React Native Developer

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Develop and maintain high-quality Android applications using Kotlin programming language.
• Design, build and maintain high-performance, reusable, and reliable code.
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the application.
• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs.
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.
• Work with external data sources and APIs.
• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field.
• 2+ years of experience in Android development using Java and Kotlin.
• Strong knowledge of Android SDK, Android UI design principles, and Material Design.
• Experience with RESTful APIs, JSON, and XML.
• Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications.
• Understanding of code versioning tools such as Git.
• Familiarity with continuous integration.
• Good understanding of object-oriented programming, software design patterns and algorithms.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Our team is looking for experienced mobile developers to lead the development of cross-platform mobile applications and be responsible for major technical decisions associated with them accountable for their successful execution. 

In this position on the software engineering team, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to many client and internal-facing products. FarmSetu’s suite of products spans multiple technical domains and disciplines in software and hardware, so experience in end-to-end systems thinking across distributed components is key for this role.

• Design, implement and deploy mobile applications
• Lead the delivery of software projects in a team-based environment 
• Collaborate cross-functionally with business users, product managers, customer success representatives and other engineers to define, design, scope and ship new features using elegant solutions.
• Provide recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Work alongside other engineers on the team to elevate technology and consistently apply best practices.
• Help others to improve the quality of their work through regular design and code reviews
• Deliver new features to production environments and support them in operation
• Participate in building the open engineering culture at FarmSetu

FarmSetu’s technology stack includes (but will not be limited to) Python, Django/Flask/FastAPI, GraphQL, Hasura, React, Flutter, Dart, Postgres, Celery, Docker, Git/Bitbucket to be deployed on Digitalocean/GCP infrastructure. We’re also quick to adopt better tools and processes, so you’ll be more than welcome to help shape our tool suite.

• 2+ years of experience developing applications at an enterprise scale using the mobile technologies in our stack
• Ability to translate user experience design (mockups, wireframes and user journeys) into code 
• Familiarity with Cloud/SaaS architectures and how to build secure and maintainable applications
• Strong understanding of unit testing, design patterns and usage of tools like profilers
• Experience with source control and continuous integration tools
• Worked in an Agile multi-functional team 
• Thrive in an environment that requires you to partner with multiple cross-functional teams as stakeholders/customers
• Great oral and written communication skills

• Competitive salary
• Annual compensation reviews
• 12 days of annual leave plus public holidays
• Ongoing investment in you and your skills
• The right equipment for the job

• You will build an android app for the Saathi users (Teachers and students) to manage teacher classes and students’ studies.
• You will work on building features end to end with complete ownership, developing, testing, and deploying the core features.
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the Saathi app

• You have prior experience as an Android Developer using Kotlin or have a strong desire to shift to Kotlin.
• You have 2- 4 years of experience in android development.
• You have strong knowledge of Android SDK, different versions of Android, and know how to deal with different screen sizes
• You have proven work experience in design patterns mobile architecture using frameworks such as MVVM/MVC
• You have familiarity with various testing tools
• You are good in pixel-perfect implementation of designs
• You can easily pick up new technologies and frameworks on the go. For you, engineering is about principles and practices; technology is about tools and tradeoffs.
• You have excellent problem-solving skills and can map out the system design for a feature end to end and execute on it.
• You want to be involved actively in the product development process and can come up with out-of-the-box ideas for unique features.
• And most importantly, you are fun to work with! 😌

Responsibilities:

• User-centric development of high-quality code that is maintainable and testable
• Utilize flutter to design and build complex applications
• Create custom packages in flutter by employing the functionalities as well as the APIs accessible in native Android and iOS
• Create and translate the designs as well as the wireframes into high-quality responsive UI code
• Design and develop architecture as well as testable, viable, and functional software by using MVC & MVVM to implement new features and meet product requirement
• Determine and solve any issues present in the system and propose your ideas in terms of new features and improvements needed in the new system
• Propose ideal Data Structure keeping in mind space and time complexity
• Stay up-to-date with the industry trends and best practices
• Keep the Scrum Team up-to-date by updating and managing the code and the project on Git
• Make sure security rules are being followed while building the application
• Ensure, through validation of the cloud system, that new changes are not affecting the security of the backend server
• Maintain software throughout product lifecycle including design, development, verification & bug fixes
• Coordinate with the respective teams for bug fixing and ensure we have a stable product
• Be part of the core team developing new app features while focusing on improving our existing code
• Self-starter with excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• At least 2 years of experience in mobile app development
• Experience with Flutter Development (or any other alternative like Kotlin, React native, Xamarin, Cordova, ionic etc) is a must
• Experience shipping two or more Android and/or iOS based applications utilizing hybrid technologies (flutter, ionic framework, react native, Xamarin)
• While focus is on hybrid, a solid native coding background in either Android or iOS is a must
• Experience in developing cross-platform mobile applications for Android (Java/Kotlin) iOS (Swift/Objective C), or other cross platform frameworks like React native or Xamarin
• Experience with Futter. This should include from making responsive UIs to efficiently query data and also manage states in an optimized manner
• Experience working in an Agile Environment

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience)

• Passionate about creating and refining great mobile user experiences
• Knowledge of JavaScript, React.js is a plus
• Knowledge of web technologies, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript is a plus

• Knowledge of mobile application security best practices is a plus
• Programming experience in Microsoft Stack (Strong C#, ASP.NET Web forms, Web API, SQL Server) is a plus
• Expertise in deploying hybrid applications across iOS App Store and Google Play App Store is a plus

1. Minimum 4+ years of mobile application development experience in native and excellent coding skills in Swift, RxSwift, RxCocoa, Objective-C
2. Any experience on MVVM, VIPER
3. Should have deep knowledge of the iOS SDK and IDE development tools.
4. Experience developing client-server applications using technologies and web services APIs such as JSON, REST.
5. Has hands-on experience with unit testing.
6. Extensive experience in using various architecture, frameworks, and design patterns in designing/refactoring a highly optimized mobile is a must.
7. Solid understanding of the agile development process and experience.
8. Experience working in TDD (Test Driven Development) and CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Deployment) environment is a plus.
9. Implement clean and manageable code incorporating best practices on security
10. Collaborate with cross-functional teams from both offshore and onsite to define, design, and ship new features.
11. Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability.
12. Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.
13. Review code, bug triage and execute multiple releases as per business demand
14. Involvement with API team to design request / response contract
15. MVVM & VIPER is a must
16. Background fetch
17. Swift latest or minimum version 4 and Swift basics