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We are looking for an Android Developer who possesses a passion for pushing mobile technologies to the limits. This Android app developer will work with our team of talented engineers to design and build the next generation of our mobile applications. Your primary focus will be the development of Android applications and their integration with back-end services.
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
Requirements
- min. 3+ years of experience as an android developer
- 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.
- Unwavering curiosity.
Benefits
- Opportunity to work with early stage start up and grab a front row seat in core engineering team
- ESOPs available
3+ Years of experience in Android application development.
Strong knowledge of core JAVA and Kotlin.
Strong knowledge of Android SDK, Android Studio, different versions of Android, and how to deal with different screen sizes.
Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices.
Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle.
Experience working with remote data via REST API.
Experience working with JSON and XML parser.
Strong knowledge of SQLite database.
Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git.
Should know how to release applications to the Google Play store.
Should have commercially published at least 3 applications.
Good to have knowledge of React native.
Job Description:
- Work closely with various people and teams throughout the entire app development cycle (concept, design, build, deploy & test) in an agile environment.
- Design and build applications for the Android platform.
- Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications.
- Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs.
- Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization.
- Knowledge of other web technologies and UI/UX standards.
- Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications.
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools like Git.
- Maintain and update the existing mobile app.
Reporting Structure
- This position reports to the Team Leader - Technology.
Job Specifications
- An Graduate in IT or Post graduate or Engineer in IT; with 4+ years’ of relevant experience.
- Minimum 2 years of experience in Flutter is a must.
- Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong problem solving, analytical, decision making and technical ability.
Skills/Experience
Great interpersonal communication skills; Keen eye for spotting data trends; A keen grasp for newtechnology; Learn mobile development from highly experienced developer. Learn more than just programming. You will get to learn about product lifecycle. Product architecture. Mobile UI/UX and more Professional, able to interact with vendors/clients; Positive, can do attitude. Stay current with our latest insights
Lead/Principal Engineer – Android
Description
We are looking for talented engineers who are passionate about using software engineering to make kids love to learn and redefine learning@home at BYJU’S. You will have an opportunity to work in a highly motivated fast-paced environment in a fastest-growing Ed-Tech company. You will be building platforms and services to be used across various products. You will have the opportunity to create a significant impact on our systems, our business and most importantly on the life of millions of our students as we take on challenges that will reshape the education industry. You will operate at the intersection of diverse disciplines - Backend, Frontend, Big Data, ML, Computer vision and Multiple programming languages. You will build solutions for Byju’s core learning Apps, co-branded platforms, new launches, product development & innovations and personalized learning experiences.
We are looking for smart people with excellent technical skills and a can-do attitude. Candidates should be eager to learn, flexible to pivot when needed, savvy enough to thrive in a dynamic environment and should possess a growth mindset.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Leads more than one projects end-to-end and collaborates across functions. Drives planning, estimation and execution.
- Manages stakeholder expectations and offers scalable, reliable, performant and easy to maintain solutions.
- Consistently takes well thought technical/design decisions.
- Develops expertise in more than one area and shares knowledge with others. Able to mentor/train people in areas which are new to them.
- Drives people to solve engineering challenges.
- Enjoys high respect of Tech and other cross functional teams.
- Demonstrates effective communication with project team, management and internal/external clients as necessary.
- Surfaces both technical and non-technical team challenges and helps resolve them.
- Champion for SDLC best practices and high-quality standards.
- Significantly contributes in hiring high performance candidates.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Expert in JAVA, Kotlin, Reactive programming, Asynchronous programming and Dependency Injection. Experience with unit-tests and automation frameworks.
- Familiarity with any architectures like MV*(MVP/MVVM/MVI).
- Strong focus on high-quality mobile UI experiences.
- Operates independently with almost no oversight.
- Is able to apply domain expertise to think critically and make wise decisions for the team, taking into account tradeoffs and constraints.
- Communicates tech decisions through design docs and tech talks.
- Has delivered multiple projects with end-to-end engineering ownership.
- Keeps track of new technology/tools and embraces them as necessary
- 7+ years of experience in a product-driven organization.
Technologies we're working with
- MVP, JAVA and Kotlin, Realm, Firebase Real-time Database, RxJava,Kotlin Coroutines, Dagger and Retrofit.
Note- WFH currently
- 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
- Strong knowledge in SQLite Database
- Experience in designing and developing custom controls for Android.
- Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, and object orientation design.
- Capabilities to write and execute unit test cases.
- Independent researching, solution finding, analysis and problem solving skills and capabilities.
- Should have a strong knowledge of OOPS and intermediate knowledge of front-end GUI design and development.
- Should have knowledge of Kotlin
- Should have experience in MVC / MVVM Architecture.
- Good in Analytics and Communication
Your responsibilities include:
- Work on the LOTR (Locus on the road) app which is native app in Android in a small team of 3 engineers
- Apart from the app, there is LOTR SDK also which is in nascent stage. The role would require building up the SDK as well
- Write maintainable code with around 80% unit test coverage. Do PR (pull request) review of fellow engineers on the app
- If you are adventurous - opportunity will be provided to work on the backend API to which the LOTR app/SDK will communicate to. Backend is in all java
- We have some created some cool stuff around selective app upgrade setup. Also, our app development process is under CI/CD so you don’t have to build & release app manually.
Requirements:
- 2 - 6 year experience as Android developer in a product based company
Perks:
- Healthy catered meals at office
- You decide your own Work From Home (WFH) and Out Of Office (OOO)
- Pet-friendly - bring your pets to the office any day. Locus family already has a Rottweiler and a Beagle
Skills
ANDROID, MOBILE APPLICATION, Java, KOTLIN
Seeing a project from conception to finished product.
Working alongside web developers.
Meeting both technical and end-user needs.
Expert knowledge of Native Mobile Development, Android SDK's, Rest APIs & API
integration
Knowledge on RDBMS & NoSQL
Strong understanding of SOLID principles and Object-Oriented Programming
Languages
Should have experience in Retrofit, Dagger, Animation,Canvas, Google Map APIs
In- depth knowledge on Android log analysis, performance issue analysis (Trace
View, Memory analyser tool).
Should have hands on experience on analysing the crash and ANR logs.
Should have prior experience in module design & defining interface between
modules.
Design, Develop & Prototype for Android phones and tablets (multiple screen sizes).
Write and maintain documentation for all features in development.
Work with product owner to meet specification needs
Collaborate with other developers to design and optimize code
Drive a best practices approach to the continuous improvement of our products,
processes, and tools.
Evaluating code to ensure it meets industry standards, is valid, is properly structured,
and is compatible with devices of all standard range (Mobile/Tablet).
VCS (Version control system): Git
Testing: Experience with unit testing and tools
Attention to detail
Creative vision
Good organizational skills
Good problem-solving skills
Patience, a big one
Identifying problems uncovered by customer feedback and testing, and correcting
Able to develop ideas and processes and clearly express them







