Experience implementing any of the following is a bonus: branch.io , Google Analytics, Flurry, Urban Airship

Understanding of utilizing phone camera and in-app image manipulation is a bonus

Self motivated (we don't micromanage)

Product and design oriented thinking

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Developing app using Flutter for both Android & iOS platforms.
• Writing quality code independently that is simple, reliable, and scalable.
• Evaluating and implementing out-of-the-box ideas for application development.
• Working with the team to manage, optimize, and customize multiple applications.
• Detecting and troubleshooting application issues.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Must have 1+ years of experience in Flutter.Should have worked and successfully deployed apps using Flutter framework.
• Good knowledge of Flutter SDK & Dart programming language.
• Should have worked on mobile platforms like Android or iOS.
• Should have developed & worked with Flutter widgets for iOS & Android with any of the state management solutions like Bloc, Provider, Mobx, etc.
• Mobile app architecture design and optimization. Extreme attention to detail and the ability to match the design as closely as possible.
• Ability to work closely with Product Managers, other development team members.
• Understanding of Functional Reactive Programming is a must.
• Comfortable with Test-Driven Development.

• Min 2-3 years of experience in Mobile App/Android development
• Min 1 year of experience in Kotlin
• Immediate joinee are preferred
• Experience with different programming paradigms, esp. functional and reactive programming
• Strong in writing unit test cases
• Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs
• Familiarity with git and continuous integration
• Proficiency in various software design patterns
• Exposure to agile/scrum
• Excellent communication skill

• Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals and excellent problem-solving skills.
• Good understanding of software engineering practices, Data Structures & Algorithms.
• Solid programming skills in Java/Kotlin.
• Good communication skills.
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Experience in Reactive programming, Asynchronous programming and Unit Testing will be an added advantage.
• 6-10 years of experience in product driven organization.

• 5+ years of industry experience in developing mobile applications, web and/or large-scale enterprise products
• Mobile Development Experience: Swift, Objective-C, and Xcode
• Familiarity with Apple Human Interface Guidelines
• Experience with standard mobile architectures (MVC, MVVM, MVP, etc)
• Ability to effectively apply software design patterns and architectural principles
• Knowledgeable in building complex user interfaces
• Skillful at writing effective unit and behavioral tests
• Experience with software development processes (Agile, Scrum, Kanban, etc)

Your responsibilities include:

• Work on the LOTR (Locus on the road) app which is native app in Android in a small team of 3 engineers
• Apart from the app, there is LOTR SDK also which is in nascent stage. The role would require building up the SDK as well
• Write maintainable code with around 80% unit test coverage. Do PR (pull request) review of fellow engineers on the app
• If you are adventurous - opportunity will be provided to work on the backend API to which the LOTR app/SDK will communicate to. Backend is in all java
• We have some created some cool stuff around selective app upgrade setup. Also, our app development process is under CI/CD so you don’t have to build & release app manually.

Requirements:

• 2 - 6 year experience as Android developer in a product based company

Perks:

• Healthy catered meals at office
• You decide your own Work From Home (WFH) and Out Of Office (OOO)
• Pet-friendly - bring your pets to the office any day. Locus family already has a Rottweiler and a Beagle

Skills

ANDROID, MOBILE APPLICATION, Java, KOTLIN