Android Lead

Technical Skills Required

• Expert with BSPs and use of Peripheral Device Drivers, on Android and Linux Operating Systems

• Expert with device boot for speed and absolute reliability on headless devices
• Expert allocation/efficient use of operating infrastructure: memory, CPU, I/O, and serial communications
• Expert full stack application development on Android and Linux Operating systems:
• Java, Kotlin, JS, C/C++, ---- a plus to have Python
• Expert use of various build and debug tools for Android and other Operating Systems
• Skilled at architecture and implementation of custom algorithms and rules engines using onboard sensors for industrial applications: ex: fall detect, collision avoidance, man down, alerts
• Skilled with battery life optimizations
• Skilled with implementation of user interfaces for devices based on requirements 
• Skilled with Sensor Integration in Android or other OS framework (Linux, RTOS)
• Skilled with device configuration management
• Experience to integrate and tune camera and audio subsystems for VOIP and Video calling
• Able to port and integrate from/to one chipset to another
• Able to support device software across product life cycle
• Understanding of enterprise grade application requirements, networking and network security
• Experience with application/device diagnostics and self-healing configurations for enterprise grade solutions
• Experience with secure over the air software/firmware upgrades, device configuration and management from network server
• Experience with design and support for factory provisioning and test

• Expert-level knowledge of developing Android based applications.
• Deep understanding of the internals of Android Frameworks.
• Good knowledge of OOPS concepts and JAVA.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services.
• Experienced in building mobile applications that utilize web services.
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs.
• Good knowledge of SQLlite database.
• Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git.

Responsibilities:

• Writing clean and efficient codes for Android applications
• Monitoring the performance of live apps and work on optimizing them at the code level
• Identifying and resolving bottlenecks, rectifying bugs and enhancing application performance
• Performing unit and instrumentation tests on code
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to define and design new features
• Staying up to date with new mobile technology trends, applications, and protocols

Key Requirements:

• You have experience in publishing an application on the Google Play store
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to effectively integrate Android applications
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git
• Familiarity with various testing tools
• You are a problem solver with good analytical skills

Skills: Java, Android SDK & NDK, MVVM/MVC/MVP

We’re looking for a Senior Android developer who will take a key role in our team. You will be working alongside other engineers and developers, collaborating on the various layers of the infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Design and build advanced application features for the Android platform.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Work with outside data sources and APIs.
• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability.
• Resolving/ fixing bugs and improving application performance.
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.

Requirements:

• Proven software development experience and Android skills development.
• Proven working experience in Android app development and Kotlin.
• Have published at least one original Android app.
• Experience with Android SDK.
• Experiece with Flutter Development
• Experience working with remote data via REST and JSON.
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs.
• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architecture, threading, offline data storage, trends, and emerging technologies.
• Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle.

About the Role

We, at upGrad, believe in giving ownership and responsibility to each one of the team members. As an iOS Developer, you will be a part of the iOS app development team and strive to deliver the best learning experience out there to our learners that upGrad is known for. You will be responsible for developing features, taking those features to production and maintaining the existing code.

Innovative nature and pro-active involvement in the product is taken very seriously at upGrad, therefore, a major part of your role would involve thinking about new features and new ways to deliver quality learning experience to our learners.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Own end to end development and operations of high-performance software development team.
• Design the architecture and deliver clean, testable, and scalable code 
• Participate in requirement gathering and display a strong sense of ownership and delivery 
• Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by
• Participating in regular peer-reviews of solution designs and related code 
• Provide technical leadership to teammates through coaching and mentorship.

Skills Required

• Minimum 6 years of strong iOS development experience with at least 2 Apps Published on App Store of Enterprise Platform.
• Strong Swift concepts along with OOPS, Computer Science fundamentals, Memory Management, App Profiling experience.
• In depth understanding of frameworks like UIKit, Foundation classes, AutoLayout, Core Data, Networking, Collections, GCD, ARC.
• Solid understanding to write modular code, template based programming which is Unit testable (Critical Requirement)
• Solid understanding of iOS architectural patterns especially VIPER (and MVVM) and their importance in scalable software development process.
• Prior understanding of Git (must have), JIRA, Trello, Confluence, etc
• Experience in iOS UI creation using Storyboards, XIB and Code.
• Experience with standard libraries like RxSwift, Swinject, Alamofire, etc.
• Good written and verbal communication.
• Ability to collaborate with multiple teams to work on different phases of the project.
• Knowledge about App Store, publishing an app and the common rejection reasons.