Mobile Applications - SDK/Design Patterns

Job Description: As an Android Developer at [Company Name], you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining Android applications. You will leverage your expertise in Java and Kotlin to create robust and user-friendly mobile solutions. Your role will involve working closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality applications that meet our users' needs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Application Development: Design, develop, and maintain Android applications using Java and Kotlin.
• Code Quality: Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code, following best practices and coding standards.
• Collaborate: Work closely with product managers, UX/UI designers, and other developers to define and implement new features.
• Debugging and Testing: Identify, debug, and resolve technical issues and perform unit testing to ensure application quality.
• Performance Optimization: Optimize application performance and ensure scalability and reliability.
• Stay Updated: Keep up with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices in Android development.
• Documentation: Create and maintain documentation for code, development processes, and system architecture.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Android Development Experience: 4 years of hands-on experience in Android application development.
• Java Expertise: 4 years of experience with Java, including knowledge of Android SDK and core libraries.
• Kotlin Proficiency: 2 years of experience with Kotlin for Android development.
• Android Studio: Proficiency in using Android Studio and related development tools.
• APIs and Integration: Experience integrating with RESTful APIs and third-party libraries.
• UI/UX: Understanding of Android UI/UX design principles and guidelines.
• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues efficiently.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Role: ANDROID DEVELOPER

What you’ll do?

• 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 API's
• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance

What Makes You A Great Fit?

• Have published one or more android apps on the Play store
• At least 3 years of experience in Android app development
• Strong knowledge of Android SDK/ NDK, different versions of Android, and how to deal with different screen sizes
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services
• Solid understanding of Object Oriented programming, data structures, algorithms and relational database
• Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
• Experience with offline storage, threading, performance tuning and firebase services
• Ability to design applications around natural user interfaces, such as touch
• Knowledge of the open-source Android ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks
• Proficient with Java and Kotlin (including coroutines)
• Preference for good experience in the gaming industry, but experience in the B2C app is a must
• Knowledge of code versioning tools, such as Git, Bit bucket
• Familiarity with continuous integration
• Excellent work ethic and attention to detail
• Collaborative mind set

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

Requirements
1. 5-7 Years of hands-on development on Android
2. Extensive understanding of Architectures - both old and new -> MVC to MVVM To Clean
3. Excellent In-depth understanding of Java and Kotlin Programming Languages
4. 2+ Years of managing android developers
5. Have worked on or scaled an app to more than 1mn downloads
6. Obsessed about long term solutions, yet understands business requirements to deliver projects quickly
7. Good understanding of backend technologies for better cross teamwork
8. Obsessed about app ratings, app vitals, and crash-free apps

Responsibilities

1. Lead the Testbook Android Team of 12+ Android Developers
2. Own the Testbook Android App (2Cr+ Installs) and its related 500+ Apps
3. Work extensively with Product Managers to deliver quality products and features
4. Improve the App Architecture and drive processes for code reviews, releases.
5. Take up occasional challenging Android coding tasks

About Us : 

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and implement the android app in Kotlin
• Collaborate with other developers and non-technical teams
• Attend daily standup meetings
• Perform maintenance on existing web applications
• Provide innovative solutions
• Performance optimization

Required Technical Skills

• 2-5 years of experience in the development and maintenance of consumer-facing high traffic android applications with a desire to work in growing fast-paced startups.
• Worked on applications from scratch. Well versed with building apps for various screen density and sizes.
• Up to date on upcoming trends in android and its ecosystem with respect to design, architecture etc.
• Experience in optimizing all important parameters like network utilization, application size and battery.
• Experience with kotlin, coroutines, dagger, retrofit, rx-android and android architecture components etc.
• Understanding of MVVM or MVP architecture to maintain separation of concerns.
• Sound knowledge of object-oriented design concepts and algorithms.
• Experience with version control like SVN/Git

Join us to work on a software platform of national importance and contribute to Solving4Bharat.

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About Maxpay, Our goal is to make digital payments so easy, safe, and universally accepted that people never feel the need to carry cash or cards again. We believe India is at the cusp of a new mobile revolution, which will change the way we manage our money on the go. We see ourselves facilitating this change, through technology and dogged customer-centricity.

At Maxpay, we take extra care to make sure you give your best at work, Every day! And creating the right environment for you is just one of the things we do. We empower people and trust them to do the right thing. Here, you own your work from start to finish, right from day one.

Being enthusiastic about tech is a big part of being at Maxpay,.

If you like building technology that impacts millions, ideating with some of the best minds in the country, and executing your dreams with purpose and speed, join us!

At Maxpay, we are looking for skilled Android developers who are passionate about solving digital payment problems for over a billion Indians.

Requirements:

• Strong passion for Programming in general and Android App development in specific.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Strong system design and architecture skills - specifically for android.
• Curiosity to tinker around, explore new paradigms, and strong zest for continuous improvement.
• Over 3+ years of Android App development experience with strong basics and complete exposure to Android development.
• Idea/experience of unit and instrumentation testing in Android E2E App development and/or experience of developing SDKs is good to have.
• 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
• Proven work experience in design patterns mobile architecture using frameworks such as MVVM/MVC/MVP
• Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
• Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
• UPI knowledge
• 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