Mobile Automation Test Engineer

We are looking for a skilled Android Developer with strong expertise in Kotlin and image processing to join our growing team. You will be responsible for developing, optimizing, and maintaining mobile applications with a focus on performance, scalability, and user experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop advanced Android applications using Kotlin.
• Implement image processing features (filters, compression, enhancement, etc.)
• Optimize app performance, memory usage, and responsiveness.
• Integrate ad SDKs and optimize monetization strategies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (product, design, backend)
• Ensure code quality through testing, debugging, and best practices.
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies.

Required Skills:

• Strong experience in Android development using Kotlin.
• Hands-on experience with image processing libraries / techniques.
• Good understanding of Android SDK, UI/UX principles, and app lifecycle.
• Experience with REST APIs and third-party integrations.
• Familiarity with ad networks (AdMob, Facebook Audience Network, etc.)
• Knowledge of performance optimization and memory management.

Good to Have:

• Experience working on high-scale or globally distributed apps.
• Understanding of analytics tools and A/B testing.
• Exposure to Jetpack Compose is a plus.

Qualification:

• BTech CS/IT
• MCA

• 5+ years of proven experience in Android application development.
• Deep understanding of the Android framework.
• A strong background implementing MVVM architecture in Android applications.
• Familiarity with third-party libraries such as RxJava, Dagger and Retrofit.
• Experience with Jetpack Compose a plus.
• Experience consuming RESTful APIs with Android applications.
• Comfortable working in a team environment following the Agile methodology.
• Understands Android UX and works closely with the design team to ensure UI designs are aligned with the current Android UI guidelines.
• Proficient in writing Kotlin code for all new development, with experience in working in Java.

• Develop advanced and secure applications for Android phones and tablets
• Continuously discover, evaluate and implement new technologies, libraries for application to improve the functionality
• Keep eye on new technologies to maximize development efficiency
  Unit-test based coding for modular coding, reusability;
• Writing readable code; Maintain technical documentation
• Bug fixes and improving performance of existing applications
• Work on new ideas for products, it’s prototypes and estimates
• Collaborate on projects with a closely knit team

As a Flutter Developer, you will be responsible for designing and developing high-quality mobile applications using the Flutter framework. Your primary focus will be on creating elegant, performant, and responsive user interfaces (UIs) that deliver a seamless user experience across multiple platforms. You will collaborate with a team of software engineers, designers, and product managers to transform requirements into fully functional mobile applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop mobile applications using Flutter framework and Dart programming language.
• Design and implement user-friendly, responsive UI components and screens.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather and analyse requirements, and translate them into technical specifications.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code following industry best practices and coding standards.
• Optimise application performance for various devices and screen sizes.
• Conduct thorough testing and debugging to identify and fix issues, ensuring high-quality deliverables.
• Integrate RESTful APIs, third-party libraries, and services to enhance application functionality.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and advancements in mobile application development and Flutter framework.
• Continuously improve development processes, tools, and methodologies to enhance productivity and efficiency.
• Collaborate with designers and product managers to refine and iterate on application designs and user experiences.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
• Proven experience in developing mobile applications using the Flutter framework.
• Strong proficiency in Dart programming language and object-oriented design principles.
• Solid understanding of mobile app architecture patterns (such as MVVM or Redux) and state management solutions.
• Proficiency in UI/UX design principles and the ability to create visually appealing and intuitive interfaces.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and integration of third-party libraries and services.
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and agile development methodologies.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills to identify and resolve application issues.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities to work effectively in a team environment.
• Self-motivated with a passion for staying updated on emerging technologies and trends in mobile app development.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in developing cross-platform mobile applications for iOS and Android using Flutter.
• Knowledge of native mobile development (Swift, Kotlin) and familiarity with platform-specific APIs and features.
• Familiarity with backend technologies and server-side development (e.g., Node.js, Firebase, or GraphQL).
• Understanding of software testing methodologies and automated testing frameworks.
• Contributions to open-source projects or personal app development portfolio.

• Proven software development experience and ANDROID skills development
• Proven working experience in ANDROID app development and
• Have published at least one original ANDROID app
• Experience with ANDROID SDK
• Experience working with remote data via REST and JSON
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies
• Experienced in SWIFT Language

• 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

• The main roles and responsibilities would be:
• Deliver high quality mobile apps on Android platforms.
• Create best practice, drive initiatives to build reusable frameworks, components and solutions.
• Engage with the team to create a knowledge centre on Android.
• Minimum experience of 1 years needed. Ideally more than 2 years.
• Maps based apps.
• Payment gateway integration: (PayPal, Stripe, Paytm etc).
• Integration of webservices
• Marketplace apps
• Live Streaming
• Offline application development.
• Strong OO design and programming skills in Java
• Android SDK
• JSON/REST API
• Social Media APIs
• UML/Design Pattern
• Knowledge of Retrofit,Volley,Dagger2,Realm,RxJava,Espresso
• Knowledge of android architecture component(LiveData etc).
• Working Experience on MMVM and MVP architecture
• Experience in SQL and NOSQL databases.
• Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications 
• Understanding of Googles Android design principles and interface guidelines 
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git.
• Work closely with the leadership team to define roadmap and development plans
• Help define and implement standards and promote best practices for the Android development team
• Tackle daily challenges with your creative problem solving recommendations
• Mentor and contribute knowledge to the rest of the team and the organization
• Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
• Experience with threading, and performance tuning
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements

Job brief

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.

Responsibility

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

• Proven software development experience and Android skills development
•  Strong experience in Android app development 
• Experience with Android SDK and also android studio.
• Experience working with remote data via REST and JSON
• Strong command working on kotlin and nodejs.

Senior Android Development Engineer - Chennai

Who we are?

Kaleidofin is a financial platform for the informal sector, which provides solutions tailored to the customer’s goals and are intuitive to use. We are working towards creating fair and transparent financial solutions that can target millions of customers and enterprises in India that don’t have easy access to formal financial planning.

In a very short time span, global investors such as Omidyar Network, Blume Ventures and well known individual investors have supported Kaleidofin’s well thought out business model with $2.8 million in seed funding.

With its focus to harness mobile technology to deliver a paperless experience as well as its focus to harness technology and analytics to predict the right product for the right customer, Kaleidofin aims to become a leading FinTech player bringing financial solutions to everyone.

To know more about Kaleidofin, do visit our site https://kaleidofin.com/

What You’ll Do?

We are seeking extremely smart & independent senior developers who are gung ho about building large scale systems that are going to have a big impact on millions of customers. You will:

• Lead design and development of products working closely with business team
• Independently own software components and co-own entire applications with a small group of fellow developers
• Formally mentor junior software engineers on the team, reviewing design documents, (peer) reviewing code, providing design direction and guidance
• Build performant, scalable, yet secure, enterprise ready android applications with architecture that is fast yet lean on the backend servers enabling them to support millions of users in parallel
• Establish strong engineering best practices and champion their adoption

Who You Need To Be? 


• 4+ years’ experience in android software development and delivery
• Bachelors or Masters degree in engineering (preferably computer science or sister branches) from a reputed institute (preferably IITs, NITs, or other top engineering institutes).
• Strong grasp of CS fundamentals, algorithms and excellent problem-solving abilities. 

• All experience should be from good product development or e-commerce background.
• Able to take ownership of working with multiple teams – Product, Back end, QA, Business from start of development to go-live.
• Must have shown good stability in all your previous associations.
• Skill set
  • Strong knowledge of UI architectural patterns like MVVM(preferable), MVC, MVP, data binding, activity & fragment lifecycle, recycler view, navigation component, layouts (constraint layout preferable), theming etc.
  • Should have actively used retrofit, work managers, android jetpack, Rx java, dagger, retrofit, android sdk, GIT/bitbucket, gradle/ant and very keen on exploring other proven tech stack.
  • Comfortable with test driven development in android with UI testing, instrumented unit testing and unit testing using junits and mockito
  • Have working knowledge of writing backend REST API’s (preferably in Java, spring boot & hibernate) without having to completely depend on backend engineers for delivery
  • Has worked in a fast paced agile organization building stateless and re-entrant/resumable android applications.
  • Should have worked on building applications across wide range of android devices and android versions.
  • Experience of Kotlin (especially kotlin coroutines and koin) is a big plus.