Lead Android Developer

●      2+ Years of experience of Android native development with Java and Kotlin

●      Experience in Android Studio IDE and tools like Android Device Monitor, Logcat

●      Hands-on experience on MVVM architecture pattern

●      Solid experience/understanding of OOPS concepts and Design patterns.

●      Knowledge on cross platforms like Flutter, React Native is an added advantage

●      Thorough knowledge of Android APIs and platform capabilities (location-based capabilities within apps)

●      Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning

●      Proven knowledge of Android UI design principals, patterns, and best practices

●      Experience with publishing applications on Google Play Store and app signing process

●      Expertise in payment gateway and social media integration

●      Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git

●      Familiarity with CI/CD

●      Provide technical leadership and functional help working closely with team members

●      Design, implement and maintain application within all phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC) on Microsoft Azure (or AWS)

●      Independently carry out the activities without much of guidance

●      Create, understand, and validate design and estimates and be able to justify them

●      Applies knowledge of principles and techniques to solve technical problems.

●      Works closely with other functions to understand customer needs and to develop product roadmaps.

●      Translate design and wireframes into high-quality mobile applications.

●      Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills and detail oriented

●      Comprehensive understanding of OOPS concepts, data structures, algorithms and product development techniques and theories

●      Should be able to design schema for enterprise level applications

●      Should be able to apply design patterns

●      Should be open to face new challenges and learn new technologies

●      Experience with debugging, performance profiling and optimization

• 0-2 years of software experience in front-end mobile/web app development
• Good understanding of concurrency and multithreading
• Full Stack development experience building data, logic tier and user experience software
• Exposure to Android SDK (experience in AndroidTV framework will be a plus)
• Knowledge of REST, JSON, MQTT, Databases, Networking technologies
• React | React Native, Multi-platform exposure is a plus
• Experience with Agile development processes is a plus

• Design and implement cross-platform applications with Dart/Flutter using Bloc and Provider.
• Take the initiative to suggest technical improvements and direction.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with UX, marketing, product management, engineering, and leadership.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services
• Perform load testing, participate in code reviews, write tests, and conduct troubleshooting to ensure uptime for live systems.

• You have at least 3 years of experience working as a software engineer.
• You have at least 2 years of experience developing Android applications and deep insights into Android as an operating system.
• At least 1 year of Flutter development and should have at least 1 Flutter App live in stores.
• You have strong and validated interpersonal skills, particularly in the realm of collaborating with internal or external developer customers.
• Willingness and desire to learn new technologies and frameworks.

• Work anywhere from India
• Flexible work hours
• Growing team and opportunity to learn and do more.

About the Role

As an Android Developer, you will own the Android app 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

Skills/Experience

1. Minimum 6+ years of hands-on Android development experience.
2. Strong Java and object-oriented concepts.
3. Solid understanding of Android architectural patterns especially MVVM and their importance in scalable software development process.
4. Strong understanding of Android fundamentals.
5. Experience in Android UI creation.
6. Experience of Android Live Data, Kotlin and Constraint layout would be a huge plus point.

Years of Exp –  Minimum 6-8 

Mandatory: Hands on experience working with Java or Kotlin. Very strong logical skills. Good hold on operating system concepts and data structure. Experience with web services , SQL Lite , camera kit , image caching concepts, keychain , past experience working with one of the design patterns like MVC / MVVM / MVP , network check implementation.

Good to have:  Rx-Swift experience , video / image filter experience , media player usage , complex UX effects , couch-db , RealM.Knowledge of GIT management , Continuous Integration and Continuous Development practices.

Soft Skills: Strong communication skills , high spirited , eager to learn , able to perform in a high pressure environment

Description

We are looking for a stellar Mobile App developer to help us build our next Android app for our IoT Devices/Application.

Responsibilities:

• Build our Android app for our IoT Devices/Applications
• Work with product owners to spec the requirements.
• Design, code, test and deliver various features in our product roadmap
• Fix customer issues as needed.
• Integration with Amazon Alexa, Google Home Kit and other third party platforms.

Requirements

Required Skills:

• 4+ yrs experience in building Mobile apps for Android for Phone and tablet using Java
• 2+ yrs experience in building Mobile apps for Android using Kotlin
• Strong UI development skills in terms of design
• 2+ yrs in building/consuming APIs
• Hands on knowledge of IoT
• Hands on knowledge of Unix/Linux.
• Knowledge of any of the Application servers like Apache/ NginX
• Good oral and written communication skills in English

Preferred Skills:

• 1+ yrs in building IoT/Embedded devices.
• 2+ years experience in HTML, JS, AJAX, and related browser side web technology
• 2+ yrs in Python, Php, Java, Node.js is desirable
• Strong networking knowledge.
• Experience with scrum development, Jira & Git