Frontend Developer

About Upaz:

UPAZ is a Farmer First approach agri-fintech team working on a panchayat-level Community Commerce & Financing model enabling B2C delivery of financial and agriculture-related services and products to smallholder farmers right at their doorstep.

Upaz is part of the financial inclusion lab at IIM Ahmedabad and the winner of the Social Alpha Agritech Challenge. Upaz is funded by July Ventures, IIM Ahmedabad, Mr. Kapil Mehan (ex MD of Tata Chemicals, ex CEO of Coromandel International Limited, ex Group CEO Zuari Agrochemicals), Mr. Devrajan Nathan (Founder of Arya.ag) others

We firmly believe that serving smallholder farmers in India presents one of the greatest opportunities for scale and impact in both agricultural and financial inclusion today.

For future information please visit: Grey Matter Technologies Pvt Ltd. | Agro Fintech | India

We are seeking a skilled Mobile Application Developer with knowledge of Agile and Waterfall methodologies for software development to join our dynamic team. As a Mobile Application Developer, you will be responsible for developing innovative Android and iOS applications, utilizing your expertise in various technologies and tools.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality Android applications that our requirements and specifications.
• Apply Agile and Waterfall methodologies as appropriate to ensure effective project management and timely delivery of high-quality software solutions.
• Utilize knowledge in SQLite to design and implement efficient and reliable database management systems for Android applications.
• Use Git to manage version control and collaborate effectively with other developers working on the project.
• Employ Dart and Getx to write clean, modular, and efficient code that follows industry best practices and coding standards.
• Continuously improve the development process by actively seeking feedback, participating in brainstorming sessions, and implementing innovative solutions to enhance productivity and efficiency.
• Collaborate with UI/UX designers to create visually appealing and user-friendly interfaces, ensuring a seamless user experience across different devices and screen sizes.
• Demonstrate a good understanding of Android Studio, Xcode, and Visual Studio, including their features, tools, and capabilities, to efficiently develop and debug applications.

Requirements:

•  Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field 
•  Proven experience of 2 to 4 years developing Android applications.
•  Proficiency in Dart programming language and familiarity with the Getx framework.
•  Strong knowledge of Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
•  Experience with SQLite database management.
•  Proficiency in Git version control system.
•  Familiarity with design principles and user experience (UX) concepts.
• Understanding of Android Studio, Xcode, or Visual Studio.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Visual Studio, and ability to work with their respective tools and features.

Compensation:

• Based on experience and skills we will offer the best salary.

Why Work with us - 

• Upaz is a fast-growing agri-fintech start-up with a unique farmer financing model. 
• It has very high acceptability among its farmers, clients, and other stakeholders. 
• A chance to be part of an ever-growing team and to understand and be part of the organisation building core team

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

Benefits

We pay top salaries with lucrative esops options.

Opportunity to work and learn with very mature, helpful and highly motivated techies.

Our environment is vibrant and full of energy. We are looking for like-minded people who love to “code” and have passion in building great software.

Flexible timings.

Quarterly parties

Rewards and Recognitions

Unlimited Leaves

Flexibility to work remotely

Flexibility to work from Gurgaon or Bangalore Office

Half yearly review cycle

React Native Lead. We want you to have a chat with the candidates whether they are good on these points and do they have the experience as per mentioned in JD. It will be beneficial for us to filter out profiles for RN Lead.

Job Description / what you'll be doing

• Leading the team to build cutting edge React Native applications.
• Architects build and maintain excellent applications with clean code.
• Implement pixel-perfect UI's that match designs. Knowledge of scalable sizing of UI is a must.
• Implement clean, modern, smooth animations and transitions that provide an excellent user experience.
• Integrate third-party APIs.
• Write unit and integration test cases.
• Release applications to IOS and Google Play stores.
• Must understand iOS and Android native code which can be used to write bridges.
• Can work in pod structure. 
• Must be comfortable in the SCRUM process. Complete two-week sprints and participate in sprint retrospectives and daily standups.
• Assist with building estimates and pipeline for tasks rollout.
• Good communication and people skillset.
• Work with modern tools including Jira, Slack, GitHub, Firebase, GTM, Google play console, AppStore Connect, etc.
• Be part of a community of developers who share knowledge and help each other as problems arise.
• Ability to work through new and difficult issues and contribute to libraries as needed.
• Ability to create and maintain continuous integration and delivery of applications.
• Must be familiar with profiling and performance monitoring of the application.
• Ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast-paced environment

Requirements

• 6+ years of professional experience working with Mobile application development and 2-4+ years of experience with React Native development.
• Experience working with Swift / ObjectiveC, Java / Kotlin required.
• Should have a crystal understanding of App architecture and how to React interacts with the native layers for iOS and Android respectively
• Excellent JavaScript Developer has a deep understanding of scope and closures, ES6, Object prototypes, Async, Hooks, Functional components, and Performance
• Excellent Code reviewer and champion at writing unit test cases
• Should be able to evaluate alternative multiple system designs and solutions and make data-backed decisions in his/her approach
• Meaningful experience working on large, complex systems.
• Ability to take over your work. Every day is a challenge to ensure you are performing to the expectations you and your team have agreed upon, both in regards to estimates and to the general process. extreme ownership
• An understanding of best practices and a commitment to following them.
• A positive mindset and can-do attitude.
• Forensic attention to detail.
• Mentoring, onboarding, and interviewing the candidate
• Experience mentoring junior software engineers to improve their skills and make them more effective product software engineers
• Experience influencing software engineers- best practices within your team
• Passion to design and develop intuitive user interface
• Sound business judgment, proven ability to influence others, and strong analytical thinking skills
• You work well within a team environment and enjoy working in the office with your colleagues.