Android developer

A bit about us

WeatherBug is a popular weather site and mobile app providing hyperlocal, live weather data and proactive alerting to consumer users. With over 15 million unique users per month, across all platforms, WeatherBug’s vision is to provide environmental intelligence for all aspects of people’s lives. The WeatherBug app is a top-rated weather app in the app stores. In 2019, WeatherBug was named the best weather app by MediaPost’s Appy Awards. WeatherBug is owned and operated by GroundTruth, a media company that turns real-world behavior into marketing that delivers real business results.

Learn more at WeatherBug.com

At GroundTruth, we believe that innovative technology starts with the best talent and we have been ranked one of Ad Age’s Best Places to Work for three years in a row (2021, 2022 & 2023). Learn more about the perks of joining our team here.

A bit about you

A recognized expert in their professional discipline, with significant impact and influence on organizational policy and program development. Establishes critical strategic and operational goals, and develops and implements new products, processes, standards, or operational plans to achieve organizational objectives. Regularly leads projects of critical importance to the organization—projects that carry substantial consequences for success or failure. Requires strong influence and communication with executive leadership. Problems encountered are often complex and multidimensional, requiring broad-based consideration of variables that affect multiple areas of the organization.

You will:

• Develop production-ready code to meet scope of requirements.
• With guidance, update and create documentation as needed for new and existing solutions.
• Participate in code-reviews with comments to improve code quality, stability, and maintainability.
• Create and maintain unit and integration testing solutions. Be able to run your code in lower environments.
• Run tests on the mobile device to ensure code meets requirements
• Watch mobile releases for Android or iOS for features you developed
• Teardown your solutions across multiple environments and platforms.
•  Provide operational support of your deployed code
• Determine issues within your areas of expertise.
• Work with teams across the engineering organization to understand and incorporate client requirements into final solutions.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

You have:

• Bachelor’s degree (4 years) in Computer Science or a related field, OR 5+ years of relevant software development experience.
• 3+ years of professional experience in software engineering.
• 2+ years of hands-on Android application development using Kotlin and Android Studio.
• Experience with modern Android libraries and frameworks, including Jetpack components (e.g., Navigation, Room, ViewModel, LiveData), Retrofit for networking, and image loading libraries (e.g., Glide, Coil).
• Proficiency with asynchronous programming using Kotlin Coroutines and Flow.
• Familiarity with dependency injection frameworks such as Dagger/Hilt or Koin.
• Experience with app architecture patterns such as MVVM or MVI, and clean architecture principles.
• 2+ years of experience working in Agile teams and participating in iterative development cycles.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented design principles, design patterns, best practices, performance optimization, and memory management.
• Experience with unit and UI testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockito, Espresso).
• Familiarity with Git and collaborative version control workflows.
• Exposure to CI/CD tools and automated build/deployment pipelines.
• Ability to independently take ownership of tasks and deliver robust solutions.
• Commitment to writing clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.

Would be great if you have:

• Experience with React Native, including building function components, using hooks, and working with JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Knowledge of Play Store processes, including app signing, publishing, and release management.
• Familiarity with ingesting and exposing large datasets in the weather industry.
• Experience in the advertising industry.
• Proficiency with tools like GitHub, Jenkins, Artifactory.

You are:

• A team player who is organized, flexible and willing to adapt
• Not afraid of new technologies and driven to learn
• A detail-oriented person, who catches problems early and adjusts
• A strong communicator who is able to collaborate with multiple business and engineering stakeholders and work through conflicting needs
• A problem solver who likes to dive deep into a problem, diagnose root causes and work with multiple teams to come up with a solution
• Organized with demonstrated ability to prioritize and deliver timely work
• A team player and not afraid to roll up your sleeves and help when needed
• Self-sufficient and not afraid to take the lead and manage tasks independently
• Coachable and open to feedback
• Respectful–-we treat each other with respect and assume the best of one another
• Not afraid to have fun!

What we offer

At GroundTruth, we want our employees to be comfortable with their benefits so they can focus on doing the work they love.

● Parental leave- Maternity and Paternity

● Flexible Time Offs (Earned Leaves, Sick Leaves, Birthday leave, Bereavement leave & Company Holidays)

● In Office Daily Catered Lunch

● Fully stocked snacks/beverages

● Health cover for any hospitalization. Covers both nuclear family and parents

● Covid home quarantine cover

● Tele-med for free doctor consultation, discounts on health checkups and medicines

● Wellness/Gym Reimbursement

●  Pet Expense Reimbursement

●  Childcare Expenses and reimbursements

●  Employee assistance program

●  Employee referral program

●  Education reimbursement program

●  Skill development program

●  Cell phone reimbursement (Mobile Subsidy program)

●  Internet reimbursement

●  Birthday treat reimbursement

●  Home office set up

●  Employee Provident Fund Scheme offering different tax saving options such as VPF and employee and employer contribution up to 12% Basic

●  Creche reimbursement

●   Co-working space reimbursement

●   NPS employer match

●   Meal card for tax benefit

●   Special benefits on salary account

●   New joiner relocation

Job Overview:

Now, we are seeking a skilled Kotlin Developer with around 2+ years of experience to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing and maintaining high-performance Kotlin-based applications while ensuring best practices in architecture, security, and performance optimization.This is your chance to make an impact, and we’re here for it.

Key Responsibilities:

● Develop, enhance, and maintain Kotlin-based applications.

● Work with local databases such as Room, SQLite, and Realm for efficient data storage.

● Integrate API services using Ktor, Retrofit, and OkHttp for RESTful and GraphQL-based communications.

● Implement Kotlin Coroutines & Flow for asynchronous programming.

● Follow Clean Architecture and MVVM/MVI principles for scalable and maintainable code.

● Optimize application performance, security, and responsiveness. Write and maintain unit and integration tests to ensure application stability.

● Stay updated with Kotlin, Jetpack components, and the latest industry best practices.

What We're Looking For:

● 2+ years of experience in Kotlin development (Android or KMM).

● Strong knowledge of local database management (Room, SQLite, Realm, or SQLCipher).

● Expertise in API service integration using Ktor, Retrofit, or OkHttp.

● Hands-on experience with Kotlin Coroutines & Flow for efficient asynchronous programming.

● Strong understanding of Jetpack components (LiveData, ViewModel, Navigation, WorkManager, etc.).

● Experience in designing applications following Clean Architecture, MVVM, or MVI patterns.

● Knowledge of dependency injection frameworks like Dagger/Hilt or Koin.

● Proficiency in version control systems (Git) and platforms like GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket.

● Experience with unit testing using JUnit, MockK, or Espresso.

● Understanding of performance optimization techniques for Kotlin applications. 

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.
•        Experience with native development (iOS/Android).
•        Worked on deep linking in mobile apps
•        Hands on experience in Bridging Native code base to react native.

Job Title: Flutter Mobile App Developer

Department: Engineering

Summary:

We are looking for a talented Flutter Mobile App Developer to join our team. The ideal

candidate will have a strong understanding of Flutter and Dart, as well as experience

developing mobile apps for Android and iOS. The successful candidate will be

responsible for designing, developing, testing, and deploying high-quality mobile apps

that meet the needs of our users.

Responsibilities:

● Design, develop, test, and deploy mobile apps using Flutter and Dart

● Work with product managers and designers to gather requirements and translate

them into technical specifications

● Work with other engineers to build and maintain our mobile app codebase

● Stay up-to-date on the latest Flutter and Dart developments

● Participate in code reviews and provide feedback on code quality

● Mentor and train junior engineers

Qualifications:

● Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field

● 4+ years of experience developing mobile apps using Flutter and Dart

● 1+ years of experience with commonly used 3rd party libraries and services,

push notifications and app analytics

● Experience with building video streaming and messaging apps is a huge plus

● Strong problem-solving and debugging skills

● Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Benefits:

● Competitive salary and benefits package

● Opportunity to work on challenging and interesting projects

● Collaborative and supportive work environment

● Chance to make a real impact on the lives of our users

Roles and Responsibilities

• To  maintain the code quality, organization, and automatization
• Strong understanding of Android Activity life cycle, Services, Broadcast, Content Provider, SQLite DB, Thread handling etc.
• Work with the development team consisting of architects, UI designers,  product managers, testers to deliver high quality mobile product & services
• Develop, test and rollout optimised UIs for diff versions/device
• Translate designs and wireframes into high quality code
• Build for multi device &multi platform scenario i.e mobile website along with mobile app
• Design, build, and maintain high performance, reusable, and reliable Java code
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality and responsiveness of the application
• Adaptability is a key factor to becoming a great Android app developer
• Identify the bugs ,correct bottlenecks and fix bugs

Skills

• Strong knowledge of Android SDK, different versions of Android, and how to deal with different screen sizes
• An Android app developer must be well-versed with Java programming language.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services
• Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
• Having knowledge about  offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
• Knowledge of the open-source Android ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks
• A knack for benchmarking and optimization
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• Understanding of Google’s Android design  principles and interface guidelines.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Familiarity with continuous integration

• Should have 5+ hardcore experience in Android Mobile App development
• Proficient in Kotlin, Android SDK with Location tracking, Route map, Google Map/ Voice API Integration, Regional language support etc.
• Understanding of design patterns and mobile architecture using frameworks such as MVVM / MVC / MVP.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and integration and code versioning tools such as Git.
• Problem solver with good analytical skills.
• Passion to work in dynamic, start-up environment.
• Compensation best in the industry

- B.E/M.C. A Or B.C.A Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, MIS, Or Similar Relevant Field

- 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

- Ability to Design Applications Around Natural User Interfaces, Such As “Touch”

 - Familiarity with The Use of Additional Sensors, Such as Gyroscopes and Accelerometers

 - 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

- Proficient Understanding of Code Versioning Tools, Such as Git

- Familiarity with Continuous Integration - Good Knowledge of Kotlin.

- At Least Publish 3-4 Application in the Play Store

 - Knowledge of Cross-Platform And iOS Development Will Be an Advantage.
-  Knowledge of health care and e-commerce domain will be good.

• Designs and codes features for the Android application as per the specifications provided by Product and Design teams.
• Write unit tests for all features.
• Ships feature fast moving agile sprints.
• Works closely with API, Product Design and Product Management teams to brainstorm and chalk out details of features.