Android Developer

Job Description

Position Summary:

We are looking for a Mobile application developer responsible for the development and maintenance of applications aimed towards iOS, including mobile phones and tablets. Your primary focus will be the development of such applications and their integration with other services. You will be working alongside other engineers and developers working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and creating quality products is essential. You will be responsible for the product development with quality and by following the engineering practices. The candidate should be a team player who should be able to code, do the peer code review, defect fixes wherever needed on the existing product.

Responsibilities:

 Design and build applications for iOS

 Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications

 Collaborate with a team to define, design, and ship new features

 Innovative thinking for problems solutions. Solid implementation

 Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs

 Achieving Code, module delivery dates within time

 Help maintain code quality, organization, automatization, and documentation

 Uses Agile Scrum Methodology for software development

 Develops unit tests for all new code

 Has all code changes peer reviewed and must peer review code when required

 Provides input for documentation of new or existing programs

 Well versed with usage of debugging tools to analyze and solve complex problems independently

 Diagnose and resolve complex level issues of application

 Participate in interactions with all levels of personnel with different teams Skills:

 Proficient in all versions of Swift, with a good knowledge of its ecosystems

 Solid understanding of object-oriented programming

 Experience in App Store distribution process and Enterprise distribution of Apple

 Good knowledge of performance limits and characteristics

 Knowledge of memory management and multi-threading, background thread handling and iOS file systems

 Knowledge of private framework in swift and objective C languages

 Experience with embedded databases and other system datastores

 Experience of automated testing platforms and unit tests for Mobile applications

 Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect to back-end services

 Good sense of UI design and a user-oriented focus  Knack for benchmarking and optimization  Proficient understanding of code versioning tools e.g. Git

 Hands on experience in using Jenkins

 Familiarity with continuous integration

 Good Knowledge in design patterns

 Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills in English

 Good time management skills

 Certification of iOS development, swift language will be value added  Experience with Cocoa APIs on iOS and Apple frameworks AR, ML and swift UI is good to have

 2-4 years of work experience in Mobile application development.

Pay/compensation: Benefits: Health Insurance (including for Parents); Personal Accident Cover.

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

Do Your Thng 

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About us:

DYT - Do Your Thng, is an app, where all social media users can share brands they love with their followers and earn money while doing so! We believe everyone is an influencer. DYT - Do Your Thng (DYT) is a creator community platform with an overarching vision to democratise influence and build a thriving creator community. We offer two solutions- an app for creators that helps them make a living out of content creation, and a self-serve web desk module for marketers to execute influencer campaigns in a quick, frictionless, targeted, and economically attractive manner.

Role : Android Developer

RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Design components by translating product requirements, break down projects into tasks, and provide accurate estimates. Build scalable and reliable technology solutions at a rapid pace
• Work on native Android as well as Angular tech stack while keeping performance goals in mind
• Independently come up with different solutions, extensible Low-level design. Write modular, extensible, readable, and performant code
• Strong unit test and debugging skills 
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (git) 
• Excellent interpersonal, leadership, influence, and communication skills 
• Build, develop, mentor, and coach junior team members 

QUALIFICATIONS 

• Must have Working Experience in a product-based organization for at least 18 months.
• At least 2+ years experience and hands-on with mobile technologies
• At least one product build and publish 
• Work well under pressure and meet deadlines without sacrificing quality 
• Work with distributed development teams 
• Ability to resolve problems with support and must understand the mobile ecosystem and its limitations.
• Understand Android Architecture components, strong fundamentals in Android technologies, and aware of new Android changes

SKILLS  REQUIRED 

• Experience with kotlin is a must
• Knowledge of mvvm architecture/ android architecture components
• Knowledge of Rxjava and coroutines for multithreading
• Knowledge of retrofit/okhttp for making HTTP calls
• Knowledge of dependency injection using dagger2
• Knowledge of android framework components like services, fragments, intent services
• Knowledge of sql required 
• Experience in offline data management
• Write well designed, testable, efficient code 

• Writing clean and efficient code for Android applications.
• Atleast published 1-2 apps on play store.
• Identifying and resolving bottlenecks, rectifying bugs and enhancing application performance.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to define and design new features.
• Staying up to date with new mobile technology trends, applications, and protocols.

• You have prior exposure to Kotlin, Android SDK.
• Understanding of design patterns and mobile architecture using frameworks such as MVVM / MVC / MVP.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to effectively integrate Android applications.
• Understanding of code versioning tools such as Git.
• You are a problem solver with good analytical skills.
• Prior experience in accessibility applications or voice-based applications will be a plus not a necessity
• Passion to work in dynamic, start-up environment

We are looking for passionate engineers and developers who are excited to be part of this mission and wanting to prove themselves and ready to take up the challenge to enhance the social world experience.

Responsibilities :

⦁ Develop our mobile app using Google's Flutter development framework with modular approach and clean code.

⦁ Write efficient Dart code.

⦁ Integrate API.

⦁ Brainstorm the ideas about new features with the team.

⦁ Closely work with the team to bring out cutting edge mobile experience.

⦁ Maintain source code using Git.

⦁ Focus on understanding customers' requirements and translating those needs from product specifications into functional, production-ready code.

Requirements :

⦁ Deep knowledge and Experience in Flutter and Dart (At Least an year).

⦁ Experience building and deploying a moderately complex Flutter app.

⦁ Knowledge of State Management Patterns(Bloc or Provider).

⦁ Familiarity with Design systems.

⦁ Familiarity with RESTful APIs.

⦁ Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms.

⦁ Strong understanding of Dart, its quirks, and workarounds.

⦁ Good understanding of asynchronous request handling and partial page updates.

⦁ Knowledge of advanced Flutter Concepts like factory constructor, spread operators.

⦁ Proficient understanding of cross-platform compatibility.

⦁ Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git.

⦁ Good understanding of UI rendering behavior and performance.

⦁ Experience in creating animations in Flutter.

⦁ Knowledge of Location Services, Maps, and other common Android/IOS libraries.

Good to have:

⦁ Experience of programming in Android and iOS is a big plus.

⦁ Experience in publishing Flutter apps on the Play Store and Apple App Store is a plus.

⦁ Data Modelling and Knowledge of Domain Driven Design is good to have.

Are you ready for the challenge?

Let's grow together!