Android Developer

Job Description

We are looking for a React Native developer interested in building performant mobile apps on both the iOS and Android platforms. You will be responsible for architecting and building these applications, as well as coordinating with the teams responsible for other layers of the product infrastructure. Building a product is a highly collaborative effort, and as such, a strong team player with a commitment to perfection is required.

Responsibilities

• Build pixel-perfect, buttery smooth 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.
• Reach out to the open source community to encourage and help implement mission-critical software fixes—React Native moves fast and often breaks things.
• Maintain code and write automated tests to ensure the product is of the highest quality.
• Transition existing React web apps to React Native.
• Firebase and cloud function expereince would be huge plus

Skills

• Firm grasp of the JavaScript (and TypeScript ) language and its nuances, including ES6+ syntax
• Knowledge of (functional or object-oriented) programming
• Ability to write well-documented, clean Javascript code
• Rock solid at working with third-party dependencies and debugging dependency conflicts
• Familiarity with native build tools, like XCode, Gradle (Android Studio, IntelliJ)
• Understanding of REST APIs, the document request model, and offline storage
• Experience with automated testing suites, like (Jest or Mocha)

We are looking for a React Native developer interested in building performant mobile apps on both the iOS and Android platforms.

You will be responsible for architecting and building these applications, as well as coordinating with the teams responsible for other layers of the product infrastructure. Building a product is a highly collaborative effort, and as such, a strong team player with a commitment to perfection is required.

Responsibilities:

1. Build pixel-perfect, buttery smooth UIs across both mobile platforms.
2. Leverage native APIs for deep integrations with both platforms.
3. Diagnose and fix bugs and performance bottlenecks for performance that feels native.
4. Reach out to the open-source community to encourage and help implement mission-critical software fixes—React Native moves fast and often breaks things.
5. Maintain code and write automated tests to ensure the product is of the highest quality.
6. Transition existing React web apps to React Native.

###Are you a React Native Developer?

This is not a usual job description where after reading the roles and responsibilities you are still unclear about the work you’ll be doing and how your contributions will impact the customers.

Here, we’ll tell you exactly what you’re getting into and you decide for yourself if we’re worthy of your application.

Deal? Let’s do it!

About Us:

StockPe is gamifying financial education for young Indians thereby making them financially educated. We are a small team of awesome people who are in love with finance. 

Team, culture & stuff!

Oh, this is our favorite part. We’ve seen companies that write 'templatized' BS for this section; stuff that’s never followed in reality. Not us. Here are some of our core values to give you a sense of who we are as a team:

• Customer is our religion

• Freedom and Responsibilities - We give you a deadline and you have the freedom to do it according to you

• The team is above everything

• Simplify and innovate - No complex process in StockPe, always make it simple through innovation

• Experiment and think big - Nothing is exciting than this, constantly experiment with things and think out of the box

• Shap up or ship out - We provide weekly feedback on your performance to help you grow

Not convinced yet? Okay, here’s the fun stuff:

• We don't track time - Flexible working hours :

• Remote first - Work from anywhere

• The young and geographically distributed team across India

• Save & invest - We help you invest some portion of your stipend for your future

• We do parties and crack lame jokes

Your Impact:

As a financial education platform, we expect you to have a holistic understanding of finance/capital markets (Stocks, etc).

StockPe is a highly collaborative environment and we are looking for a capable team member, skilled in eliciting, capturing, and integrating ideas into our mobile app. We expect strong logic building and great attention to time management.

Responsibilities:

• Build pixel-perfect, smooth UIs across mobile platforms.

• Diagnose and fix bugs and performance bottlenecks for performance that feels native

• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code.

• Maintain and write high-quality code to ensure the product is seamless and bug-free.

• Participate in Agile development, POC development, brainstorming, etc.

• Coordinate and collaborate with other members for smooth and swift development.

Skills required:

• Expert-level knowledge of React Native

• Good working knowledge of state management library Redux

• Good knowledge of REST APIs and WebSockets

• Good grasp of JavaScript language and its nuances, including ES6+ syntax

• Experience in 3rd party integration

• An avid follower of the best practices, optimization strategies, and design pattern

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