Android Developer

Key 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.

Key Skills

1. Extensive knowledge of mobile app development. This includes the whole process, from the first line of code to publishing in the store(s).

2. Deep knowledge of mobile platforms on which the app runs, e.g., Android, iOS etc.

3. Proficient in HTML, CSS, Javascript, React, React Native, Node whichever language you use in the app.

4. Proficiency with writing automated tests in JUnit, Espresso, Mocha, Jest, Enzyme, XCTest, etc. depending on the libraries you use to test

5. Familiarity with RESTful APIs and mobile libraries for networking.

6. Familiarity with the JSON format.

7. Experience with profiling and debugging mobile applications.

8. Strong knowledge of architectural patterns—MVP, MVC, MVVM, and Clean Architecture—and the ability to choose the best solution for the app.

9. Familiarity with Git and Github.

10. Familiarity with push notifications.

11. Understanding mobile app design guidelines on each platform and being aware of their differences.

• Meeting with the product team to discuss ideas and specifications.
• Establishing strategy and development pipelines.
• Planning and implementing native functionality.
• Transforming design ideas into functional code.
• Designing and building native plugin codes.
• Identifying and fixing code errors and native plugin bottlenecks.
• Ensuring products conform to high industry standards.

You must have prior experience as an Android Developer using Kotlin, Java, Android SDK, Android NDK 

Strong knowledge in 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 

Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git 

Understanding of Google’s Android design principles and interface guidelines

• Have experience  in iOS/Android apps  with Flutter. Either deployed on the AppStore/Google Play or available on Github;
• 3+ years in mobile software development minimum.
• Two year’s developing Flutter applications for mobile
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs;
• Understanding of the Agile development life-cycle;
• Experience with automated testing and building;
• Experience with Git, SVN, or other version control tools;
• Proven experience in writing readable code, creating extensive documentation for existing code, and refactoring previously written code

• Java/Swift experience;
• Understanding of Android Keyboard API;
• Experience with optimizing applications for Material Design.

• Building and Designing advanced Android applications for the Android platform.
• Cross-functional team collaboration to design, define and ship new features.
• To use and work with outside APIs and data sources.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience specifically on MVVM architecture creating B2C applications.
• Should have developed at least 1 app from scratch.
• Good knowledge in Java
• Excellent debugging skills
• Good understanding of Kotlin, jetpack components, Android Studio, Android NDK, etc
• Experience and understanding of large and complex code bases and architectures
• Experience in API design, SDK architecture, and mobile software lifecycle development practices
• Strong UX/UI design exposure and experience in making apps work intuitively and with pixel perfect interfaces

The Must-Haves

• Should have developed at least 1 app from scratch.
• Good knowledge in Java
• Excellent debugging skills
• Good understanding of Kotlin, jetpack components, Android Studio, Android NDK, etc
• Experience and understanding of large and complex code bases and architectures
• Experience in API design, SDK architecture, and mobile software lifecycle development practices
• Strong UX/UI design exposure and experience in making apps work intuitively and with pixel perfect interfaces
• Strong CS fundamentals  (with competencies in algorithms and data structures)

Albatronix Consulting is hiring "Flutter Developer" for one of its clients LeverageEdu.

About Leverage Edu:

At Leverage Edu, we are democratizing access to global opportunities for students everywhere. By helping students make the right career choices with the aid of information and pathways that they can trust, we are opening doors to opportunities they could not access without the right guidance and support. Making sense of the complex web of courses, colleges, careers, and geographies is a tough task – by leveraging technology but connecting with students at a personal level we help them maximize their potential. To build towards this goal we are looking for people with the ambition and hustle to make the world a smaller place and get people closer to their dream opportunities. We are building at a breakneck speed in one of the fastest-growing industries in the world and the opportunities for growth are limitless.

About the Role: 

As a tech-based student admissions platform, technology plays a vital role in our daily business impact decisions. As a Flutter Developer, you are required to develop features for LeverageEdu's applications. Have an immense sense of ownership and responsibility for the work assigned and timely completion of deadlines. You'll be working closely with top school graduates, ex-McKinsey, BCG, Deloitte, EY, Byju's, Paytm employees to establish, nurture and grow business across categories and territories. This is an amazing opportunity to learn from an extraordinary team, grow massively and help students around the globe build awesome careers for themselves.

What you will do: 

• Design, execute and maintain processes across applications and work on bug fixing and improving the overall apps’ performance
• Ensure that the quality, performance, and responsiveness of the applications are top-notch all the time
• Build and maintain the quality of code, organisation, and automation
• Work closely with the tech team, ascertaining the requirements and develop well-defined innovative solutions
• Manage and analyse the working of existing software applications

What you will need: 

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree - preferably in Computer Science
• Have two or more iOS/Android apps developed with Flutter. Either deployed on the AppStore/Google Play or available on Github
• 5+ years in mobile software development
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
• Understanding of the Agile development life-cycle
• 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

What you will get: 

• Industry best perks
• Ground-level view of building out a global Ed-tech company that is going to impact hundreds and thousands of lives
• Be a part of the core team that drives the growth of the company
• Phenomenal work environment, with massive ownership and great growth opportunities

• 3+ years of experience in native android app development.
• Strong programming experience in Core Java, Android SDK
• Experience working with Kotlin is a plus
• Experience working with Media player
• Experience working with offline app & content security, Encryption and Decryption  
• Experience working with FCM 
• Experience with web services integration, REST API framework, social media and other third party integrations
• Write good quality code, unit tests, automation and performing code reviews.
• Should have Experience of Social Integration.
• Ready to take complete ownership of multiple products, work alone on project if required  
• Good knowledge in Android services/Framework layer and its debugging
• Experience with version control systems, preferably Git.
• Shipped multiple Android Applications that are currently available in the Google Play Store
• Good knowledge of data structures, algorithms and time/space complexity analysis.

• Good problem solving abilities.

• Ability to communicate well with Product and Engineering Team

• Experience with a start-up would be added advantage.