React Native Application Lead | Lead Engineer

We are looking for an Android developer- CTO 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.

Opportunity:

Create a consumer facing front end application that will be used by millions of users. 

What you will do:

• Develop our mobile apps using Swift/ObjectiveC.
• Work with backend, frontend, and other developers to build out a customer-centric experience that will constantly evolve.
• Work with our designers and customer success team to create a seamless user experience.
• Respond to support team tickets as needed to resolve bugs and issues.
• Participate in contributing ideas, updates, and product development areas to the team.

Experience Range: 

3-5 years with technical hands-on experience in building a consumer mobile app. You must have shipped an app to the stores.

Technical Expertise:

• 3-5 years experience with iOS native apps.
• Strong knowledge of Swift and ObjectiveC.
• Strong command of JavaScript ES6.
• Know how to build (fairly) complex layouts without using any CSS frameworks.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills using data structures.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Bias for action shipping quality code quickly.

ABOUT KAFQA:
At Kafqa, we are building the next generation performing arts platform. Our mission is to transform how India learns, performs, and watches performing arts. Our launch services consist of technology-enabled dance classes in our proprietary studios, production facilities, and social media broadcasting and competitions.

FOUNDER AND TEAM:
The founder is Shariq Plasticwala. He is a graduate of IIT Bombay & Stanford GSB. He was part of the founding team of Amazon India where he played a key role for over 8 years.

Among his roles at Amazon, he was the CEO of Amazon’s first joint venture in India and a board member of Amazon’s payments business. The other members of the founding team consisted of senior executives from Shiamak Davar & Byju’s.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
● Develop, test, deploy and release new user-facing features
● Set continuous delivery and continuous improvement in front-end development,
● Developing scalable, reusable components and front-end libraries,
● Translating UI designs and UX wireframes into high-quality codes
● Optimizing components for maximum performance,
● An advocate of general engineering best practices such as domain-driven code architecture, encapsulation, separation of concerns, single responsibility, clean code practices, etc.

REQUIREMENTS:
● 3-5 Years of experience in react native.
● A knack for writing clean, readable React-Native code
● Solid understanding of object-oriented programming
● Understanding and grasp of Agile development and Scrum practices
● Familiarity with version control Git (Github or Gitlab)
● Flexibility and deadline-driven.

Our client is a social education technology organisation delivering enjoyable & personalized digital learning to schools, NGOs, coaching institutes and learners including the last mile learners. They design, deliver and support tablet and mobile based digital learning solutions with English medium and local languages content. Their vision is to facilitate access to enjoyable and life shaping digital learning to every student irrespective of their social, economic, cultural, locational and language status.

Founded by two MDI alumnus, who felt an extreme need for a student centric and personalized learning platform that delivers enjoyable learning content in local language and as per the state boards. There was a strong gap for a solution which is easy to use, lets students enjoy learning, makes life easy for a teacher and delivers learning in the language that students are most comfortable.

The organisation has worked in 14 states across India having delivered digital learning solutions in multiple Indian languages. They have been awarded by Google India under "Impacting Change through Digital", recognized by Yes Bank Foundation as one of India's Top 25 Social Impact Organisations and have been a part of a think tank by Ministry of Human Resources and Development on Digital Learning for schools. working with our current developer to understand the current stage, and then actively own up the planning and development of all above mentioned aspects

What you need to have:

Responsibilities:

1. Designing and developing advanced applications for android platforms.
2. Collaborate with UI/UX designers as well as the software engineers to make sure that each app is presentable.
3. Test the applications, identify any bugs and resolve them
4. Manage tasks within Agile framework and controlled JIRA workflow.
5. Document architecture and implementation for internal and external components.

Qualifications:

 

1. 1+ years of experience in Android Development .
2. Previous experience working in a fast paced start up is a plus.
3. Released at least 1 app or have a project in works that you can tell us about.
4. Experience publishing a high-quality android application to the google store.
5. Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle.
6. Experience working with Android SDK and Android studio.
7. Good in JAVA (j2se) and Kotlin
8. Experience with APIs (OAuth, XML, JSON, REST, etc. )
9. Ability to understand business requirements and convert them into technical requirements.

Job Types: Full-time, Regular / Permanent

 

 

Y Media Labs is a creative technology company that helps brands re-imagine their customer experiences. Our mission is to export the Silicon Valley mindset to the rest of the world. We create digital products with purpose that have a lasting impact on users' lives and clients' businesses. We are a team of dreamers and doers united by a simple idea: If we make a difference for your customers, we will make a difference for your business too. And it works. Since 2009, we have led early-stage startups and top-tier brands to "wow" their customers with best-in-class digital products and experiences. The Wall Street Journal calls us “YML is one of the most innovative companies in Silicon Valley.”
Through next-generation technologies and world-class design, we help brands like Apple,
PayPal, L'Oreal, Home Depot, Kaiser Permanente, State Farm, First Republic Bank develop solutions that drive major business outcomes. Founded in 2009, Y Media Labs is
headquartered in Silicon Valley with four offices worldwide including Atlanta, Indianapolis,
Bangalore & Sao Paulo. We came of age with the invention of the app store. We have mobile in our DNA. We create solutions across the digital ecosystem. Unlike agencies who are born desktop, we are deeply connected to how consumer perception has shifted thanks to the mobile lifestyle. We have built and launched 207 products, delighted over 407 million users, built over 200+ apps, work with 30 Fortune 500 clients, been responsible for over 400 billion transactions through our work and generated over $200 billion in transactions for our clients, and been featured on the
app store over 700+ times!
• Portfolio of our work can be found @ ymedialabs.com/work
• Live look into our engineering team @ medium.com/ymedialabs-innovation
• Live look into our design team @ dribbble.com/ymedialabs
Our team in Bangalore is close to 180 strong, and we are growing in a variety of ways. Our
goals include a culture of excellence and we are looking to transform the team to be one of
the best tech teams in Bangalore.

We are looking to hire multiple Android Engineers at different levels to help us code the
world class apps we are creating. If you are a mobile engineer looking to build apps that will be used by millions of consumers worldwide, build apps for brands that you can be proud to show to your family and friends – you need to join us!

Key Responsibilities
• Show your passion and develop high-quality, state-of-the-art native Android apps
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications
• Code reviews, automated unit testing, documentation for any code you write
• Deal with ambiguity and work in a rapidly evolving environment, with time-sensitive
projects
• Deadlines matter to us. Plan your work and meet your deadlines, while maintaining
code quality.
• Lead product initiatives and work on next generation prototypes
• Work with other engineers, product management, QA, and operations teams to
develop and meet functional and non-functional requirements on schedule
• Work in an environment of an agile, test-driven fast feedback cycle (continuous
integration, unit, functional, integration and acceptance testing)
• Get involved in client interactions and gathering project requirements
• Learn and adapt to new technologies
• Bring new ideas and technologies to the team that can improve the product or process.
• Depending on your level of skills and maturity (not seniority), mentor other engineers.
What we are looking for
• Strong foundation in Computer Science fundamentals like data structures and
algorithms, and software engineering principles
• Passionate about creating great code
• Multiple years of experience in Android application development, with Java and/or
Kotlin. Kotlin experience is a major advantage.
• More than one published application on the Google Play store available for immediate
download and review by our team. Please provide names of all your apps that you've
worked with a brief description of your contribution (if not individually developed).
• Strong experience in building and publishing commercial applications to Google Play
store.
• Multiple years of in Java I/O, RDBMS, Networking, Generics and well-known
application frameworks.
• Solid Understanding of Android design principles and interface guidelines.
• Experience with performance and memory tuning using tools
• Experience coding with RESTful APIs to connect applications to back-end services.
• Great team player who works well in collaborative situations
• Experience with iOS app development is a major plus. Experience with cross-platform
tools would be an advantage
• Experience with tools like Git, Jira, Basecamp, BitBucket, Azure DevOps would be an
advantage.
• Good to have experience working with IOT projects, Bluetooth technologies
• Active Open Source, GitHub or Stack Overflow contribution will be a big plus
• Having personal apps in play store will be an added advantage
• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends & emerging
technologies.

Work from Home Related
Given the current situation it is expected that working from home for extended periods is a
reality that continues for many months. You must be able to fulfil the following requirements:
• You must have a high-speed broadband connection and must be able to provide
evidence of it
• You must have a proper working environment at home, like a desk, chair and any
other required infrastructure
• You must be able to and willing to attend video calls as part of your workday

Job Perks
• Awesome work environment and opportunity to work with great minds
• Work in fun teams on projects that impacts millions of people
• 24x7 stocked pantry with snacks and Coffee/Tea

looking for full time Senior Ios Developer who can join the team asap and who take responsible for Ios

Responsibilities Building and Designing advanced Android applications for Android platform. Cross-functional team collaboration to design, define and ship new features. 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. Requirements Extensive experience developing complex Android applications. Exceptional OO design and development skills. Hands-on knowledge of supporting multiple versions of Android, screen resolutions and device types. Have released multiple apps into the Play store (or as open source). An expert understanding of Android and the tech ecosystem.. Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services. A Computer Science or related degree Good to have previous start-up experience.