Android developer

Job Description
We are looking for a skilled macOS Engineer to join our MAC Desktop team. If you want to contribute your expertise to the development of a global product with an impressive client base, do reach out!

Egnyte is a product-focused company, not a software outsourcing business. We build and maintain our flagship software: a secure content platform called Egnyte, used by companies like Red Bull and Yamaha. By joining our team you will cooperate directly with SW developers, QA engineers, Product Owner as well as UI/UX designers.  We work according to the agile methodology, and we consider reliability and performance as the main focus areas to deliver business value to our customers around the globe.

Your job will be to make meaningful contributions to Egnyte. On one hand, you’ll work on a global product used by 16k+ companies and over 200k active users, on the other hand, you’ll join a close-knit team where everyone is eager to help you out and share their expertise. 

Your day-to-day at Egnyte:

• Designing and developing new features for our macOS Desktop App
• Owning, improving and enhancing code of a Desktop client application with a native look and feel for MAC, one of the primary access points for users to Egnyte’s cloud-based solution
• Collaborating with other developers, product owners and QA in bringing releases in a SaaS delivery model
• Validating and deploying code changes in production
• Developing system components throughout all phases of the product life cycle

About you:

• Experience in software development for macOS platform 
• Solid grasp of Swift programming language
• Experience with unit testing
• Familiar with Object Oriented Programming concepts
• Openness to new ideas connected with software development
• Good understanding of macOS development environment and SDKs  (Xcode, etc.) 
• Experience in using git
• Good English skills

Nice to Have:

• Experience in desktop application development (Windows, Linux)
• Understanding of CI/CD process
• Experience in developing multithreaded applications, application profiling for performance, and debugging
• Knowledge of client-server architecture

What does the core role include?

• Designing and developing high-volume, low-latency applications for mission-critical systems and delivering high-availability and performance
• Designing stateless components in React Native
• Contributing in all phases of the development lifecycle
• Working with the developers to create and maintain a robust framework to support the apps
• Working with the developers to build the interface with a focus on usability features
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What else can you expect in the role?

• Prepare and produce releases of software components
• Optimizing performance for the apps
• Problem-solving skills, analytical mind, and positive attitude
• Ability to think from end users perspective and focused on improving the overall product experience.
• Deliver across the entire app life cycle concept, design, build, deploy, test, release to app stores and support
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What can fetch you brownie points?

• Hands on experience with React Native is required
• Hands-on experience in React Native APIs, ReactJS, Javascript, ECMAScript (OOJS) and JSX.
• Strong understanding of JavaScript ecosystem
• Hands on experience on Android in creating Hybrid / Native applications
• Demonstrable UI/UX experience on a large-scale app.
• Thorough understanding of React Native development tools like IDEs (Nuclide, Atom, Sublime Text, or Visual
• Good knowledge of JS frameworks like ReactJS is a plus.

Desired Skills and Experience

Hybrid Apps,React Native, Native iOS and Android Architecture understanding

Responsibilities

1. Design and Build Mobile and Web Apps

2. Support technically for CRMs

3. Working with designers to understand the user's experience with new features

4. Designing and building features for our iOS app

5. Developing unit tests along with features and integration tests into the development process

6. Maintaining current capabilities of our app which include debugging and fixing issues while maintaining code quality

Qualifications

1. At least 1 year of proven experience in building Android & iOS applications.

2. Bachelor's degree in computer science

3. Proficient in working with Jira and Confluence is a plus

4. Comfortable working in a dynamic, constantly changing atmosphere and able to prioritize work and communicate challenges

5. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to interact with technical and non-technical team members with experience working with both local and remote teams

PREFERRED SKILLS:

Java and Swift or SwiftUI experience is preferred

Job Responsibilities:

- Design and develop high-volume, low-latency applications for mission-critical systems, delivering high-availability and performance.

- Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle: concept, design, build, deploy, test, release to app stores and support.

- Diagnose performance issues, fix bugs (including crashes and ANRs) to increase the functionality of the application.

- Write well designed, testable, efficient code.

- Ensure designs are in compliance with specifications

- Prepare and produce releases of software components

- Support continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies and presenting these for architectural review

Desired Profile :

B.Sc. (CS or IT) + MCA/ BCA + MCA/ B.Tech. /B.E. (CS or IT) .

Experience required- 1 - 2 years

- Subject Proficient in Java/Kotlin programming

- Knowledge and experience in Flutter Framework and DART programming

- Hands on experience in using RESTful APIs

- Hands on experience in designing and developing micro-services architecture and containers

- Object oriented analysis, UML and design using common design patterns.

- Hands on experience in development IDE Android Studio, Android SDK, Firebase Test Lab

- Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning

- Familiarity with push notifications

- Familiarity with IOS integration with Flutter

- Experience using GitHub or similar environment

- Complete understanding of SDLC

- Experience with Agile development

- Experience with Material Design and Android UI design principles, patterns and best practices

- Good knowledge of adding third-party libraries for Eg. Twilio

- Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements

• As an independent, self-motivated, and an avid technologist, you should have a strong interest in mobile and intuition for UX and consumer behaviour
• Up to date knowledge of Android (Jetpack and RxPatterns)
• Experienced in publishing and maintaining apps in play store
• Excellent Java programming skills
• Experienced in writing testable code & unit tests
• Experience with the Kotlin programming language a plus
• 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
• Familiarity with the use of additional sensors, such as gyroscopes, accelerometers, GPS
• Knowledge of the open-source Android ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications
• A knack for benchmarking and optimization
• Understanding of Google’s Android design principles and interface guidelines (JETPack, Rx patterns)
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Familiarity with continuous integration

Good understanding of Java Programming language

- Hands-on experience in the full life cycle of Android application development

- Strong knowledge in RESTFUL web services

-Sound Knowledge of Android SDK's- Having a strong knowledge of building UI

- Having an understanding of working with third-party libraries

- Tools : Android Studio, Eclipse

-Good to Have : Knowledge and understanding of Kotlin