Senior Android Developer

We are seeking a talented and enthusiastic Flutter Developer with intermediate-level expertise to join our team. The ideal candidate will have experience in building cross-platform mobile applications and be proficient in API integration and state management. You will work on exciting projects, creating high-quality, responsive, and scalable mobile applications using Flutter.

Responsibilities:

• Mobile App Development:
• Build and maintain cross-platform mobile applications for iOS and Android using Flutter.
• Write clean, reusable, and maintainable code that adheres to Flutter best practices.
• API Integration:
• Integrate RESTful APIs seamlessly into Flutter applications.
• Handle asynchronous operations, data fetching, and error handling efficiently.
• Use tools like Postman or Swagger to test APIs before integration.
• State Management:
• Implement and manage application state using state management libraries like Provider, Riverpod, Bloc, or similar.
• Optimize app performance by efficiently managing state transitions and updates.
• UI/UX Development:
• Create visually appealing and responsive user interfaces based on designs provided (e.g., Figma, Sketch, or Adobe XD).
• Ensure consistent branding, theming, and animations for a smooth user experience.
• Debugging and Testing:
• Debug and troubleshoot issues across different devices and platforms.
• Write unit tests and integration tests to ensure app reliability.
• Collaboration:
• Work closely with backend developers, UI/UX designers, and project managers to deliver high-quality products.
• Participate in code reviews and team discussions to improve development processes.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Flutter Expertise:
• Experience in building and deploying mobile applications using Flutter and Dart.
• Knowledge of Flutter widgets, layouts, navigation, and animations.
• API Integration:
• Hands-on experience in integrating RESTful APIs and managing API responses (JSON).
• Knowledge of HTTP libraries like http or Dio.
• State Management:
• Experience with state management solutions such as Provider, Riverpod, Bloc, or GetX.
• UI/UX Skills:
• Ability to build pixel-perfect designs based on UI/UX wireframes.
• Experience in theming, dark mode, and responsive layouts.
• Proficient in Version Control:
• Familiarity with Git for version control and collaborative development.
• Good Understanding of the Mobile Development Lifecycle:
• Knowledge of deploying apps to Google Play Store and Apple App Store.

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Knowledge of Firebase (Firestore, Authentication, Cloud Messaging).
• Experience with local storage solutions like SharedPreferences or Hive.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines for Flutter apps.
• Basic understanding of backend technologies to collaborate better with backend teams.

Experience:

• 1-3 years of experience in Flutter development or a related role.

A bit about us

WeatherBug is a popular weather site and mobile app providing hyperlocal, live weather data and proactive alerting to consumer users. With over 15 million unique users per month, across all platforms, WeatherBug’s vision is to provide environmental intelligence for all aspects of people’s lives. The WeatherBug app is a top-rated weather app in the app stores. In 2019, WeatherBug was named the best weather app by MediaPost’s Appy Awards. WeatherBug is owned and operated by GroundTruth, a media company that turns real-world behavior into marketing that delivers real business results.

Learn more at WeatherBug.com

At GroundTruth, we believe that innovative technology starts with the best talent and we have been ranked one of Ad Age’s Best Places to Work for three years in a row (2021, 2022 & 2023). Learn more about the perks of joining our team here.

A bit about you

A recognized expert in their professional discipline, with significant impact and influence on organizational policy and program development. Establishes critical strategic and operational goals, and develops and implements new products, processes, standards, or operational plans to achieve organizational objectives. Regularly leads projects of critical importance to the organization—projects that carry substantial consequences for success or failure. Requires strong influence and communication with executive leadership. Problems encountered are often complex and multidimensional, requiring broad-based consideration of variables that affect multiple areas of the organization.

You will:

• Develop production-ready code to meet scope of requirements.
• With guidance, update and create documentation as needed for new and existing solutions.
• Participate in code-reviews with comments to improve code quality, stability, and maintainability.
• Create and maintain unit and integration testing solutions. Be able to run your code in lower environments.
• Run tests on the mobile device to ensure code meets requirements
• Watch mobile releases for Android or iOS for features you developed
• Teardown your solutions across multiple environments and platforms.
•  Provide operational support of your deployed code
• Determine issues within your areas of expertise.
• Work with teams across the engineering organization to understand and incorporate client requirements into final solutions.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

You have:

• Bachelor’s degree (4 years) in Computer Science or a related field, OR 5+ years of relevant software development experience.
• 3+ years of professional experience in software engineering.
• 2+ years of hands-on Android application development using Kotlin and Android Studio.
• Experience with modern Android libraries and frameworks, including Jetpack components (e.g., Navigation, Room, ViewModel, LiveData), Retrofit for networking, and image loading libraries (e.g., Glide, Coil).
• Proficiency with asynchronous programming using Kotlin Coroutines and Flow.
• Familiarity with dependency injection frameworks such as Dagger/Hilt or Koin.
• Experience with app architecture patterns such as MVVM or MVI, and clean architecture principles.
• 2+ years of experience working in Agile teams and participating in iterative development cycles.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented design principles, design patterns, best practices, performance optimization, and memory management.
• Experience with unit and UI testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockito, Espresso).
• Familiarity with Git and collaborative version control workflows.
• Exposure to CI/CD tools and automated build/deployment pipelines.
• Ability to independently take ownership of tasks and deliver robust solutions.
• Commitment to writing clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.

Would be great if you have:

• Experience with React Native, including building function components, using hooks, and working with JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Knowledge of Play Store processes, including app signing, publishing, and release management.
• Familiarity with ingesting and exposing large datasets in the weather industry.
• Experience in the advertising industry.
• Proficiency with tools like GitHub, Jenkins, Artifactory.

You are:

• A team player who is organized, flexible and willing to adapt
• Not afraid of new technologies and driven to learn
• A detail-oriented person, who catches problems early and adjusts
• A strong communicator who is able to collaborate with multiple business and engineering stakeholders and work through conflicting needs
• A problem solver who likes to dive deep into a problem, diagnose root causes and work with multiple teams to come up with a solution
• Organized with demonstrated ability to prioritize and deliver timely work
• A team player and not afraid to roll up your sleeves and help when needed
• Self-sufficient and not afraid to take the lead and manage tasks independently
• Coachable and open to feedback
• Respectful–-we treat each other with respect and assume the best of one another
• Not afraid to have fun!

What we offer

At GroundTruth, we want our employees to be comfortable with their benefits so they can focus on doing the work they love.

● Parental leave- Maternity and Paternity

● Flexible Time Offs (Earned Leaves, Sick Leaves, Birthday leave, Bereavement leave & Company Holidays)

● In Office Daily Catered Lunch

● Fully stocked snacks/beverages

● Health cover for any hospitalization. Covers both nuclear family and parents

● Covid home quarantine cover

● Tele-med for free doctor consultation, discounts on health checkups and medicines

● Wellness/Gym Reimbursement

●  Pet Expense Reimbursement

●  Childcare Expenses and reimbursements

●  Employee assistance program

●  Employee referral program

●  Education reimbursement program

●  Skill development program

●  Cell phone reimbursement (Mobile Subsidy program)

●  Internet reimbursement

●  Birthday treat reimbursement

●  Home office set up

●  Employee Provident Fund Scheme offering different tax saving options such as VPF and employee and employer contribution up to 12% Basic

●  Creche reimbursement

●   Co-working space reimbursement

●   NPS employer match

●   Meal card for tax benefit

●   Special benefits on salary account

●   New joiner relocation

Currently, we are looking for engineers who are skilled, passionate, driven, and a wee bit crazy (yes, crazy works! ) to join our tribe. The small tweaks you make, the processes you alter, the experiments you run, and the business decisions you drive will have reverberating effects on our ability to add value to our customers and keep them coming back for more.

Responsibilities:

• Work on cutting edge technical systems and seek to do things no one else has done before.
• Work with a group of people who believe in the utmost transparency and ethical practices.
• Work with full autonomy and high ownership of outcomes
• Add value to our user's life • Evolve as a professional through a learning and challenging journey.

Requirements:

• 4+ years of overall work experience, and a minimum of 2 years of experience in Android development
• Excellent knowledge of Java, Kotlin and Android eco-system
• Experience in software engineering best practices and design principles
• Prior experience in working on scalable Android App • Capable of handling web service integration - RESTful, JSON, SOAP, XML
• A focus and passion for Mobile UI & UX to make apps exciting for the user
• Excellent debugging and optimisation skills
• Rapid prototyping skills for getting product feedback
• Understanding of product development lifecycle
• Experience in React Native is a bonus

• Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals and excellent problem-solving skills.
• Good understanding of software engineering practices, Data Structures & Algorithms.
• Solid programming skills in Java/Kotlin.
• Good communication skills.
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Experience in Reactive programming, Asynchronous programming and Unit Testing will be an added advantage.
• 4-7years of experience in product driven organization.