React Native Developer

Job Description:-

• Min 1 year or more of iOS App development experience.
• Proficient with Objective C and Swift
• Experience with iOS frameworks.
• Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications to back-end services
• Deep understanding of design patterns.
• Knowledge of using Cocoapods, Push Notifications, Payment Gateway and other third party SDKs and libraries.
• Location Tracking and Custom UI.
• Understanding of XML and JSON web services.
• Must have Publish at-least 1 iOS Application on AppStore.

Responsibilities and Duties:-

1. Design and build advanced applications for the iOS platform and follow clean coding practices.
2. Collaborate with backend team to define, design, and ship new features.
3. Understand & Implement Design patterns / Industry best practices
4. Work on bug fixing and improving application performance.
5. Write reusable codes adhering to SOLID principles.
6. Use profiling tools to optimize app performance.
7. Write algorithmic efficient codes.
8. Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.

Required Experience, Skills and Qualifications:-

1. Bachelor's (Required)
2. Programming Languages needed:

• Objective-C (Preferred)
• Swift (Preferred)

COVID-19 precautions:-

• Remote interview process
• Social distancing guidelines in place
• Sanitizing, disinfecting, or cleaning procedures in place, Mask is compulsory, Proper Sanitization, Safe Distance is followed at the office.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary:     ₹Negotiable

Schedule:  Day shift

Stackera is a leading software consultancy seeking creative and skilled developers to join our fast-growing team. Our mission is to design and develop technology that improves the lives of its users while providing an exceptionally high level of service to our fintech clients.

We are looking for developers who want to be part of a fast-paced, dynamic environment, where everyone's opinions and efforts are valued. We hire outstanding professionals and give them the opportunity to thrive in a collaborative atmosphere that values learning, growth, and hard work.

If you have the desire to be a part of an exciting, challenging, and rapidly-growing software development consultancy, and if you are passionate about software development and creating the finest in fintech read below.

• Work as part of a team to build React Native iOS / Android applications
• Architect, build, and maintain excellent React Native applications with clean code.
• Implement pixel-perfect UI's that match designs.
• Implement clean, modern, smooth animations and transitions that provide an excellent user experience.
• Integrate third-party APIs.
• Write unit and integration tests.
• Release applications to the Apple and Google Play stores.
• Work with native modules when required.
• Work as part of a team, which will include other React Native developers, a project manager, QA professional, and a designer.
• Complete two-week sprints, and participate in sprint retrospectives and daily stand-ups.
• Assist with building estimates.
• Interface with clients via Flock, Slack, Zoom, and email.
• Track your time throughout the day.
• Work with modern tools including Jira, Trello, Slack, GitHub, Google Docs, etc.
• Be part of a community of React Native developers who share knowledge and help each other as problems arise. Follow Stackera's detailed development process

Requirements:

• 1+ years of professional experience working with React Native.
• 2+ years of professional software development experience.
• Meaningful experience working on large, complex systems.
• Ability to take extreme ownership over your work. Every day is a challenge to ensure you are performing to the expectations you and your team have agreed upon, both in regards to estimates and to the general process.
• Ability to identify with the goals of our clients and dedicate yourself to delivering on the commitments you and your team make to them.
• An understanding of React Native best practices and a commitment to following them.
• Ability to work through new and difficult React Native issues and contribute to libraries as needed.
• Ability to create and maintain continuous integration and delivery of React Native applications.
• A positive mindset and can-do attitude.
• Forensic attention to detail.
• English skills (ability to effectively communicate via written and spoken English).
• A passion for software development. It's not just your career, it's also your hobby. You're constantly striving to learn new things and improve. You follow industry news, regularly tinker with new technologies, and read books and blogs to keep your skills current.
• You work well within a team environment and enjoy working in the office with your colleagues.

• 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

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
• 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.

• 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

Responsibilities and qualifications

• 5+ years of Android development experience
• Will own several parts of our tech stack, but primarily our Android app
• Build new functionality to the Android app and regularly re-architect it to keep up with latest technologies (e.g., Kotlin)
• Work on new tech that we are already a leading user of (e.g., Google Firebase)
• Work closely with the backend team to construct creative solutions
• Optimize, improve efficiency, scalability, stability of application
• MUST BE reliable, and be able to communicate clearly
• MUST BE able to own and deliver their own work within deadlines, professionally
• Should be passionate about building a strong engineering culture

Bonus Points for experience building high-scale applications, SDKs and other web technologies (like JavaScript).

Who we are

• Fast growing Chennai-based startup (with venture funding)
• Led by strong engineers with significant experience at top tier firms like McKinsey, Oracle, Morgan Stanley, and authors of multiple Java Standards
• Building an awesome product already used by Swigg etc.
• Raised investment, so this role will not vanish in a few months
• Mentors include the Vice Chairman of HCL, Chairman of Singapore Airlines, Senior leaders from LinkedIn etc.

Other background information

• Looking for strong, passionate developers who want to join our team and grow
• We move fast, and will make you an offer in a few days for the right person
• The job location will be in Chennai (it is the SaaS capital of India)
• Please only apply if you are open to moving to Chennai (or are already here)
• This won't be a 10 - 6 job, but you will be given amazing responsibilities
• You will learn a ton, have a lot of flexibility, and have fun while doing it!

Job Perks

• Daily breakfast
• Friday team lunches
• Macbook 
• Office near beach (for when people return after COVID)
• Potential for stock options (in lakhs)
• Stipend to attend conferences
• Potential travel to Singapore and other client locations

Who we are

ixigo is an AI-based travel app that helps millions of users plan and book their trips every day. Launched in 2007, ixigo is proud to have built numerous industry-first AI-innovations over the last decade. With pre-emptive help from ixigo at every touch-point of their journey, 150 million Indians are now making smarter travel decisions every year. ixigo uses Artificial Intelligence for deal discovery, personalized recommendations, dynamic marketing, airfare predictions, train delay information, PNR confirmation status, infrastructure cost optimization, business intelligence and providing fully-automated customer service over chat and voice. This makes ixigo a lean, tech-intensive and capital-efficient travel business, serving millions of travelers with a team size of under 200. Founded in 2007 by Aloke Bajpai & Rajnish Kumar, ixigo’s investors include Sequoia Capital India, Fosun RZ Capital, SAIF Partners, MakeMyTrip & Micromax.

The iOS Team

Our iOS team is always keen to stay ahead of the curve by always adopting the latest tech in the valley. We were first to market with adopting iPhone X layout, implementing ARKit in 2017, and Siri Shortcuts in 2018. We have been featured across app store over a dozen times in the past 2 years in Today, Apps, and Travel section.

Compensation: Commensurate to skills & experience; comparable to the best in the industry.

Culture: ixigems enjoy a fun and rewarding work atmosphere. We do not believe in hierarchies, and we encourage communication and constructive collaboration. We believe in the personal growth of individuals, creative approaches to solve real-world problems, and questioning the status quo!