Senior Android Developer

Technical Skills Required

• Expert with BSPs and use of Peripheral Device Drivers, on Android and Linux Operating Systems

• Expert with device boot for speed and absolute reliability on headless devices
• Expert allocation/efficient use of operating infrastructure: memory, CPU, I/O, and serial communications
• Expert full stack application development on Android and Linux Operating systems:
• Java, Kotlin, JS, C/C++, ---- a plus to have Python
• Expert use of various build and debug tools for Android and other Operating Systems
• Skilled at architecture and implementation of custom algorithms and rules engines using onboard sensors for industrial applications: ex: fall detect, collision avoidance, man down, alerts
• Skilled with battery life optimizations
• Skilled with implementation of user interfaces for devices based on requirements 
• Skilled with Sensor Integration in Android or other OS framework (Linux, RTOS)
• Skilled with device configuration management
• Experience to integrate and tune camera and audio subsystems for VOIP and Video calling
• Able to port and integrate from/to one chipset to another
• Able to support device software across product life cycle
• Understanding of enterprise grade application requirements, networking and network security
• Experience with application/device diagnostics and self-healing configurations for enterprise grade solutions
• Experience with secure over the air software/firmware upgrades, device configuration and management from network server
• Experience with design and support for factory provisioning and test

Our Mission

Mercari is a Japan-based company with the mission of “create value in a global marketplace where anyone can buy & sell.” Having continuously worked toward this goal since our founding in 2013, we are now transforming from a startup into a global player. While this transformation brings its own specific set of challenges, we believe that solving them one after another will allow us to fully achieve our mission. Are you interested in working together to take on these exciting challenges?

Our Culture

To achieve our mission at Mercari, our organization and each of our employees share the same values and perspectives. Our individual guidelines for action are defined by our three values: Go Bold, All for One, and Be a Pro. Our organization is also shaped by our four foundations: Sustainability, Diversity & Inclusion, Trust & Openness, and Well-being for Performance. Regardless of how big Mercari gets, the culture will remain essential to achieving our mission and something we want to preserve throughout our organization. We invite you to read the “Mercari Culture Doc,” which summarizes the behaviors and mindset shared by Mercari and its employees. We continue to build an environment where all of our members of diverse backgrounds are accepted and recognized, and where they can thrive while holding dear to Mercari’s culture.

Work Responsibilities

• Native Android app development for Mercari and group companies' apps
• The development environment is as follows.
• Development language: Kotlin
• Development environment: Android Studio
• Build tool: Gradle
• CI/CD： CircleCI
• Others: GitHub, Firebase, Slack, Figma, JIRA, Confluence

Minimum Requirements

• Shared understanding and belief in Mercari Group mission and values
• At least 3 years of experience developing native Android applications with Kotlin Developing, operating, making decisions when selecting technology, and continuous improvement of large-scale product codebases
• Ability to design and develop with performance and scalability in mind
• Extensive knowledge of object-oriented software development, networking, memory management, and software testing
• Good communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders
• Familiarity with architecture frameworks like MVVM, MVP, declarative UI, or similar architectures

Preferred Requirements

• Experience using and installing Jetpack functions such as Android Architecture Components
• Understanding of UI development
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies like Scrum, Kanban, etc
• Experience in iOS or web development
• OSS contribution experience/familiarity with the OSS community
• Customer-centric product development in E-commerce/Fintech
• Working in multi-cultural and diverse teams
• Team Leadership experience

Working Conditions

Employment Status

Full-time

Office

Bangalore

• Hybrid Workstyle

Work Hours

• Full flextime (no core time)
• *Does not apply to all positions

• 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

• Experience with building scalable applications using Flutter on android or IOS. (we are happy to meet you even if you do not know flutter but are willing to learn)
• Strong knowledge of Architectural pattern like Bloc, Provider etc in Flutter. Knowledge of writing Plugins in Flutter is a good to have skill
• Ability to think about scalability and reusability while developing flutter widgets.
• Experience in working with Dart.
• Knowledge of unit & integration testing, agile development process, jira & API integration will be extremely useful
• Strong UI building skills and the ability to handle updates in UI with high frequency data changes.
• Experience with version control systems (bitbucket, git etc.)
• Strong knowledge of algorithms and data structures
• Should have demonstrated experience working on application development projects and test-driven development. Experience in writing high quality code
• Strong state management knowledge
• Experience in Fintech domain will be another added advantage