Senior Android Developer

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES 

• 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
• Ensure lightweight and highly responsive app
• Extending the features as per requirement
• Write expressive code that is clear enough to compensate for simple documentation
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency

REQUIREMENTS

• 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, design principles, patterns, c,c++ and best practices
• 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
• Experience in using git preferably with github or bitbucket
• Familiarity with Google Maps API, push notifications, firebase, Dart,SMS gateways and Payment gateways
• Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle.

Experience: 4+ years

JOB TYPE: Full-time

JOB LOCATION: Lower Parel, Mumbai

Job Summary:

Wadhwani Foundation is looking for a  Senior Mobile Application Developer to drive the development and enhancement of our mobile clients (iOS and Android). The developer will design the entire app lifecycle right from PoC stage until delivery and post launch support. In this role, you will design and build, high performance, user-friendly and secure mobile applications.

As a Senior Mobile Application developer, you will work closely with engineering and product teams to deliver a seamless mobile experience. You will play a key role in ensuring that our mobile apps meet high standards for usability, performance, security across both platforms and serves beneficiaries in multiple countries.

Core Responsibilities:

• Lead development and delivery of cross-platform (Kotlin Multiplatform, React Native) mobile applications.
• Translate UI/UX designs into clean, efficient, and reusable code following best practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and maintain application.
• Mentor junior engineers, enforce coding standards, and promote best practices in mobile development.

Required Qualifications:

• Proven experience with App Store and Google Play deployment processes, including provisioning, certificate management, release automation, beta testing and compliance.
• Experience developing reusable or cross-platform components using technologies like Kotlin Multiplatform, , React Native or Flutter.
• Integrate apps with backend APIs, ensuring secure data handling and high performance.
• Proficient in debugging, profiling, and optimizing performance for mobile applications on both platforms.
• Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives, manage multiple priorities, and deliver on deadlines.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and align cross-functional stakeholders.

Technical Expertise:

• 5~8 years of professional experience in mobile application development, with a strong track record on Kotlin multi-platform and React Native.
• Should be well versed with the concepts of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP).
• Must be able to demonstrate strong knowledge of UI design principles, patterns, and best practices.
• A sound understanding of the full mobile development life cycle and should have published multiple native apps.
• Experience with relational databases (SQLite), web services and API integration.
• Exposure to internationalization/localization for multi-country and multi-lingual deployments.
• Ability to evaluate and adopt new frameworks, libraries, and tools to keep the technology stack up to date.

Own Android SDKs, working hand-in-hand with the founding team

Design and build delightful user interfaces for native apps on Android

You will be (co-) responsible for our software development kit (SDK) for Android

Building mobile apps in both Swift and Kotlin.

You work independently on your own code, but you also spend time collaborating with others.

You are involved in all stages of app development and contribute to the roadmap.

You get the freedom to experiment with new Android technology.

Ownership — advocate for projects and solutions that need to be launched ground up.

Experience

Min 2 to 4 years in developing Android applications in Java / Kotlin / C++ /Gradle/Groovy.

Worked on SDKs/Frameworks.

Strong understanding of software design patterns as well as Android specifics.

Experience with authenticated sessions using authentication tokens and have at-least

fundamental knowledge of app security.

Good to have:-

Experience with Cross-platform frameworks is a plus (React Native, Flutter, Cordova,

Xamarin).

Have implemented security standards and guides.

Experience building applications at scale.

Experience with third-party libraries and APIs like Mobile Vision, MLKit and/or

Camera API.

Good understanding of garbage collection, design patterns and continuously

discover, evaluate,and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.

Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general

reliability

Collabsports Technologies Pvt Ltd is a sports-tech startup based in Pune, India. We are a small team, passionate about Sports & Technology. Our product, Scorpad is a mobile app with a mission “Sporting Made Smarter”, helps athletes in recording, analysing & improving their game while collaborating with their friends and other like-minded athletes. For more information, visit https://scorpad.com">https://scorpad.com

• You need to be passinate about technology with strong development & debugging skills.
• You will be responsible for designing, developing, testing & debugging responsive mobile applications.
• You should have one or more mobile apps on Google/ App store
• Thorough with VCS/ Git
• Working knowledge of general mobile landscape, architectures and trends
• Good understanding of RESTful APIs
• You should have a desire to work in startup fast-paced environment, able to self-manage and work remotely, when required.

We are looking for an Android developer who has hands-on experience in coding, building technology blocks, help answer choice of certain platform/tech over others, help the team visualize the product with the available resources and assets. 

What you’ll do:

• Design, develop, and test functionality for the latest app design.
• Support the entire application lifecycle (concept, design, test, release, and support).
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and develop new features.
• Take requirements and specs from design to development and be the first line of quality assurance.
• Understand user requirements—these apps have to meet real-world scenarios.
• Support the Supersub Mobile application in its entirety, including working on bug fixes and improving application performance, reliability and stability.
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.

What you bring:

• 3+ years of mobile software development experience.
• 3+ years of Kotlin Android development preferred.
• Solid Firebase & Firestore experience.
• Excellent decision-making skills with the ability to balance timeline vs features, while not sacrificing quality, and all within a fast-paced environment.
• Extensive knowledge in object-oriented software development, various architecture such as MVC/MVVM/MVP, multithreading, networking and memory management.
• Knowledge of standard Android libraries and frameworks.
• Strong analytical, prioritization, and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Advanced knowledge of Android SDK, including relevant frameworks, such as testing and mocking frameworks, REST clients, dependency injection, etc.