Principal Mobile Developer(core product base experienced Candidate)

Roles and Responsibilities

• To  maintain the code quality, organization, and automatization
• Strong understanding of Android Activity life cycle, Services, Broadcast, Content Provider, SQLite DB, Thread handling etc.
• Work with the development team consisting of architects, UI designers,  product managers, testers to deliver high quality mobile product & services
• Develop, test and rollout optimised UIs for diff versions/device
• Translate designs and wireframes into high quality code
• Build for multi device &multi platform scenario i.e mobile website along with mobile app
• Design, build, and maintain high performance, reusable, and reliable Java code
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality and responsiveness of the application
• Adaptability is a key factor to becoming a great Android app developer
• Identify the bugs ,correct bottlenecks and fix bugs

Skills

• Strong knowledge of Android SDK, different versions of Android, and how to deal with different screen sizes
• An Android app developer must be well-versed with Java programming language.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services
• Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
• Having knowledge about  offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
• Knowledge of the open-source Android ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks
• A knack for benchmarking and optimization
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• Understanding of Google’s Android design  principles and interface guidelines.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Familiarity with continuous integration

• B.E. / B.Tech. / MCA in Computer Science, Engineering, or related fields is required.
• 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
• Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle.

• Manages projects with timely deadlines.
• Write clear, concise and well documented code.
• Communicates frequently with management; detailing progress on the development effort.
• Evaluates and implements changes to tools and modules based on the needs of the client.

• 5+ years of experience as an iOS developer.
• Proficiency in Swift and Objective-C.
• Experienced in developing customer-facing, commercial iOS applications.
• Deep understanding of iOS frameworks such as Core Data and Core Animation, along with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning.
• Knowledgeable in consuming RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications to back-end services.
• Experience with large e-commerce web sites is desirable.
• Proficient in git

Work Location : Kochi/ Trivandrum

The ideal candidate will be passionate about providing the best experience to our user community from UI/UX design to speed and performance.  You will think critically to develop native apps for iPhone and iPad.  You’ll instrument, measure, optimize and build high quality architectures and code in areas such as Search, Transactions and Profile Management.

General Responsibilities:

End-to-end iOS application development that will produce elegant features that our users will love

Coding alongside the team (comprised of designers and product managers)developing features for our mobile apps

Produce high quality software that is unit tested, code reviewed, and checked in regularly for continuous integration.

Understand where to make architectural trade-offs applying synchronous and asynchronous design patterns

Provide solid feedback on good mobile UI/UX design practices and ways to reduce any user friction

Requirements:

9+ years in top-notch current software development skills which includes Objective-C, C and/or C++

10+ years experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions.

Knowledge of UI and animation frameworks, touch user interface, and MVP application design

Strong expertise in developing enterprise applications on iOS – understand how to scale to millions of users

Familiar with deploying to Apple’s app store and staged rollouts 

Experience with third-party libraries and APIs

Extensive programming experience in Objective-C

Experience with relational databases (transactional and non-transactional), database architecture, and distributed transaction management.

Strong understanding of working with REST services, databases, caching strategies & asynchronous calls is a must

Good understanding of software development lifecycle along with working knowledge of SCM with strong emphasis on Git and Jira

BA/BS Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or related practical experience.

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Good understanding of Java Programming language

- Hands-on experience in the full life cycle of Android application development

- Strong knowledge in RESTFUL web services

-Sound Knowledge of Android SDK's- Having a strong knowledge of building UI

- Having an understanding of working with third-party libraries

- Tools : Android Studio, Eclipse

-Good to Have : Knowledge and understanding of Kotlin

As part of your day to day job, you’ll

1. Own end-to-end features of the app: networking, persistence, business logic, and

UI

2. Use Kotlin (primary) and Java

3. Do reactive programming using RxJava2

4. Follow Model-View-Intent architecture to build UI of the app

5. Use Android Architecture Components

6. Write tests

7. Invent awesome Android stuff to make your job easier

Qualifications

1. Motivation to design and build reliable, elegant apps

2. 3 - 5.5 years of android application development experience

3. Proficiency in Java and experience in Kotlin

4. Familiarity with RxJava2, Dagger2, OkHttp, Retrofit, Android Architecture

Components

5. Familiarity with material design

Desired skills

• Knowledge of UI development (UI Kit, App Life Cycle, View Controller life cycle, Storyboards, Auto layout)
• Basic and Advanced concepts of Swift (for e.g., generics, KVO, etc.)
• Minimum 1 year experience in Swift.
• Implementation details of complex features (e.g., push notifications, Analytics integration, accessibility, features of health kit, deep-linking, etc.)
• MVC, MVVM, VIPER design patterns and other patterns used in iOS
• Apple UI guidelines, Guidelines/process to submit app to the App Store

Personal attributes

• Good communication skills.

• Design and build application for iOS platforms
• Writing well designed, testable, efficient code by using the best software development practices
• Responsible for working on iOS frameworks, Xcode, Swift, Rxswift, Xcode SDK Platform tools
• Responsible to work on bug fixing and improving application performance
• Create and maintain software documentation
• Stay plugged into emerging technologies/industry trends and apply them into operations and activities