Application Developer ( IOS + React Native)

＃Must be Proficient in Swift, Objective C, Apple’s Xcode IDE

＃Knowledge of frameworks and APIs like Foundation, UIKit, and CocoaTouch

＃Apple Human Interface Guidelines

＃OpenGL or Metal, iOS graphics APIs

＃Familiarity with iOS 10 and newer OS versions

＃Knack for benchmarking and optimization

＃Experience on web service integration (SOAP, REST, JSON, XML)

＃Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications

＃Using version control (e.g. SVN, GIT)

＃Excellent debugging and optimisation skills

＃Good to have backend development skills

Key Responsibilities:

• Writing clean and efficient codes for Android applications
• Identifying and resolving bottlenecks, rectifying bugs and enhancing application performance.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to define and design new feature.
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.
• Ability to brainstorm and come up with solutions to open ended problems.
• Ability to take ownership and drive initiatives end to end.
• Desire to learn and dive deep into new technologies on the job.
• Solid understanding of CS fundamentals-Operating Systems, Databases and Data Structure.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Prior experience as an Android Developer using Java, Kotlin, Android SDK, Android NDK
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to effectively integrate Android applications
• Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle.
• Passion for products and aspiration to make a big impact.
• Solid engineering principles and clear understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Expertise in implementation of custom UI components along with fabulous animations and write/understand Rest APIs
• Experience working with Google Maps, Social APIs, Geo-locations, Media permissions, SMS fetch, etc.

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. Majority of Indians won't be able to afford a 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 a group insurance. The platform enables realtime insurance design & pricing to enable companies to buy insurance in 3-clicks. And offers employees a 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 Android 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 Android SDK, different versions of Android, and how to deal with different screen sizes. 
• Experience with local databases, offline storage, threading, and performance tuningExperience with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose is desirable.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services
• Familiarity with the use of additional sensors, such as camera, 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

We are looking for a React Native developer interested in building performant mobile apps on both the iOS and Android platforms. You will be responsible for architecting and building these applications, as well as coordinating with the teams responsible for other layers of the product infrastructure. Building a product is a highly collaborative effort, and as such, a strong team player with a commitment to perfection is required.

Responsibilities

• Build pixel-perfect, buttery smooth UIs across both mobile platforms.
• Leverage native APIs for deep integrations with both platforms.
• Diagnose and fix bugs and performance bottlenecks for performance that feels native.
• Reach out to the open source community to encourage and help implement mission-critical software fixesReact Native moves fast and often breaks things.
• Maintain code and write automated tests to ensure the product is of the highest quality.
• Transition existing React web apps to React Native

Responsibility:

• Building user friendly Android and iOS Apps on React Native platform.
• Designing state-less components in React Native. State management with any of Redux, mobX or Flux.
• Writing modular, reusable, maintainable, well documented and fully tested code.
• Converting designs to mobile applications.
• Integrating with Rest APIs, while collaborating with Backend deve.
• Take complete ownership of the apps and change various elements/ technologies as per business need.
• Ensure optimum speed, performance, quality and responsiveness of application

Who we are

ixigo is an AI-based travel app that helps millions of users plan and book their trips every day. Launched in 2007, ixigo is proud to have built numerous industry-first AI-innovations over the last decade. With pre-emptive help from ixigo at every touch-point of their journey, 150 million Indians are now making smarter travel decisions every year. ixigo uses Artificial Intelligence for deal discovery, personalized recommendations, dynamic marketing, airfare predictions, train delay information, PNR confirmation status, infrastructure cost optimization, business intelligence and providing fully-automated customer service over chat and voice. This makes ixigo a lean, tech-intensive and capital-efficient travel business, serving millions of travelers with a team size of under 200. Founded in 2007 by Aloke Bajpai & Rajnish Kumar, ixigo’s investors include Sequoia Capital India, Fosun RZ Capital, SAIF Partners, MakeMyTrip & Micromax.

The iOS Team

Our iOS team is always keen to stay ahead of the curve by always adopting the latest tech in the valley. We were first to market with adopting iPhone X layout, implementing ARKit in 2017, and Siri Shortcuts in 2018. We have been featured across app store over a dozen times in the past 2 years in Today, Apps, and Travel section.

Compensation: Commensurate to skills & experience; comparable to the best in the industry.

Culture: ixigems enjoy a fun and rewarding work atmosphere. We do not believe in hierarchies, and we encourage communication and constructive collaboration. We believe in the personal growth of individuals, creative approaches to solve real-world problems, and questioning the status quo!