Android Developer

Why Blaze?

Blaze Web Services Pvt Ltd is a technology partner and vendor for notable international eCommerce businesses. We are expanding our development teams with "Star" Developers who can improve existing mobile apps with better performance and techniques.

Job Roles and Responsibility:

1. Develop and build mobile apps for iOS & Android devices using React Native Framework.

2. Integrate Web API into the mobile app code base.

3. Manage 3rd Party API Integrations in the code base.

4. Develop clean, secure, extensible, reusable, and maintainable code meeting existing architectural objectives.

5. Enhance the app performance with quick responsive functionalities.

6. Integrate UI view codes into the app code base.

7. Collaborate with the team to Design > Develop & Launch new versions

Skills required:

1. Sound development knowledge in React Native

2. Good understanding of the e-Commerce concept

3. Knowledge of REST/JSON APIs & PUSH Notifications

4. Ability to create APK / xCode Builds

5. Good hands-on experience in GIT

Experience: 3+ Years

Mention your app's app store and play store link in your resume while you apply.

Job Location: Madurai - Tamil Nadu.

What does the core role include?

• Designing and developing high-volume, low-latency applications for mission-critical systems and delivering high-availability and performance
• Designing stateless components in React Native
• Contributing in all phases of the development lifecycle
• Working with the developers to create and maintain a robust framework to support the apps
• Working with the developers to build the interface with a focus on usability features
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What else can you expect in the role?

• Prepare and produce releases of software components
• Optimizing performance for the apps
• Problem-solving skills, analytical mind, and positive attitude
• Ability to think from end users perspective and focused on improving the overall product experience.
• Deliver across the entire app life cycle concept, design, build, deploy, test, release to app stores and support
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What can fetch you brownie points?

• Hands on experience with React Native is required
• Hands-on experience in React Native APIs, ReactJS, Javascript, ECMAScript (OOJS) and JSX.
• Strong understanding of JavaScript ecosystem
• Hands on experience on Android in creating Hybrid / Native applications
• Demonstrable UI/UX experience on a large-scale app.
• Thorough understanding of React Native development tools like IDEs (Nuclide, Atom, Sublime Text, or Visual
• Good knowledge of JS frameworks like ReactJS is a plus.

Desired Skills and Experience

Hybrid Apps,React Native, Native iOS and Android Architecture understanding

• Write clean, high-quality, high-performance and maintainable code
• Solve complex technical problems
• Perform an objective analysis of the problem statement and come up with an unbiased technical solution before writing a single line of code
• Coordinate cross-functionally to ensure the project meets business objectives and compliance standards
• Participate in and drive code reviews

• Excellent attention to detail.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated expertise in building production-grade and high-performance applications.
• Must be a self-starter who can work well with minimal-to-no guidance in a fluid environment.
• Must be excited by challenges surrounding the development of highly scalable & distributed systems.
• Agility and ability to adapt quickly to changing requirements and scope and priorities.
• Object-oriented software development experience.
• Experience building Android applications in Java/Kotlin using Android SDK.
• Strong focus on high-quality mobile UI experiences.
• Experience building maintainable and testable code bases, including API design and unit testing techniques
• Experience with multithreading programming and mobile memory management.
• Experience with open source libraries like Retrofit, RxJava, Dagger 2, Lottie.

• Experience in Javascript/React JS/Flutter is a plus.
• Bonus points for open-source contributions, side-projects, blog posts, and YT tech videos.

• BS in Computer Science (or related field)
• 4-5 years of relevant work experience

Location : Bengaluru

Experience: 2 - 4 yrs

Semaai is an Agritech startup backed by the top International VCs. We are on a mission to uplift the livelihood and income of 55 million farmers in Indonesia through a highly trusted network of MSMEs(Toko Tanis) and farmer groups.

Agriculture in Indonesia is one of the biggest untapped opportunities in Asia as it is a $100 Billion economy but one of the least digitised sectors even though the country has the fourth-highest mobile user base in the world. We aim to be the first full-stack upstream solution for farmers and Agri SMEs with a focus on inputs, advisories, and Agri finance.

We are building the Engineering Founding Team @Semaai, and looking for members who are enthusiastic, and love a high level of autonomy.

Milestones:

• Launched our first product (Agriculture Input Products Marketplace) in August’21 in 3 weeks
• Onboarded most of the Central Java distributors on our marketplace
• 20% WOW growth in revenue
• 20% WOW growth of active user base

Link to our product:

• Mobile: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.semaai.toko

Who we are:

Semaai's co-founders are ex Entrepreneurs, from Goldman Sachs, World Bank, and Schlumberger, with 30 years of rich experience in the technology, agri-business, and development sector in Indonesia and India.

We might be a right fit if you:

• Have 2-4 yrs of experience in Android development
• More than 1 year experience in Kotlin
• Sufficient experience in Problem solving
• Experience and knowledge of MVVM architecture
• Experience with Android UI themes, styles, and attributes
• Understand the Data Structures
• Startup experience is a plus plus

Why should you join:

• We believe increasing the income of farmers and MSMEs will speed up their upward social mobility
• We want to build products that create a positive impact on this truly underserved segment.
• End-to-end ownership — for any given project, we have one person who is responsible. While they don’t necessarily have to do all the work themselves, it’s their job to make sure all the work gets done.
• Bias towards action — we launch betas and prototypes as early as we can. This helps ensure that we’re building what users want.
• Inclusive culture — a core part of our culture is our commitment to building an actively inclusive work environment that makes Semaai an excellent home for everyone.

**We look forward to working with people who have similar beliefs and goals.

What you’ll do:

• Dedication to keeping the highest quality, maintainability, and flexibility in code by strictly adhering to best practices and guidelines
• Architect and build projects using Kotlin for Android
• Take all Android technical decisions on high level and low level design
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the application
• Work with other teams to solve technical problems
• Work with the founders, user research, and product design to understand users and address their needs.
• Collaborate with other developers to set best practices, and standards for development across the organization and help shape a culture of technology-first product building.

Interview Process:

After a technical screening round, we will have two rounds of technical interviews 45 mins each within 72 hours. The first technical interview will be focused on logical reasoning and CS fundamentals, and the second will be on the basics of android and logical reason. If all goes well, we extend the offer within 48 Hours.

e are looking for a strong mobile app developer who welcomes both engineering and maintenance tasks. The primary focus will be to implement new user interfaces and features together with automated unit and integration tests.
You will be working with our candid and collaborative team, where your knowledge and advice about application architecture and the newest mobile technologies will be highly appreciated. The code you write will need to be cleanly organized and of the highest quality. You’ll also help ensure solid application performance and an excellent user experience.

Skills and Qualifications
Deep Knowledge in Flutter with 2+ years of active development.
Extensive knowledge about mobile app development. This includes the whole process, from the first line of code to publishing in the store(s)
Familiarity with RESTful APIs and mobile libraries for networking
Familiarity with the JSON format
Experience with profiling and debugging mobile applications.
Familiarity with Git, Firebase and push notifications systems
Duties and 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.
Knowledge on native android and ios development would be an added advantage.

• Translate product designs and features into high-quality code within project constraints through diligent planning and attention to detail.
• Design and develop efficient reusable components. Follow SDLC best practices by ensuring coding and testing standards.
• Take the lead to maintain and refactor code and remedy performance bottlenecks.
• Collaborate with different tech teams, product teams, and QA. Exhibit excellent teamwork and help achieve team goals. Keep key stakeholders informed about progress and problems; avoid surprises.
• Work to architect simple, reliable, and elegant applications. Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.
• Identify and communicate improvements to development tools, processes & workflows. Contribute to a collaborative work environment and a culture of ownership.
• Participate in understanding problems for our specific target and finding solutions for them.

• Strong knowledge of Android design principles, patterns, and best practices.
  Good problem-solving skills and verse with OOPs fundamentals.
• Proficiency in Java, Kotlin, and a solid understanding of Android SDK and other components (MVP/MVVM, Architecture components, Jetpack, Dagger, RxJava, Coroutines, Data binding, Retrofit, etc).
• Knowledge of clean architecture and its implementation.
• Proficient with developing apps optimized for different android versions and devices of varying performance.
• Strong system design and architecture skills.
• Experience with multi-threading, memory management, databases.
• Experience in working with REST APIs, JSON, XML, etc.
• Experience/Knowledge of unit testing and integration testing.
• A knack for profiling, performance tuning, and optimization.
  Skills that will give you an edge
• Hands-on experience with supporting payments and integrating payment gateways
• Experience with progressive web apps, service workers
• Strong grasp over frontend unit and end-to-end testing frameworks