Android Engineer

Work Location : Kochi/ Trivandrum

The ideal candidate will be passionate about providing the best experience to our user community from UI/UX design to speed and performance.  You will think critically to develop native apps for iPhone and iPad.  You’ll instrument, measure, optimize and build high quality architectures and code in areas such as Search, Transactions and Profile Management.

General Responsibilities:

End-to-end iOS application development that will produce elegant features that our users will love

Coding alongside the team (comprised of designers and product managers)developing features for our mobile apps

Produce high quality software that is unit tested, code reviewed, and checked in regularly for continuous integration.

Understand where to make architectural trade-offs applying synchronous and asynchronous design patterns

Provide solid feedback on good mobile UI/UX design practices and ways to reduce any user friction

Requirements:

9+ years in top-notch current software development skills which includes Objective-C, C and/or C++

10+ years experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions.

Knowledge of UI and animation frameworks, touch user interface, and MVP application design

Strong expertise in developing enterprise applications on iOS – understand how to scale to millions of users

Familiar with deploying to Apple’s app store and staged rollouts 

Experience with third-party libraries and APIs

Extensive programming experience in Objective-C

Experience with relational databases (transactional and non-transactional), database architecture, and distributed transaction management.

Strong understanding of working with REST services, databases, caching strategies & asynchronous calls is a must

Good understanding of software development lifecycle along with working knowledge of SCM with strong emphasis on Git and Jira

BA/BS Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or related practical experience.

Please visit us at https://www.foundingminds.com/

Key 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.

Key Competencies (Functional):

• Proficiency in Java, Kotlin, or C++.
• Ability to use the Android Studio, including the Android SDK, with ease.
• Proficient in code versioning tools including Mercurial, Git, and SVN.
• Knowledge of C-based libraries.
• Familiarity with push notifications, APIs, and cloud messaging.
• Experience with continuous integration.

Opportunity:

Create a consumer facing front end application that will be used by millions of users. 

What you will do:

• Develop our mobile apps using Swift/ObjectiveC.
• Work with backend, frontend, and other developers to build out a customer-centric experience that will constantly evolve.
• Work with our designers and customer success team to create a seamless user experience.
• Respond to support team tickets as needed to resolve bugs and issues.
• Participate in contributing ideas, updates, and product development areas to the team.

Experience Range: 

3-5 years with technical hands-on experience in building a consumer mobile app. You must have shipped an app to the stores.

Technical Expertise:

• 3-5 years experience with iOS native apps.
• Strong knowledge of Swift and ObjectiveC.
• Strong command of JavaScript ES6.
• Know how to build (fairly) complex layouts without using any CSS frameworks.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills using data structures.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Bias for action shipping quality code quickly.

• RESPONSIBILITIES:

• BASIC SKILLS:

• Contract length: 12 Month

125 Crore (1.25billion) Indians are denied access to Formal Credit. Contrarily, Indians have 23000 tonnes of gold in their homes, its worth approximately 110 Lakh Crores ($1.4Trillion). Over 70% of this gold is in Rural India, which is also the most underbanked. Yellow Metal was founded in Nov 2019 with the purpose to transform the way people use their household gold. We believe we can monetize this gold mine for rural India to make their lives better.

The first step in this direction is to enable Rural India with a simple gold loan in 30 mins at their doorstep.

Technology is at the core of building a simple, efficient, and effective consumer experience that will help build trust. We're looking for high-energy people capable of becoming founding members of a startup and those who want to raise the bar of performance and productivity.

Desired Background

1. You can develop cross-platform mobile applications in Flutter
2. You can work in close conjunction with product, design, backend, and QA teams to develop features
3. You can suggest and follow best practices and coding standards
4. You can plan, estimate, and own the deliveries of your project

Required Skills

• 2+ years of experience and a track record in building mobile Apps. (Android or iOS. Both are a huge plus).
• 2+ years of experience in Flutter & PHP.
• Expertise in working with different state management approaches.
• Expertise in performance tuning of Flutter Apps.
• Bonus point: Track record of building an application from scratch and scaling it.

Why Join Us

• We are working on a problem that has an impact to the root level of the country
• Remote First
• Comprehensive health insurance
• Up-skilling Budget
• Equity for all