Android Developer

Job Title: Senior Android Developer / Lead Engineer (Java | Kotlin | Android)

Experience Required

• 10+ years of overall software development experience
• Strong hands-on expertise in Java, Kotlin, and Android development

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Android Engineer with deep expertise in Android OS internals, system-level development, and strong hands-on coding ability. The role demands strong technical leadership, architectural thinking, and the ability to design and build scalable, high-performance Android applications with system-level integrations.

This is a hands-on technical role (not people management) with focus on architecture, design, and complex problem solving.

Key Responsibilities

1. Android Application Development

• Design, develop, and maintain advanced Android applications using Java and Kotlin
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code with strong adherence to OOP principles
• Participate in hands-on coding, debugging, and code reviews

2. Android Framework & System-Level Development

• Work with Android OS-level APIs including:
• Services
• Binder IPC
• AIDL
• System services
• Understand and implement system-level integrations

3. Low-Level & Hardware Interaction

• Exposure to Kernel / Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL)
• Work on device-level integrations such as:
• Sensors
• Bluetooth
• Other hardware peripherals

4. Performance & Stability Engineering

• Identify and resolve performance issues including:
• ANR (Application Not Responding)
• Memory leaks and optimization
• Ensure application stability and efficient resource usage

5. Concurrency & Multithreading

• Build robust multi-threaded applications
• Strong understanding of:
• Concurrency models
• Synchronization mechanisms
• Thread safety and race condition handling

6. System Design & Architecture

• Design scalable, modular, and maintainable Android applications
• Define architecture patterns and enforce best practices
• Contribute to system-level design decisions

7. Technical Leadership (Hands-on)

• Provide technical direction and mentorship to engineering team members
• Guide design and implementation decisions
• Conduct architecture and code reviews
• Remain actively involved in coding and technical problem solving

Preferred / Good to Have

• Exposure to IoT domain
• Exposure to HVAC systems or related embedded domains

Must-Have Skills Summary

• 10+ years Android development experience
• Strong Java, Kotlin, Android expertise
• Deep knowledge of Android internals and system APIs
• Strong OOP and coding skills (coding assessment required)
• Experience with performance tuning and memory management
• Strong understanding of multithreading and concurrency
• System design and architecture expertise
• Hands-on technical leadership

Responsibilities:

• Write high quality code & unit tests, builds, tests as per agreed timelines.
• Follows and promotes SDLC best practices: Coding standard, testing, code reviews, code comments etc.
• Keeps key stakeholders informed about progress and problems; avoids surprises.
• Organises and expresses ideas clearly and concisely.
• Exhibits excellent teamwork and helps achieve team goals.

Requirements:

• Exhibits strong problem solving skills.
• 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.
• 0-3 years of experience in product driven organisation.
• A Bachelors or Masters degree in engineering from a reputed institute (preferably IITs, NITs, or other top engineering institutes)

Technologies we're working with:

• MVP, JAVA and Kotlin, Realm, Firebase Real-time Database, RxJava, Kotlin, Coroutines, Dagger and Retrofit.

Location : Chennai

Experience : 1 - 3 Years

Job type : Permanent

What you must have:

• Experience in iOS Development and / or apps on Apple store and must have handled atleast 2 projects.
• Software Development experience in Java, MVC / MVVM pattern, Objective C, Swift development.
• Familiarity with SDK Integrations, APNS, Cocoapods, Carthage, Networking, JSON structuring and working with REST APIs.
• Experience in collaborating on software projects using Git based Version Control Systems (FYI, we use Bitbucket).
• Bonus Points if you have:
• Have a basic knowledge of how Android Development works (for collaborating with the Android team and developing programming patterns which works for both Android & iOS)
• Have experience working in an E-Commerce project
• Have worked with graphic & memory optimization in apps
• Have a Github account with some cool projects in it.
• Have scary but amazing debugging skills.

Expectations:

• Passion to be a part of the Startup who are building something bigger than themselves.
• Ability to take responsibility and ownership of their roles and work through the challenges in a startup team.
• Your typical week:
• iOS Development of our Core product
• Keeping up with product release cycle

Skills:

• iOS Development, Version Control, CocoaPods, Storyboard, iOS Mobile Automation, Mobile Application Testing - Android iOS