

Senior Android Development Engineer - Chennai
Who we are?
Kaleidofin is a financial platform for the informal sector, which provides solutions tailored to the customer’s goals and are intuitive to use. We are working towards creating fair and transparent financial solutions that can target millions of customers and enterprises in India that don’t have easy access to formal financial planning.
In a very short time span, global investors such as Omidyar Network, Blume Ventures and well known individual investors have supported Kaleidofin’s well thought out business model with $2.8 million in seed funding.
With its focus to harness mobile technology to deliver a paperless experience as well as its focus to harness technology and analytics to predict the right product for the right customer, Kaleidofin aims to become a leading FinTech player bringing financial solutions to everyone.
To know more about Kaleidofin, do visit our site https://kaleidofin.com/
What You’ll Do?
We are seeking extremely smart & independent senior developers who are gung ho about building large scale systems that are going to have a big impact on millions of customers. You will:
- Lead design and development of products working closely with business team
- Independently own software components and co-own entire applications with a small group of fellow developers
- Formally mentor junior software engineers on the team, reviewing design documents, (peer) reviewing code, providing design direction and guidance
- Build performant, scalable, yet secure, enterprise ready android applications with architecture that is fast yet lean on the backend servers enabling them to support millions of users in parallel
- Establish strong engineering best practices and champion their adoption
Who You Need To Be?
- 4+ years’ experience in android software development and delivery
- Bachelors or Masters degree in engineering (preferably computer science or sister branches) from a reputed institute (preferably IITs, NITs, or other top engineering institutes).
- Strong grasp of CS fundamentals, algorithms and excellent problem-solving abilities.
- All experience should be from good product development or e-commerce background.
- Able to take ownership of working with multiple teams – Product, Back end, QA, Business from start of development to go-live.
- Must have shown good stability in all your previous associations.
- Skill set
- Strong knowledge of UI architectural patterns like MVVM(preferable), MVC, MVP, data binding, activity & fragment lifecycle, recycler view, navigation component, layouts (constraint layout preferable), theming etc.
- Should have actively used retrofit, work managers, android jetpack, Rx java, dagger, retrofit, android sdk, GIT/bitbucket, gradle/ant and very keen on exploring other proven tech stack.
- Comfortable with test driven development in android with UI testing, instrumented unit testing and unit testing using junits and mockito
- Have working knowledge of writing backend REST API’s (preferably in Java, spring boot & hibernate) without having to completely depend on backend engineers for delivery
- Has worked in a fast paced agile organization building stateless and re-entrant/resumable android applications.
- Should have worked on building applications across wide range of android devices and android versions.
- Experience of Kotlin (especially kotlin coroutines and koin) is a big plus.

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Job Role: Android Developer
Experience: 6-8 years
Location: India (remote)
JOB DESCRIPTION:
1. Handson exp in Kotlin and Android studio
2. Good understanding of Core Java
3. Experience in JSON parsing
4. Experience in REST API
5. Experience in Junit test cases
6. Well versed in Latest Android API version.
7. Experience in publishing apps to the App Store.
8. Social Networking site integration
9. Code version tool – Git and JIRA
10. Architecture understanding - MVVM, MVP
11. Strong analytical and debugging skills/ Unit test coverage
12. Ability to do design and high level architecture


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 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.


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- Work with our dynamic team on different projects (products & services) to build high quality mobile application
- Designing and building native mobile applications for Apple’s iOS platform
- Collaborating with the design team to define app features
- Work on bug fixing and improving application performance
- Publishing application on App Store
- Debug and optimize code for performance and scalability
- Designing and implementing application updates. Turn feedback into custom solutions for client needs
- Create and maintain the technical documentation
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- Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency
- Stay up-to-date with the latest iOS technologies and advancements
Skills:
- Strong Knowledge & understanding about SWIFT and Objective C
- Strong Knowledge & understanding of executing projects in Xcode, OOPs concept
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- Familiar working with RESTful APIs, third party libraries and API, cloud message APIs and push notifications
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- Knowledge and understanding in Dependency injection tool like dagger or similar
- Knowledge of Hybrid app development platforms will be preferred
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- Good communication skills across all platforms
- Creative mind-set – and the ability to approach a problem creatively
- Highly organized with the ability to work independently in a fast paced team environment
- Ability to work in a team in a transparent and entrepreneurial culture.
- Self-motivated with initiative to reach challenging targets
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Positivity, focus and a winning mentality allied with kindness
- Curiosity, energy, creativity, and bravery with a strong desire to help to build the o2h culture


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We currently have offices in Bangalore, India and in California in the US, with incredible team members around the world. Join us to be a part of our world-class team with a high-performance culture!
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- You will be an advocate for good UI and UX at Quizizz, informing our designers about the latest technologies and components that can be leveraged (or even creating them yourself).
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- Diagnose and fix bugs and performance bottlenecks for performance that feels native.
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- Healthy work-life balance. Put in your 8 hours, and enjoy the rest of your day.
- Flexible leave policy. Take time off when you need it.
- Comprehensive health coverage of Rs. 6 lakhs, covering the employee and their parents, spouse and children. Pre-existing conditions are covered from day 1, and also benefits like free doctor consultations and more.
- Relocation support includes travel and accommodation, and we'll also pay for a broker to find your home in Bangalore!
- Rs. 20,000 annual health and wellness allowance.
- Professional development support. We will reimburse you for relevant courses and books that you need to become a better professional.
- Delicious meals including breakfast and lunch served at office, and a fully-stocked pantry for all your snacking needs.

- Strong knowledge of Android SDK, different versions of Android, and how to deal with different screen sizes
- Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services
- Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
- Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
- Ability to design applications around natural user interfaces, such as “touch”
- Familiarity with the use of additional sensors, such as gyroscopes and accelerometers
- Knowledge of the open-source Android ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks
- Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
- Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications

Principal duties and responsibilities:
- Design and implementation of automotive applications
- Analysis of customer product requirements
- Review and investigate issues in code developed by peers
- Partner closely with customers and other Cerence teams to establish and maintain clear, concise communication through regular reporting, meeting participation, and follow-up
- Adopt underlying layers for Android Automotive to run on customer hardware
Education: Bachelor/Master in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent
Minimum years of work experience: 4+ years of industry experience
Required skills:
- 4 + years’ software development experience, preferably for automotive and in connection with user interface technologies
- Experience using modern development processes/tools and developing through the complete Software Development Life Cycle
- Experiences in programing and scripting languages (JAVA, Python, Typescript)
- Experience with using source control tools like Git and CI/CD pipeline tools like Jenkins
- Experience working in / Knowledge of Agile/Scrum framework
- Experience in Android development
- Knowledge of the open-source Android ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks
- Strong object-oriented analysis, design, and coding skills
- Fluent in English both written and spoken
- Strong team player and customer focus
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- Good knowledge of Android Automotive platform
- Experience with VS Code
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Soft Skills
Good communication skills, quick learner, and ability to work under pressure
Team player with the ability to establish close working relationships with other teams
Should have good logical, analytical & problem-solving skills.



