Senior Android Developer

Vah Vah! is an ed-tech company that offers online makeup courses in micro-batches to students across India to learn from the leading teachers in top cities. We provide holistic education with lots of practical training that makes our students job-ready with not just the base skills but also the soft skills for great customer service. Our teachers have more than 15+ years of experience in training makeup and have certified more than 1000+ students. Vah Vah! is founded by executives with extensive experience running consumer business and mobile games at scale (over 100 million players) at Zynga. Vah Vah! is backed by a leading investment firm.

Website Link: https://vahvah.com/

The Mission

Vah Vah teaches professional makeup to budding makeup artists and influencers through live online classes. We have students from Srinagar, all the way to the Andamans. And experienced teachers who have worked in Bridal Makeup, Ramp Shoots, Film and more. We empower our students to join the workforce as fully trained makeup artists. This is the future of vocational education, and you can help build it.

Our Culture

• Amazing workplace and colleagues to work with
• We have the right mixture of creativity, analytics and hustle to move fast in the right direction.
• You will work with colleagues who don’t take themselves too seriously but move mountains.
• See yourself evolving every month with new problems to solve and new skill to master.
• Work with the smartest engineers so you can learn from them.
• Competitive salary at par with the best in the industry
• Great stock options so you can benefit from the company's growth.
• Immense exposure to new technologies

Responsibilities:

• Complete ownership of building and maintaining mobile APP.
• Deliver across the entire app life cycle design, build, deploy, test, release to app stores and support.
• Should be comfortable working on Android (Kotlin/Java) OR iOS(swift) platform.
• Should be comfortable in building a great consumer user interface.

Requirements:

• Overall experience of 2-4 years in native Android or iOS Platform
• Android Developer OR iOS developer with 2+ years of experience
• Experience in Android (Android Studio, Java, Kotlin) OR iOS development (Xcode, Swift)
• Basic understanding of Backend services, API implementation and database systems.
• We encourage all our devs to have base level of knowledge on DevOps, Source Control, CI/CD systems, Cloud Services such as AWS, Firebase, GCP
• Ability to implement designs and functionality provided by UI/UX teams
• Understanding of production deployment of the app in Play Store/App Store

• Android Studio, Java, Kotlin OR Xcode, Swift, Objective-C
• Familiarity with Analytics integrations
• Conversant with Github, CI/CD pipeline

What you get:

• Amazing workplace and colleagues to work with
• Work with the smartest engineers so you can learn from them.
• Competitive salary at par with the best in the industry
• Immense exposure to new technologies

• Full-stack developer with extensive knowledge of software development and agile methodologies, building native applications using JavaScript, and a portfolio of apps already published in-app store or self-hosted.
• Minimum 2-3 years experience working on Flutter projects/products.
• Good to have Healthcare domain experience.
• Ability to clearly understand requirements and translate them to software.
• Review business requirements, identify gaps, and assist in authoring functional design documents.
• Analytical mind with problem-solving aptitude.
• Proactive and self-starter requiring minimal supervision, who can collaborate with multiple stakeholders in the company.
• Good to have or awareness of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning algorithms and Python framework.
• Proficiency in relational databases like SQL Server and Oracle.
• Knowledge of cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, Google cloud), container, and virtualization will be a big plus.
• Familiarity with Continuous integration (Jenkins/Hudson), automated testing, and version control (GitHub, SVN).
• Knowledge of 3 rd party libraries and APIs, modern frameworks and design patterns, and test automation tools for Unit and Performance testing.
• Awareness of secure coding practices and standards. Page 2 of 3 Above all, you should love to build and ship products that real people use every day!

Roles and responsibilities:

• An ideal candidate will exhibit the following traits:
• Adapt and work on distributed technology stacks.
• Work with BAs to define or elaborate business software requirements.
• Design and build responsive and usable interface (UI/UX) for mobile applications through appealing, visual design.
• Take ownership of product features and work closely with stakeholders to ideate and rapidly release minimum viable product or mobile app solutions across healthcare products.
• Extensive experience with SDLC phases including Agile methodologies.
• Assist in designing client-side and server-side architecture.
• Perform code reviews, validation, and verification testing.
• Knows the use of version control software (GIT).
• Document technical design and unit test plans.
• Must have experience in working with multiple & small teams.
• Evaluate security and regulatory requirements.
• Proactively communicate in providing status reports and report blockers.
• Debug code, solve incidents and defects.
• Develop well-managed, high-quality, scalable, and reusable code.
• Should have excellent English (both verbal and written) skills.
• Should have excellent interaction and client communication skills.
• Solve technical challenges and take pride in their solutions and code.

Advantageous

• Java/Swift experience
• Understanding of Android Keyboard API
• Experience with optimizing applications for better performance and response

- B.E/M.C. A Or B.C.A Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, MIS, Or Similar Relevant Field

- 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

- A Knack for Benchmarking and Optimization

- Understanding of Google’s Android Design Principles and Interface Guidelines

- Proficient Understanding of Code Versioning Tools, Such as Git

- Familiarity with Continuous Integration - Good Knowledge of Kotlin.

- At Least Publish 3-4 Application in the Play Store

 - Knowledge of Cross-Platform And iOS Development Will Be an Advantage.
-  Knowledge of health care and e-commerce domain will be good.

• Experience / strong knowledge in both iOS & Android Mobile Application technologies
• Proficient in SwiftUI, Swift, Xcode, Java, Kotlin and Android Studio, Flutter, React Native
• Experience with version control: Maven, Gradle, Git, Cocopods
• Experience in application submission / provisioning process
• Experience in performance and memory tuning
• Good understanding of computer science concepts, design patterns, algorithms and data structures

Bonus Points:

• Experience / knowledge in any of the Back-End technologies

We are looking for a hands-on Android Developer to join our mobile team. The apt applicant must have Android software development skills, a passion for delivering high-quality, rock-solid apps. Android programming works closely with other app development and technical teams.

• Translate designs and wireframes into high-quality code.
• Design, build and maintain high performance, reusable, and reliable Java and Kotlin code
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the application.
• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs.
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization.

An enthusiastic individual with the following skills. Please do not hesitate to apply if you do not match all of it. We are open to promising candidates who are passionate about their work and are team players.

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science and minimum 4 years of Software Development experience- Knowledge of Mobile automation and experience on platforms such as espresso
• Knowledge of application profiling and performance monitoring tools such as Android profiler, AppDynamics, Dynatrace, etc.
• Excellent coding skills in an object-oriented language such as Java and Kotlin.
• Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
• Have published at least one original Android app.- Understanding of Google's Android design principles and interface guidelines- Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices

You will be working with top-quality engineers who have built one of the best employee engagement SaaS platforms. You will be reporting to AVP Engineering and working closely with the Architect and other leads.

A wholesome opportunity in a fast-paced environment that will enable you to juggle between concepts, yet maintain the quality on content, interact and share your ideas and have loads of learning while at work. Work with a team of highly talented young professionals and enjoy the benefits of being at Xoxoday.

A fast-growing SaaS commerce company based in Bangalore with offices in Delhi, Mumbai, SF, Dubai, Singapore and Dublin. We have three products in our portfolio: Plum, Empuls and Compass. Xoxoday works with over 1000 global clients. We help our clients in engaging and motivating their employees, sales teams, channel partners or consumers for better business results.

We look forward to connecting with you. As you may take time to review this opportunity, we will wait for a reasonable time of around 3-5 days before we screen the collected applications and start lining up job discussions with the hiring manager. We however assure you that we will attempt to maintain a reasonable time window for successfully closing this requirement. The candidates will be kept informed and updated on the feedback and application status