Mobile Application Developer

Job Description
We are looking for an Android developer responsible for the development and maintenance of applications aimed at a vast number of diverse Android devices. Your primary focus will be the development of Android applications and their integration with back-end services. You will be working along-side other engineers and developers working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and creating quality products is essential.

Responsibilities
	Translate designs and wireframes into high quality code
	Design, build, and maintain high performance, reusable, and reliable Java code
	Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the application
	Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs
	Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization
Skills
	Strong knowledge of Android SDK, different versions of Android, and how to deal with different screen sizes
	Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services
	Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
	Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
	Ability to design applications around natural user interfaces, such as “touch”
	Familiarity with the use of additional sensors, such as 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
	Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications
	A knack for benchmarking and optimization
	Understanding of Google’s Android design principles and interface guidelines
	Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
	Familiarity with continuous integration

We are looking for an Android Developer who possesses a passion for pushing mobile technologies to the limits. This Android app developer will work with our team of talented engineers to design and build the next generation of our mobile applications. Android programming works closely with other app development and technical teams.
Responsibilities

• Design and build advanced applications for the Android platform
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
• Work with outside data sources and APIs
• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency

Lead Engineer - 

Responsibilities:

• Leads a project end-to-end and collaborates across functions. Drives planning, estimation and execution.
• Understands requirements well and comes up with efficient design
• Develops complex, well backed and bug-free products. Estimates accurately.
• Takes well-reasoned tech decisions keeping in mind goals and trade-offs
• Becomes a go-to person in more than one area. Provide technical mentoring to team
• Communicates clearly, gets clarifications and establishes expectations for all parties
• Helps establish SDLC best practices and high standards of code quality
• Demonstrates excellent problem solving & debugging skills
• Proactively identifies and resolves issues in requirements, design and code
• Perform peer code reviews and help us all get better.

Requirements:

• Solid experience in JAVA and Kotlin.
• Should have experience in Reactive programming, Asynchronous programming and Unit Testing.
• Has an ability to quickly learn and contribute in multiple codebase.
• Overcomes roadblocks and requires minimal oversight
• Takes initiatives to fix issues/tech debts before assigned to him/her.
• Able to deep dive into codebase and advise QA of possible regression impact.
• Communicates tech decisions through design docs and tech talks.
• Has delivered projects with end-to-end accountability.
• Keeps track of industry trends and introduces right tech/tools for a given job.
• Excellent understanding of software engineering practices, Design Patterns, Data Structures, Algorithms.
• 5+ years of experience in a product-driven organisation.

• Building and Designing advanced Android applications for the Android platform.
• Cross-functional team collaboration to design, define and ship new features.
• To use and work with outside APIs and data sources.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience specifically on MVVM architecture creating B2C applications.
• Should have developed at least 1 app from scratch.
• Good knowledge in Java
• Excellent debugging skills
• Good understanding of Kotlin, jetpack components, Android Studio, Android NDK, etc
• Experience and understanding of large and complex code bases and architectures
• Experience in API design, SDK architecture, and mobile software lifecycle development practices
• Strong UX/UI design exposure and experience in making apps work intuitively and with pixel perfect interfaces

The Must-Haves

• Should have developed at least 1 app from scratch.
• Good knowledge in Java
• Excellent debugging skills
• Good understanding of Kotlin, jetpack components, Android Studio, Android NDK, etc
• Experience and understanding of large and complex code bases and architectures
• Experience in API design, SDK architecture, and mobile software lifecycle development practices
• Strong UX/UI design exposure and experience in making apps work intuitively and with pixel perfect interfaces
• Strong CS fundamentals  (with competencies in algorithms and data structures)

As an Architect you are responsible for research, design, test, implement, and maintain Android applications
to meet client needs. You are expected to be Subject Matter Experts on Android application architecture.
You are also expected to demonstrate value to the organization by mentoring other team members as they
learn and grow, take ownership and responsibility not only for your deliverables, but for the entire
application and its use, and to find a balance between achieving software excellence and delivering working
code.
Roles and Responsibilities
o Involved with all phases of mobile app development from initial concepts, through design, development,
testing and deployment
o You will help guide multiple Agile teams with open communication channels, regular releases, and a
focus on continuous improvement.
o Guide and mentor a team of Android developers and work closely with Quality Engineers
o Establish best practices and processes that ensure quality within the team
o Champion our best practices and mentor team on use and results of these best practices
o Responsibility for product both pre and post launch to ensure application is meeting customer needs
and achieving continued revenue goals
o Architect, Lead, implement and review new features for android phones and tablets.
o Interactive communication of designs and other development topics to Leadership, Product Owners,
Scrum Master and other Agile Team members.
o Lead code reviews to ensure code quality and shared knowledge.
o Research and analyze the existing code base to identify issues and improve application performance and
maintenance.
o Take ownership and sense of responsibility of all deliverables.
o Work within SCRUM agile process with other stakeholders (Product Owners, XD design, Quality
Engineers) as well as across organization to balance creative objectives with business needs and
technical requirements
Looking for experienced senior Android and iOS mobile architect / developers to join an established team working on a Tier 1 personal cloud platform with 20M+ subscribers.   Candidates will be joining at an ideal time as the program undertakes a technology refresh in migrating toward progressive web application technology.  Candidates will have the opportunity to be hands on while also leading design activities and implementing programs to improve quality and productivity.    Will have a direct channel to the product leadership team for support of transformation initiatives.

ho we have in mind:
• 10+ years of experience in developing native Android application(s). Kotlin is a must.
• Understanding of Hybrid application development is a plus.
• Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle.
• Expert in multi-threading concepts to create highly responsive data intensive applications
• Experience leading large development teams in active Lead/Architect role
• Experience architecting mobile applications main focus on Android apps.
• Expert on Android OS, Android UI design principles, Android architectural components, Android
design patterns (MVP, MVVM), best practices and a desire to learn and apply new technologies.
• Ability to design for scalability and resilience
• Strong application process flow and problem-solving techniques
• Experience with RESTful web services using XML/JSON data formats
• Strong focus on refactoring and code quality
• Understanding of software configuration management and release management
• Expert in creating design and maintain architecture documentation, class diagrams, technical flow
documents etc
• High levels of software engineering literacy and communication skills
• Professional demeanor who works easily with leadership, product owners, engineers and other
departments both internally and externally