Mobile App Developer

Simply Fleet is a fast-growing SaaS solution to help automate an organization's fleet maintenance operations. You can learn more about our product by going to www.simply-fleet.com

We are looking for an enthusiastic and proactive Android developer to manage the app development of Simply Fleet on Android. The developer will work closely with the other members of the product team to build and maintain Simply Fleet's Android app.

What you will do:

• You should be proficient in Android development with Kotlin
• You should have a fair idea about web services
• You should be comfortable working with JSON
• You should have a strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
• You should have a working knowledge of location services
• Knowledge of AWS S3 is a plus
• You should have an understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• You should have deployed apps on Google Play Console
• We expect you to be proficient in best coding practices like adding comments, using proper naming conventions, performing unit testing of your code, etc.
• You should be well versed in developing in Android Studio

Who you are?

• You should have 2+ years of experience in Android development
• You should be committed since we follow a hybrid model
• You are expected to be present in our physical office in Pune, MH twice a week
• You should be willing to take complete ownership of your work
• Above all, you should be able to think independently and creatively

You can expect a smooth onboarding process with structured timelines. You can expect teams that listen and learn. You can expect to be counted on, and you'll be given the freedom to do your best work. We build our product, our teams, and our company for the long haul, so you can build your career here if you choose to. This is your platform to be a part of a growing startup and to work with some really awesome folks. We will make sure you have fun along the way.

• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Flutter code to develop feature-rich, high-performance mobile applications for Android and iOS platforms.

Collaborate with designers to implement visually stunning and responsive user interfaces, ensuring an excellent user experience across various devices and screen sizes.

• Integrate mobile applications with backend APIs and services to facilitate seamless data exchange and ensure smooth app functionality.

• Identify and resolve bugs, performance issues, and other problems that may arise during the development process or in the live applications.

• Continuously optimize application performance and enhance the user experience by employing efficient algorithms and techniques.

• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends, tools, and technologies related to mobile development, particularly within the Flutter ecosystem, and apply them to improve development processes and outcomes.

Requirements

• Minimum 4 years of professional experience in mobile app development, with a focus on Flutter.

• Proven expertise in developing robust and complex mobile applications using the Flutter framework.

• Solid understanding of mobile app development concepts, including UI/UX design, offline storage, threading, and performance optimization.

• Strong proficiency in Dart programming language, along with a good understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP) principles.

• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and experience in integrating mobile applications with backend services.

• Strong communication skills to collaborate effectively with team members and clients.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Develop and maintain high-quality Android applications using Kotlin programming language.
• Design, build and maintain high-performance, reusable, and reliable code.
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the application.
• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs.
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.
• Work with external data sources and APIs.
• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field.
• 2+ years of experience in Android development using Kotlin.
• Strong knowledge of Android SDK, Android UI design principles, and Material Design.
• Experience with RESTful APIs, JSON, and XML.
• Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications.
• Understanding of code versioning tools such as Git.
• Familiarity with continuous integration.
• Good understanding of object-oriented programming, software design patterns and algorithms.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Job Description:

1.Design mobile application interface design, navigation, and presentation along with developing

custom controls as required by the application.

2. Understand product development road map and execute rapidly to build mobile applications with

high quality.

3. Utilize native APIs to enable maps, in-app SMS and email features

4. Develop applications that controls handset resources

5. Able to lead and mentor team members

6. Troubleshoot to solve customer problems with help of Catalytic/firebase among other tools.

7. Deployment / Release understanding

8. Unit Testing

9. Good to have exposure to Kotlin, flutter, react native

10. Implement Deep Links and Notification Libraries

11. Understanding of battery/ram/network and other system resource saving strategies

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

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

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 Java Script 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.

What will you do? –

• Developing high quality native mobile experiences for our products – with a focus on UI/UX, simplifying complex use cases so that a non-expert can succeed
• Experience with Flutter.
• Knowledge of the latest mobile app development concepts, trends, software design patterns, usability, and HCI guidelines for mobile apps.
• Practical experience in consuming RESTful APIs

About the Job –

• 2+ years in mobile software development.
• Have two or more iOS/Android apps developed with Flutter. Either deployed on the AppStore/Google Play or available on GitHub.
• Design and build sophisticated and highly scalable apps using Flutter.
• Build custom packages in Flutter using the functionalities and APIs already available in native Android and IOS.
• Translate and build the designs and Wireframes into high quality responsive UI code.
• Explore feasible architectures for implementing new features.
• Resolve any problems existing in the system and suggest and add new features in the complete system.
• Suggest space and time efficient Data Structures.
• Follow the best practices while developing the app and keeping everything structured and well documented.
• Use CI/CD for smooth deployment.
• Document the project and code efficiently.
• Manage the code and project on Git to keep in sync with other team members and managers.
• Ensure security guidelines are always followed while developing the app.
• Consulting with our customer facing representatives about software system design and maintenance.
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs.
• Understanding of the Agile development life cycle.
• Experience with automated testing and building.
• Experience with Git, Jenkins, or other version control tools.
• Familiarity using version control tools like Git, Subversion etc. and IDEs like Android Studio, VS Code etc.

What do you need? –

• Knowledge of the latest mobile app development concepts, trends, software design patterns, usability, and HCI guidelines for mobile apps.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work in a collaborative environment with remote teams.
• Should enjoy solving tough problems and working with new technologies
• You’ll be partnering with design, product and user research teams to build world class applications.
• You’ll be working in a highly collaborative work environment with high degree of ownership and continuous feedback.
• Have a product mindset, can work with cross-functional teams to identify requirements and convert them to tech specs and action plans
• Have great learning appetite and ready to experiment with new technologies

• Develop applications for iPhone and iPad
• Review new releases, SDKs, updates in the mobile space
• Proficient in Objective-C, Swift, and Cocoa Touch.
• Experience in object-oriented programming
• Proficient in code versioning tools including Mercurial, Git, and SVN.
• Experience of the software development lifecycle: from requirements gathering to programming, testing to deployment.
• Experience with integrating with RESTful, SOAP API backends
• Experience with APIs (OAuth, XML, JSON, REST, etc. )
• Evaluate third-party IDEs' and tools to build relevant applications
• Native iOS Application Development Objective C, iOS SDK, Xcode, Cocoa Layer, Media Layer, Core Service Layer, Core OS Layer, iOS Frameworks, iOS Developer Tools, iOS programming, iOS Human Interface

• The unit test developed code
• Conduct code reviews & peer reviews
• Integrate user interface with code
• APIs (OAuth, XML, JSON, REST, etc. )
• RESTful, SOAP API backends
• Review updates/patches and make necessary code updates

Job Description Responsibilities:

• Design and build mobile applications using React Native

• Build native component for iOS (Native experience would be plus) or Android

• Collaborate closely with the Team lead to understanding the requirement and implementation details.

• integration with third-party APIs.

Required Skills:

• 2yrs experience in React-Native based app development is a must.

• Must have published at least 1 major React-Native app

• Knows how to embed React-Native in a native(iOS/Android) component and vice versa

• Strong focus on app performance.

We are looking for someone with 4-7 years of experience in iOS / iPhone applications development with:

- Strong Object Oriented design and programming skills in SWIFT

- Good working experience in iOS SDK (Cocoa Touch, UIKit, Core Data, Core Location, etc.) and XCode

- Proficient in writing Unit and UI Test Cases and delivering quality work

- Good experience with MVVM architecture

- Experience in web services integration (REST APIs, JSON, XML), to connect iOS applications to back-end services

- Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning is desired

- Understanding of Apple's design principles and interface guidelines

** Areas of Responsibility ** 

- Involvement in all aspects of development: playing a critical role in the design, planning, development, and deployment and help develop best practices for future development

- Fast prototyping of proof-of concept features/applications based on a brief

- Developing and maintaining new features in Mobile Application development

- Owning the delivery of an entire piece of a system or application

- Using technical knowledge and creative thinking to provide the most innovative solutions

- Optimizing the performance of the apps and keeping up to date with the latest industry trends in mobile technologies

** Required Skills ** 

- Dedicated to delivering high-quality work and adhering to timelines

- Must be a good team player, good learner, and self-starter

- Must have strong leadership and team management qualities
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills

- Good communication skills 

- Must have strong decision-making skill

Perks and Benefits 

Company provided meals, Medical Insurance and other perks.