Android Developer

Company Description

Sciflare Technologies Pvt. Ltd. is a 10+ years dynamic and innovative IT and software development company located in Chennai. With a strong presence in the US, Europe, and UAE, we specialize in various domains, including AI, Gaming, Banking, Fintech, Fantasy Sports, IT, E-commerce, Logistics, Healthcare, and On-Demand Services. Our team of over 40 talented professionals is dedicated to delivering cutting-edge solutions that drive our clients' success. Our top clients include Provident Bank, Century Financial, HDFC Life, The New Indian Express, Cisco, and EROS Group.

Join us and be a part of a company that thrives on creativity, technology, and excellence.

CHANCE TO WORK WITH APPS WITH 10LAKH CONCURRENT USERS IN GAMING INDUSTRY

Role Description

• You are a champion at Code reviews and Unit/Mock/integration Tests
• You have a strong sense of ownership of what you design and deploy
• You provide strong technical mentorship to team members
• You are an excellent team player
• You continuously learn and improve

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior React Native Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will lead and manage software development projects across diverse domains such as Gaming, Banking, Fintech, Fantasy Sports, IT, E-commerce, Logistics, Healthcare, and On-Demand Services. You will be responsible for ensuring the successful delivery of projects, meeting deadlines, and exceeding client expectations.

Skill Sets

• Startup Experience: Proven track record of taking ownership of projects and delivering impactful results in a startup environment.
• Relevant Experience: 3-9 years of experience in mobile app development, with a strong focus on building high-performance, scalable, and maintainable React Native applications.
• React Native Expertise: Extensive experience with React Native, including deep knowledge of its ecosystem, libraries, and tools.
• JavaScript & TypeScript: Proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript, with experience in writing clean, maintainable, and efficient code.
• Mobile Development: Hands-on experience in developing cross-platform mobile applications for both iOS and Android, with a strong understanding of platform-specific guidelines and best practices.
• State Management: Proficiency with state management solutions such as Redux, MobX, or Context API.
• APIs & Integration: Experience integrating with RESTful APIs and GraphQL endpoints, with a strong understanding of asynchronous data fetching and state management.
• UI/UX Design: Strong understanding of UI/UX principles and experience working with designers to implement user-friendly interfaces and improve app usability.
• Testing & Debugging: Experience with mobile testing frameworks and tools such as Jest, Detox, or Appium. Skilled in debugging and performance optimization for mobile applications.
• Version Control & CI/CD: Experience with Git, pull requests, and CI/CD pipelines. Familiarity with tools like GitLab, GitHub, or Bitbucket.
• Agile Practices: Experience working in Agile environments, with a solid understanding of SCRUM and related methodologies.
• Collaboration & Communication: Excellent teamwork and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively in a remote or distributed team setting.
• Solutions-Oriented: Ability to tackle complex problems with a solutions-oriented mindset, adapting to the fast pace and challenges of startup life.

Responsibilities

• Scalable Architecture: Lead the design and implementation of scalable mobile architectures that ensure performance, reliability, and maintainability of React Native applications.
• Informed Decisions: Make architectural and technical decisions that align with the companys business objectives and technical strategy.
• Code Quality & Standards: Maintain high standards of code quality through regular code reviews, adhering to best practices and industry standards.
• User Experience: Work closely with UX/UI designers to ensure that applications provide a seamless and engaging user experience.
• Performance Optimization: Optimize mobile applications for speed, responsiveness, and efficiency, ensuring a smooth user experience across both iOS and Android platforms.
• Testing & Debugging: Implement comprehensive testing strategies to identify and address issues early in the development cycle, ensuring reliable and high-quality releases.
• Collaboration: Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other developers to understand user requirements and deliver features that meet user needs and project goals.
• Continuous Learning: Stay current with the latest trends, technologies, and best practices in React Native and mobile development to drive innovation and improvement.
• Autonomy: Take ownership of projects and tasks, working independently and effectively without the need for constant supervision.
• Simplicity: Strive for simplicity and elegance in your code and solutions, avoiding unnecessary complexity.
• Proactive Problem Solving: Anticipate and address potential issues before they arise, contributing to the overall success of the team and project.
• Solution-Oriented: Focus on delivering practical solutions to problems, going beyond just writing code to contribute to the overall success of the product.

Life@Sciflare:

• An exciting & lively workplace gives you the chance to work in an environment where you may unleash your creativity and inventiveness to the best extent possible.
• Work in a collaborative setting where your cooperative team contributes new perspectives to your objectives and forges strong bonds.
• Growth mindset: You are nurtured through each stage of your professional advancement by learning and unlearning new things.

The role is office-based, working from Monday to Friday 9:00 AM to 06:00 PM & all Saturdays & Sundays are off.

The Mobile Application Developer will be the primary resource responsible for Envoy’s mobile offering.  They will develop improvements using Ionic, as well as manage deployment to the appropriate app stores.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop solutions in Ionic with focus on building scalable, maintainable and secure code, while providing an intuitive, modern user experience
• Actively collaborate with business, production support, and other software engineers
• Maintain the mobile apps status and manage deployments to Google’s and Apple’s app stores
• Keep up to date and champion the latest mobile technology and methodologies

Position Requirements:

• At least 7 years of experience with mobile development OR a modern web platform such as Angular, React or Vue.js
• At least 2 years of experience and demonstrated expert knowledge of Ionic.
• Experience with maintaining and deploying mobile applications to Google’s and Apple’s app stores
• Ability to “own” a project and be a strong contributor without constant management.
• Strong written, verbal and presentation skills

Envoy Global is an equal opportunity employer and will recruit, hire, train and promote into all job levels the most qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identification, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other protected classification.

This person MUST have:

• B.E Computer Science or equivalent.
• Demonstrable portfolio of released applications on the Android market with experience in Android development. 
• In-depth knowledge of at least one programming language like Kotlin 
• Strong knowledge of how to work with RESTful APIs 
• Strong Familiarity with OOP design principles 
• Integrate with our backend web services to deliver better and faster user experience 
• Strong knowledge of version control (i.e. git, svn, etc.) 
• Ability to performance tune and scale applications 
• Agile development experience 
• Experience working at a software product company is a major plus  
• Passion to learn and develop new skills continuously 
• Strong sense of ownership in every application they build 
• Working with highly collaborative and dynamic team environments 

Experience:

• Min 3 year experience
• Startup experience is a must.
   

Location:

• Remotely, anywhere in India

Timings:

• 40 hours a week but with 4 hours a day overlapping with client timezone.  Typically clients are in California PST Timezone.

Position:

• Full time/Direct
• We have great benefits such as PF, medical insurance, 12 annual company holidays, 12 PTO leaves per year, annual increments, Diwali bonus, spot bonuses and other incentives etc.
• We dont believe in locking in people with large notice periods.  You will stay here because you love the company.  We have only a 15 days notice period.

• Designing and building advanced applications for the Android platform
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to define, design and ship new features
• Unit-testing code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability
• Working on bug fixing and improving application performance
• Continuously discovering, evaluating and implementing new technologies to maximize development efficiency

What you need to have:

• 3 to 6 years Android app development experience
• Hands on experience in developing high performance mobile applications
• Strong knowledge of Java,Kotlin,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
• Ability to design applications around natural user interfaces, such as touch
• Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications
• Familiarity with the use of additional sensors, such as gyroscopes and accelerometer
• Must have experience in BLE and BT
• Good understanding of unit, system and end to end testing and automation of mobile applications/ Android applications
• Familiarity with the MVC and MVVM design patterns
• Knowledge of the open-source ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks
• Experience building, testing and distributing native apps that consume RESTful services
• Hands-on coding, systems analysis, design and delivery of projects assigned
• At least three native applications deployed in the play-store
• Proficiency in code versioning tools such as GIT

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.

Requirements 

- You will be working with our engineers to develop and maintain high-quality mobile applications for both platforms as Android and iOS.

- Ultimately, you should be able to design and build the next generation of our mobile applications.

Job Responsibilities and Required Skills :

- Experience with React Js, React Native, JavaScript including DOM Manipulation and the JavaScript object model.

- Thorough understanding of React Native and its core Principles.

- Hands-on experience on React Native Framework at least 3 years.

- Good Knowledge of HTML5, CSS.

- Familiarity with code versioning tools (Such as Git, SVN or Mercurial)

- Familiarity with RESTful APIs

- Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools.

- Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Web pack, NPM etc.

- Experience with Native Mobile app deployment on App store and google play store.

What you need to have:

Responsibilities

• Developing new features and user interfaces from wireframe models
• Ensuring the best performance and user experience of the application
• Fixing bugs and performance problems
• Writing clean, readable, and testable code
• Cooperating with back-end developers, designers, and the rest of the team to deliver well-architected and high-quality solutions

Qualifications

• Desire to work in a startup environment, able to self-manage and work remotely
• Must have built apps on Android and/or iOS apps with Flutter/ React Native/ Xamarin/ Ionic/cordova etc
• Proven working experience in software development
• Working experience in mobile development
• Have published one or more mobile apps in Google Play or App Store
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies
• Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle, including automated testing and building
• Experience working in an agile development process
• Be proficient in using version control and continuous integration, with tools such as Git and Jenkins.
• Write clear, maintainable and testable code