Android Developer

Position: Android Developer

Experience: 3+ - 10 Years

Location: Mumbai

Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Role

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Senior Android Developer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in Android application and SDK development, proficiency in AIDL (Android Interface Definition Language), and expertise in creating scalable and modular applications using multi-module architecture and MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) patterns.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust Android SDKs and libraries.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new SDK features.
• Implement and manage inter-process communication using AIDL.
• Develop and maintain services and background processes for seamless application functionality.
• Architect scalable multi-module Android applications with proper separation of concerns.
• Utilize the MVVM architecture for clean, testable, and maintainable code.
• Optimize application performance and memory usage.
• Write clean, well-documented, and efficient code while adhering to industry standards.
• Perform code reviews, provide mentorship, and ensure best practices are followed across the development team.
• Debug and resolve issues, ensuring application stability and reliability.
• Stay updated on the latest Android development trends, tools, and frameworks.

Key Skills and Qualifications

• 3-7+ years of professional Android development experience.
• Proven experience in building and maintaining Android SDKs.
• Strong understanding and hands-on experience with AIDL.
• Proficient in Android services, background tasks, and inter-process communication.
• Expertise in multi-module architecture for Android applications.
• Strong understanding of MVVM architecture and data binding.
• Solid knowledge of Android design principles, patterns, and best practices.
• Experience with testing frameworks (e.g., JUnit, Mockito) for unit and integration testing.
• Proficiency with tools like Git, Gradle, and Android Studio.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines for Android projects.
• Knowledge of Kotlin Coroutines and Flow.
• Exposure to performance monitoring and optimization tools.
• Contributions to open-source projects or Android developer communities.
• Experience with Jetpack libraries and Compose. 

Android Developer

Skills Required: -

• Strong knowledge of 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”
• Knowledge of the open-source Android ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications
• A knack for benchmarking and optimization
• Understanding of Google’s Android design principles and interface guidelines
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Familiarity with continuous integration
• Should be good in Socket.io and Google map api integration expert.

Android Developer Requirements:

• Degree in software development, computer science, or similar.
• 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.

Our Mission

Mercari is a Japan-based company with the mission of “create value in a global marketplace where anyone can buy & sell.” Having continuously worked toward this goal since our founding in 2013, we are now transforming from a startup into a global player. While this transformation brings its own specific set of challenges, we believe that solving them one after another will allow us to fully achieve our mission. Are you interested in working together to take on these exciting challenges?

Our Culture

To achieve our mission at Mercari, our organization and each of our employees share the same values and perspectives. Our individual guidelines for action are defined by our three values: Go Bold, All for One, and Be a Pro. Our organization is also shaped by our four foundations: Sustainability, Diversity & Inclusion, Trust & Openness, and Well-being for Performance. Regardless of how big Mercari gets, the culture will remain essential to achieving our mission and something we want to preserve throughout our organization. We invite you to read the “Mercari Culture Doc,” which summarizes the behaviors and mindset shared by Mercari and its employees. We continue to build an environment where all of our members of diverse backgrounds are accepted and recognized, and where they can thrive while holding dear to Mercari’s culture.

Work Responsibilities

• Native Android app development for Mercari and group companies' apps
• The development environment is as follows.
• Development language: Kotlin
• Development environment: Android Studio
• Build tool: Gradle
• CI/CD： CircleCI
• Others: GitHub, Firebase, Slack, Figma, JIRA, Confluence

Minimum Requirements

• Shared understanding and belief in Mercari Group mission and values
• At least 3 years of experience developing native Android applications with Kotlin Developing, operating, making decisions when selecting technology, and continuous improvement of large-scale product codebases
• Ability to design and develop with performance and scalability in mind
• Extensive knowledge of object-oriented software development, networking, memory management, and software testing
• Good communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders
• Familiarity with architecture frameworks like MVVM, MVP, declarative UI, or similar architectures

Preferred Requirements

• Experience using and installing Jetpack functions such as Android Architecture Components
• Understanding of UI development
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies like Scrum, Kanban, etc
• Experience in iOS or web development
• OSS contribution experience/familiarity with the OSS community
• Customer-centric product development in E-commerce/Fintech
• Working in multi-cultural and diverse teams
• Team Leadership experience

Working Conditions

Employment Status

Full-time

Office

Bangalore

• Hybrid Workstyle

Work Hours

• Full flextime (no core time)
• *Does not apply to all positions

tl;dr

🤓 An early employee of an experienced team. A lot of impact and opportunities to learn or deepen new technologies like GPT3, Amazon Rekognition, FFmpeg and more.

💰 Fixed Salary + Stock-Options

About

Blend is an AI-driven graphic design tool for entrepreneurs that removes decision making to create professional-grade product catalogs. Entrepreneurs can now create product marketing material in a few seconds to stand out and sell better online. Instead of manipulating pixels, users edit objects. Deep learning models ensure the translation of pixels into objects.

What you'll do

Blend app, an AI-driven design tool, will help its users create stunning designs within seconds.

To help us get to our vision faster, we are looking for an Engineer to join us on our app development front. This developer:

• 👩‍💻 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/langugage 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)

How we work:

• Team: you are humble, open to challenge, and like to help others grow. The most important is the progress of the team and the product.
• Impact: you can prioritize your time to build what will give users superpowers or wow them.
• Learning: learning and sharing knowledge makes you happy. At Blend, this holds true as a team, with machine learning, and with our users.

Hiring process:

3-steps process:

• Screening call
• Technical Interview
• Cultural fit interview with the founders

Office Location: Goregaon Mumbai

Position description:

2+ years of development experience with mobile application development for Android.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the core team for coming up with new features and implementing them
• Work on new products and services
• Provide support to existing applications
• Integrate REST services into mobile applications

Required Skills:

Mandatory: Passionate about sports, Problem solving, Team player, Target & Result oriented.

Functional Skills: Kotlin, Retrofit, Room Db, GSON, (Room/SQLite), MVVM, MVP, MVC, Work Manager, Rx java, Dagger 2, Recyclerview, Custom Solutions & Custom Views, GIT & JIRA.

What you’ll do:

• Will have a unique and rewarding opportunity to shape and design an app with a huge impact on the Automotive industry
• Write highly scalable software in Swift ad Kotlin with a focus on reusability and efficiency
• Work with some of the best people in the industry to build and maintain compelling user experiences
• Working with iOS Frameworks such as AVFoundation/video streaming, CoreML
• Work with open-source multimedia projects, such as FFmpeg

What you’ll bring:

• 5+ years of iOS/Android development.
• Strong background in software engineering with large-scale apps
• Experience with iOS/Android SDKs
• Expert knowledge of XCode/AppCode IDE, build and distribution processes
• Experience writing multi-threaded/asynchronous code
• Creative and innovative problem-solving skills with a passion for new technologies
• Strong team player and ability to work without many directions when needed

Bonus points for:

• B.Sc./M.Sc. in Computer Science or related fields
• Knowledge of C/C++
• Background/experience in AI (e.g. deep learning, computer vision)
• Contributions to community software

Note: We are looking for immediate joiners. Selected/Offered candidates can ready to join within 15 to 30 days of time can apply.  

Responsibilities

As a Software Engineer - Cross Platform Mobile Developer you will be expected to develop and maintain Cross platform Android and iOS applications for a range of our clients in different verticals. You will be working alongside other engineers and developers working on different layers of the infrastructure. You will also be helping out junior team members by reviewing their code and providing feedback. Thereby, helping them excel professionally.

Requirements

B.E/B.Tech degree in Computer Science Engineering or any related fields. Even candidates with BCA/MCA degree can apply. But if you feel that you don’t have the necessary degree to apply, don’t worry! If you can prove that you have the necessary skills for this position, we would love to hear from you.

Skills

• Thorough understanding of Flutter and its core principles.

• Proficient in Dart6 Programming.

• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms (such as Auth 2.0 or JSON Web Token)

• Build pixel-perfect, buttery smooth UIs across both mobile platforms. • Familiarity with RESTful APIs.

• Leverage native APIs for deep integrations with both platforms.

• Diagnose and fix bugs and performance bottlenecks for performance that feels native.

• Maintain code and write automated tests to ensure the product is of the highest quality.

• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements

• A knack for benchmarking and optimization

• Familiarity with code versioning tools (such as Git or Perforce)

• Strong knowledge of UI design principles, architecture patterns, and best practices for development.

• Familiarity with native build tools, like Xcode, Gradle (Android Studio, IntelliJ)

• Ability to write well-documented, clean code

• Experience launching and managing production mobile apps Nice to have

• Familiarity with continuous integration

• Knowledge on native Android development