Android Lead

Job Description:

• Strong proficiency with JavaScript / Core Java and other related technologies.
• Expertise in developing models and scalable Microservices components.

Good to have:

• Knowledge of Databases such as MySQL, DB2, Oracle and etc. (at least one)
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as HTML5, and CSS3

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Developing and maintaining scalable APIs using Node.js
• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code
• Integrating user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic
• Designing and implementing low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications
• Implementing security and data protection measures
• Integrating data storage solutions (MongoDB, MySQL, etc.)
• Staying abreast of developments in web applications and programming languages

Job Description:

• Strong working experience in IOS application development is a must. First-hand experience of native mobile apps using Swift must.
• Experience with Swift, RxSwift, Swift UI, Unit test.
• Strong system design and architecture skills - specifically for IOS. Curiosity to tinker around, explore new paradigms and strongest for continuous improvement. Strong problem-solving skills.
• Understanding of network connections, Rest API'sand scheduling. Strong knowledge about security standards (e.g. HTTPS) and privacy standards.
• Idea/experience of the unit and instrumentation testing in IOS. Optimizing app performance and memory consumption.
• Leveraging community libraries to efficiently complete development tasks.
• Debugging apps using simulators and related tooling.
• Persisting data for offline-first apps using databases such as Realm.
• Localizing apps to support multiple languages and regions, vernacular libraries and fonts.
• Familiar with Version control system such as GIT.

About Plum

We are making health insurance - simple, accessible and affordable. Hundreds of businesses of all sizes from startups to large corporates trust Plum for their employee's health protection.

Healthcare in India is seeing a phenomenal shift. Healthcare cost is seeing an inflation that is three times the general inflation. Treatments of diseases including Covid-19 can wipe out entire household savings. The majority of Indians won't be able to afford health insurance on their own. As many as 600mn Indians would depend on employer-sponsored insurance.

Enter Plum. Plum is re-imagining the health insurance stack and accelerating the penetration of health insurance in India to 100%. Plum has forged new underwriting and fraud detection algorithms to enable companies as small as 2 to benefit from group insurance. The platform enables realtime insurance design & pricing to enable companies to buy insurance in 3-clicks. And offers employees hassle-free claims experience through an integrated digital process.

Plum is backed by leading global investors including Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital, Tanglin Ventures and Incubate Fund (read more https://www.plumhq.com/blog/plum-series-a-funding">here)

• Design, build, and maintain high-performance, reusable, and reliable Java code. 
• Translate designs and wireframes into high-quality components and modular code, ensuring the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the application
• Strong advocate of Google’s iOS design principles and interface guidelines
• Strong sense of ownership and integrity demonstrated through clear communication and collaboration.
• Having experience with building and maintaining an open source project or design library is a plus. 

• 3 + years of experience of iOS SDK, Swift and how to deal with different screen sizes. 
• Experience with local databases, offline storage, threading, and performance tuningFamiliarity with RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications to back-end services
• Familiarity with the use of additional sensors, such as camera, gyroscopes and accelerometers
• Knowledge of the open-source iOS ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasksAbility to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements

• Design and build advanced applications for the Android platform
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
• Experience in working with SDLC. Experience in end to end SDLC documentations.
• Experience in Banking/Financial Application.
• Work with outside data sources and APIs
• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency
• Hands-on experience in Web Services
• Excellent programming, unit testing and debugging skills in Mobile Java (Android and Kotlin)
• Good designing skills based on object-oriented design patterns & frameworks
• Basic/core Java/Kotlin/OOPS knowledge and an understanding of Java technologies is mandatory
• Very good exposure in frameworks like Android Architecture, SDK, SDK Development
• Strong Experience in Mobile Application Development Life Cycle
• Experience in Design Patterns MVVM, MVP etc.
• Programming new Android Applications from specifications
• Experience in implementing communication with API servers via web-services using JSON and XML
• Exploring upcoming new features of Android Platform

Here’s what you will do day-to-day:

Brainstorm, contribute new ideas, conceive innovative strategies, and implement solutions to difficult problems

Work with fellow designers and developers in an iterative environment with short and impactful development cycles 

Exploit the most advanced Android APIs and platform features to build innovative solutions to real-world problems 

Build all the necessary tools and infrastructure to enable rapid mobile development 

Work closely with our backend team to interface with RESTful API services 

Work with real-time feedback from our users to make the product better 

Discover, design, develop, deploy, debug. Repeat! 

Why work with us?

Work in a very small, highly talented team consisting IIT alumnus and rockstar developers

High standard of engineering quality 

Work on cutting edge technologies in android development so that you are always updated with the trends in android community. P.S. We hate outdated technologies! 

High impact role at fast paced growth company 

Skills we are looking for - Android Engineer:

Must be able to independently design, code and test major features, as well as work jointly with other team members to deliver complex changes.

Strong object-oriented design and coding skills (Java, Kotlin) 

Solid software development background including design patterns, algorithms, data structures 

Experience with MVVM or MVP or Clean architecture 

Experience with mobile data storage with SQLite/Room or other DBs including no-SQL 

Understanding of RxJava, Dependency Injection frameworks like Dagger 2 

Good experience in memory management, performance tuning, and resource optimizations 

Has published at least one app in play store 

Few Good to Haves:

Kotlin experience is a big plus

Experience working in a startup 

Experience with Camera and Google Maps apis 

Published apps in play store 

Github/Medium/StackOverflow presence 

Our Android Tech:

Clean architecture with best practices in MVVM 

Latest jetpack components 

Reactive programming 

Kotlin