Android Developer

Role : Android Lead

Company Overview :

This is a platform for creators, influencers and celebrities to grow, manage and monetise their community. It is aimed at both established and aspiring online creators who want to pursue their passion. Our vision is to enable anyone and everyone to make a successful living doing what they enjoy.

Job Summary :

We are looking for an Android Developer who possesses a passion for pushing mobile technologies to the limits. This Android app developer will work with our team of talented engineers to design and build the next generation of our mobile applications. Your primary focus will be the development of Android applications and their integration with back-end services.

Responsibilities :

• Conceptualizing and formulating apps that are suitable for use on all types of Android devices.
• Implementing measures to safeguard users' data.
• Ensuring that the construction and presentation of your apps are congruent with the company's standards.
• Proofreading your code and correcting mistakes before each app is released.
• Collaborating with UI and UX Designers, as well as Software Testers, to ensure that each app is presentable and in perfect working order.
• Liaising with the marketing department to ensure consistency in our company's 'voice' across the board.
• Monitoring app reviews to detect areas for improvement.
• Creating app updates, including bug fixes and additional features, for release.

Requirements

• 2+ yearsof experience as an android developer
• Proficiency in Java, Kotlin, or C++.
• Ability to use the Android Studio, including the Android SDK, with ease.
• Prior experience as an android developer will be advantageous.
• Excellent coding and proofreading skills.
• Top-notch teamwork and communication skills.
• Ability to manage your workload with minimal supervision.
• Unwavering curiosity

Skills:- Java & Kotlin

Create world class apps that have potential of reaching millions of users.

Roles and responsibilities include -
1. Addition of new features to existing app and making sure minimal crash rate and ANR
2. Adding new AI models built by data science team into the android environment 
3. Planning new features with founders and other stakeholders
4. Creating reasonable timelines and making sure delivery according to planned schedules 

● 󰠁 Would work on our Flutter codebase writing cross platform code for both
Android and iOS.
● 🎨 Work closely with product and design to create amazing user experiences.
● 🐜 Watch out and fix production issues, and target on running a smooth
experience.
● 📈 With the help of the rest of the team, you maintain a great app with few bugs
and trustable analytics: KPIs, logs, crash logs, boards.
Above all, you would be the owner of the app side of things. Drive it to success. That
will be the goal.
We are tech/language agnostic when it comes to developers, so the only hard
requirement is to be smart and passionate. That being said, having the skills below will
be an advantage:
● Experience working with Flutter and/or Dart
● Experience with React/React Native (makes it easier to pick up flutter)
● Experience with Native app development (sooner or later you might get to a point
where you need to write native modules as well)

What do we do?

 

About MobileFirst: Mobile design & development studio focusing on great mobile app experiences. We have great exposure working with Startups, Enterprises and Design Studios. MobileFirst has worked with customers from the USA, India, UK, Kenya, and Israel.

We have catered to clients in Automobiles, Paints, Fashion, Sports, Transportation, Food, Music, Coupons, Smart Parking, Uber for X, etc.

 

What are we looking for?

 

• Android Developer with passion working on Android & Android NDK related challenges
• Exposure on Android Application development and deployment 
• Minimum 2+ years experience is required on Android 
• Must have uploaded 3 to 4 Android Applications
• Great command over Android Studio (Gradle-based development) 
• Understanding of Android UI and new UI/ UX trends
• Understanding of Play Store, FCM is required
• Exposure to Kotlin is a plus.

What should you have?

 

• Amazing debugging skills and problem-solving abilities
• Skills of designing and developing advanced applications for the Android platform
• Bug fixing and improving application performance
• Knowledge of Opensource Libraries & Frameworks  
• Command over algorithms, design trends & knowledge about popular applications on App 
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency
• Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle.

Who are we looking for?

 

• Tech Savvy. Fast learner. Leader. 
• Creative self-starter who is comfortable with both taking initiatives and working in collaboration.
• We don't see your college degree or we don't care if you are a dropout. 

Job Perks

• Great Fun Learning exposure
• Training and Seminars on new Technologies
• Startup Experience
• Flexible timings and "work from home" options
• Assignment Incentives
• Training on Vocabulary, Soft Skills, and Personality development
• Team Lunches, Team Outings, Hangouts, and Movies

Lead Engineer - 

Responsibilities:

• Leads a project end-to-end and collaborates across functions. Drives planning, estimation and execution.
• Understands requirements well and comes up with efficient design
• Develops complex, well backed and bug-free products. Estimates accurately.
• Takes well-reasoned tech decisions keeping in mind goals and trade-offs
• Becomes a go-to person in more than one area. Provide technical mentoring to team
• Communicates clearly, gets clarifications and establishes expectations for all parties
• Helps establish SDLC best practices and high standards of code quality
• Demonstrates excellent problem solving & debugging skills
• Proactively identifies and resolves issues in requirements, design and code
• Perform peer code reviews and help us all get better.

 

Requirements:

• Solid experience in JAVA and Kotlin.
• Should have experience in Reactive programming, Asynchronous programming and Unit Testing.
• Has an ability to quickly learn and contribute in multiple codebase.
• Overcomes roadblocks and requires minimal oversight
• Takes initiatives to fix issues/tech debts before assigned to him/her.
• Able to deep dive into codebase and advise QA of possible regression impact.
• Communicates tech decisions through design docs and tech talks.
• Has delivered projects with end-to-end accountability.
• Keeps track of industry trends and introduces right tech/tools for a given job.
• Excellent understanding of software engineering practices, Design Patterns, Data Structures, Algorithms.
• 5+ years of experience in a product-driven organisation.

What You Will Be Doing

• Design And Build Applications

• Ensure The Performance, Quality, And Responsiveness Of Applications

• Collaborate With A Team To Define, Design, And Ship New Features

• Identify And Correct Bottlenecks And Fix Bugs

• Help Maintain Code Quality, Organisation, And Automatisation

What You Need

• Expertise With Flutter.

• Experience Of Connecting Backend With Frontend

• Familiarity With RESTful APIs To Connect Android Applications To Back-End Services.

• Integration Of Payment Gateway.

• Deployment of App on Play Store. 

• Understanding Design Principles And Interface Guidelines

• Get-Things-Done Attitude, And Empathy

• Strong Sense Of Ownership, Drive And An Obsessive Attention To Detail.

• Comfortable With Iterative Development Practices And Code Reviews

• Previous Experience As Part Of A Product Oriented Team Is A Plus

As a Lead Frontend Developer, you will work closely with the Tech Leadership and lead
end-to-end development. We’re looking for people who
● Design and implement large-scale mobile application with React-Native in a fast
paced environment
● Code pixel-perfect UIs across both mobile platforms
● Optimize performance bottlenecks for experience on par with native applications
● Set up best practices for development and drive their adoption
● Have an eye for detail and obsess over implementation quality
● Mentor young minds and build a great team.
What Are We Looking For?
● 3-5 years of experience building mobile applications
● Proficient with React Native with a minimum of 2 years of experience
● Experience in developing and delivering large scale Android and iOS mobile
applications via React-Native
● Engineers who are obsessed with optimizations and are ready to go the extra mile
to deliver the best app experience to the customers
● Firm grasp of the JavaScript language and Typescript(optional)
● Good knowledge of monitoring and tracking down app crashes and bugs using
advanced tools
● Worked in a startup environment with high levels of ownership and commitment
● A growth mindset and passionate about building things from the ground up, and
most importantly, you should be fun to work with

• Developing, releasing, and maintaining native Android Applications and oversee mobile application development efforts.
• Deliver across the entire app life cycle, design, build, deploy, test, release to app stores and support.
• Extensive experience in developing mobile apps using Android SDK with proficiency in Core Java and design patterns.
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of the application.
• Work directly with the product manager to conceptualize, build, test and release products.
• Collaborate with a team to define, design, and ship new features.
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance.
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.
• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs in order to maintain code quality.
• Show leadership and focus on the completion of projects.
• Optimize performance for the app and keep up to date on the latest industry trends in mobile technologies.
• Working within a SCRUM team.

REQUIRED SKILLSETS

• Relevant industry experience of 2+ years.
• Great understanding of Android Development SDK.
• Understanding of Google's Material Design principles and interface guidelines.
• Expertise in Core Java with solid OOD principles and design patterns.
• Experience with Git, Retrofit, JetPack, RxJAVA 2, Kotlin, basic knowledge of NDK.
• Experience with development in Kotlin and Google Activity Tracker applications is a plus.
• Knowledge of Databases like SQL Lite, Realm, Room, etc.
  Conversant with JSON API (i.e. RESTful APIs).
• Should have experience in writing Android Studio Test Cases.
• Experience with SaaS platforms for mobile development like Analytics, Push Notifications, Cloud Storage, Ad Networks, etc.
• Hands-on experience with Android's debugging, unit testing, memory, and performance optimization tools.

 

 

 

Developed Five or more Android apps with Kotlin or Java; either deployed on Google
Play or available on Github
3+ years in mobile software development
Proficiency in Java, Kotlin, or C++.
Ability to use the Android Studio, including the Android SDK, with ease.●
Collaborating with UI and UX Designers, as well as Software Testers, to ensure that
each app is presentable and in perfect working order.
Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
Experience with automated testing and building
Experience with Git, Jenkins, or other version control tools
Ability to write readable code, create extensive documentation for existing code,
and refactor the previously written code into a readable state
Intermediate English skills
BONUS, IF YOU ALREADY KNOW: Flutter or React Native

REQUIREMENTS: 1 Experience in video / multimedia software development 2 Deep understanding of video streaming formats 3 Expertise in media playback components and various DRM implementations RTP / RTSP / RTCP networking protocols 4 Understanding of transport formats such as HLS, RTMP, Smooth Streaming and HDS. 5 Bachelor’s degree (or other equivalent degree) QUALIFICATIONS: 1 Total 8+ years of software development experience and design patterns. 2 Deep understanding of video streaming formats Proficient with Android development, Android NDK, JNI, 3 Expertise in media playback components and various DRM implementations 4 Proficient in Java/J2EE and C++ 5 RTP / RTSP / RTCP networking protocols 6 Multi-threading and synchronization 7 Experience with iOS platform (UI, Core Data, threading, xmpp, animation, Strong oops knowledge, xml, etc.) building apps that have been successfully delivered to customers. 8 Demonstrated ability to develop logic code 9 Ability to work with versioning tools (GIT, SVN, JIRA, etc.). 10 Excellent organizational and problem solving skills. 11 Strong verbal and written English communication skills. 12 Ability to multitask in a fast, dynamic environment and maintain a professional and positive attitude with team members. BENEFITS: 1 We are willing to buyout your existing contract with your current employer to expedite your integration with us. 2 Great compensation. We are willing to offer a meaningful salary increase and/or signing bonus compared to your current employer for your joining the JS TechAlliance team 3 We are willing to offer you a letter of recommendation at commencement of your career at JS TechAlliance 4 Work with the best video technology team on the planet