

Lead/Principal Engineer – Android
Description
We are looking for talented engineers who are passionate about using software engineering to make kids love to learn and redefine learning@home at BYJU’S. You will have an opportunity to work in a highly motivated fast-paced environment in a fastest-growing Ed-Tech company. You will be building platforms and services to be used across various products. You will have the opportunity to create a significant impact on our systems, our business and most importantly on the life of millions of our students as we take on challenges that will reshape the education industry. You will operate at the intersection of diverse disciplines - Backend, Frontend, Big Data, ML, Computer vision and Multiple programming languages. You will build solutions for Byju’s core learning Apps, co-branded platforms, new launches, product development & innovations and personalized learning experiences.
We are looking for smart people with excellent technical skills and a can-do attitude. Candidates should be eager to learn, flexible to pivot when needed, savvy enough to thrive in a dynamic environment and should possess a growth mindset.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Leads more than one projects end-to-end and collaborates across functions. Drives planning, estimation and execution.
- Manages stakeholder expectations and offers scalable, reliable, performant and easy to maintain solutions.
- Consistently takes well thought technical/design decisions.
- Develops expertise in more than one area and shares knowledge with others. Able to mentor/train people in areas which are new to them.
- Drives people to solve engineering challenges.
- Enjoys high respect of Tech and other cross functional teams.
- Demonstrates effective communication with project team, management and internal/external clients as necessary.
- Surfaces both technical and non-technical team challenges and helps resolve them.
- Champion for SDLC best practices and high-quality standards.
- Significantly contributes in hiring high performance candidates.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Expert in JAVA, Kotlin, Reactive programming, Asynchronous programming and Dependency Injection. Experience with unit-tests and automation frameworks.
- Familiarity with any architectures like MV*(MVP/MVVM/MVI).
- Strong focus on high-quality mobile UI experiences.
- Operates independently with almost no oversight.
- Is able to apply domain expertise to think critically and make wise decisions for the team, taking into account tradeoffs and constraints.
- Communicates tech decisions through design docs and tech talks.
- Has delivered multiple projects with end-to-end engineering ownership.
- Keeps track of new technology/tools and embraces them as necessary
- 7+ years of experience in a product-driven organization.
Technologies we're working with
- MVP, JAVA and Kotlin, Realm, Firebase Real-time Database, RxJava,Kotlin Coroutines, Dagger and Retrofit.
Note- WFH currently

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- Architect and develop new flows and features on our Android app
- Build robust UI which work well on different screen densities and interactions that result in a delightful experience
- Iterating and building experiments
- Will be working with Kotlin
You are the right fit if you have:
- Strong Android fundamentals
- Build from scratch and be a good decision maker
- The Ownership skills and can own the problems end to end
- The Zeal and willingness to put in extra efforts to build a product which will be used by millions of users, and most importantly
- The ability to find the solution to any problem and get things done
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- High autonomy and ownership
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We at the present have our presence in UAE, India, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
Job Description :
- Architect, build and maintain excellent React Native applications with clean code
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- Implement pixel perfect UI's that match designs
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- Integrate third-party API's.
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- Objectives are set to help you align and contribute to the mission
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- Continuous learning and upskilling through Nexversity
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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

- Implementing security and data protection.
- Integrating the design into high quality code.
- Ensuring the performance, quality, and responsiveness of application.
- Identifying and correcting bottlenecks and fix bugs.
- Unit-testing code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability
- Working on bug fixing and improving application performance
What you need to have:
- Proficient in Mobile App development with full stack development capabilities.
- In-depth understanding of the entire web development process (design, development and deployment)
- Good knowledge on code signing, debugging tools and project configuration on Android.
- Sound knowledge of REST Standards
- Experience working with a relational database
- Nice To Have
- Strong algorithm/ data structures design and problem solving skills
- Experience with cloud environments like AWS is a plus.
- Soft Skills
- Must be able to work in a team.
- Must have good communication skills.

• At least 3 years of experience in Kotlin, MVVM, Java, and Retrofit
• Ability to take up ownership of tasks, as well as work in a team
• B.Tech/M.Tech/MS degree in Computer Science, or a related stream, from a premier
institute
• Passion for programming, and learning new tools & technologies

- A candidate with 2+ years of experience in building high-quality Android apps.
- A strong understanding of the full life cycle of app development.
- Experience in designing, developing, debugging and deploying software for server-side development using Java/ Kotlin language.
- Understanding and the sound of Android SDK, in different versions of Android, and how to effectively write code for a multitude of Android devices.
- Excellent knowledge of Android design principles and third-party libraries
- Experience in building RESTful API's focusing on integration with back-end services.
- Hands on experience with continuous integration.
- Passionate about Android and are always up to date with the latest industry trends concerning OS, devices, applications, web technologies and new user interactions as they are released.






