Senior Android Developer

Job Title: Senior Android Developer / Lead Engineer (Java | Kotlin | Android)

Experience Required

• 10+ years of overall software development experience
• Strong hands-on expertise in Java, Kotlin, and Android development

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Android Engineer with deep expertise in Android OS internals, system-level development, and strong hands-on coding ability. The role demands strong technical leadership, architectural thinking, and the ability to design and build scalable, high-performance Android applications with system-level integrations.

This is a hands-on technical role (not people management) with focus on architecture, design, and complex problem solving.

Key Responsibilities

1. Android Application Development

• Design, develop, and maintain advanced Android applications using Java and Kotlin
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code with strong adherence to OOP principles
• Participate in hands-on coding, debugging, and code reviews

2. Android Framework & System-Level Development

• Work with Android OS-level APIs including:
• Services
• Binder IPC
• AIDL
• System services
• Understand and implement system-level integrations

3. Low-Level & Hardware Interaction

• Exposure to Kernel / Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL)
• Work on device-level integrations such as:
• Sensors
• Bluetooth
• Other hardware peripherals

4. Performance & Stability Engineering

• Identify and resolve performance issues including:
• ANR (Application Not Responding)
• Memory leaks and optimization
• Ensure application stability and efficient resource usage

5. Concurrency & Multithreading

• Build robust multi-threaded applications
• Strong understanding of:
• Concurrency models
• Synchronization mechanisms
• Thread safety and race condition handling

6. System Design & Architecture

• Design scalable, modular, and maintainable Android applications
• Define architecture patterns and enforce best practices
• Contribute to system-level design decisions

7. Technical Leadership (Hands-on)

• Provide technical direction and mentorship to engineering team members
• Guide design and implementation decisions
• Conduct architecture and code reviews
• Remain actively involved in coding and technical problem solving

Preferred / Good to Have

• Exposure to IoT domain
• Exposure to HVAC systems or related embedded domains

Must-Have Skills Summary

• 10+ years Android development experience
• Strong Java, Kotlin, Android expertise
• Deep knowledge of Android internals and system APIs
• Strong OOP and coding skills (coding assessment required)
• Experience with performance tuning and memory management
• Strong understanding of multithreading and concurrency
• System design and architecture expertise
• Hands-on technical leadership

Technical Requirement :

- 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

- Strong knowledge in SQLite Database

- Experience in designing and developing custom controls for Android.

- Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, and object orientation design.

- Capabilities to write and execute unit test cases.

- Independent researching, solution finding, analysis and problem solving skills and capabilities.

- Should have a strong knowledge of OOPS and intermediate knowledge of front-end GUI design and development.

- Should have knowledge of Kotlin

- Should have experience in MVC / MVVM Architecture.

- Good in Analytics and Communication

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About Us:

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• Freedom and Responsibilities - We give you a deadline and you have the freedom to do it according to you

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Your Impact:

As a financial education platform, we expect you to have a holistic understanding of finance/capital markets (Stocks, etc).

StockPe is a highly collaborative environment and we are looking for a capable team member, skilled in eliciting, capturing, and integrating ideas into our mobile app. We expect strong logic building and great attention to time management.

Responsibilities:

• Build pixel-perfect, smooth UIs across mobile platforms.

• Diagnose and fix bugs and performance bottlenecks for performance that feels native

• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code.

• Maintain and write high-quality code to ensure the product is seamless and bug-free.

• Participate in Agile development, POC development, brainstorming, etc.

• Coordinate and collaborate with other members for smooth and swift development.

Skills required:

• Expert-level knowledge of React Native

• Good working knowledge of state management library Redux

• Good knowledge of REST APIs and WebSockets

• Good grasp of JavaScript language and its nuances, including ES6+ syntax

• Experience in 3rd party integration

• An avid follower of the best practices, optimization strategies, and design pattern

• Experience in developing enterprise grade Android Mobile Apps, NDK, and SDKs.
• Experience in Rest i.e SQLite, Faragments, Activities, Intents, Google API’s (FCM, MAP, Analytics, AdMob etc.).
• Experience in apps development with Payment gateway Integration and POS terminal like VeriFone/Ingenico/Pax.
• Experience on client-server application involving web service calling.
• Knowledge of Android Life Cycle and Threading Concepts.
• Knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies.
• Strong understanding of material design, memory management, files I/O, network protocols, concurrency, multi-threading etc.
• Strong understanding of OOPs fundamentals, Java, Kotlin, JSON, Android 5 and above.
• Knowledge in architecting large solutions using patterns, like MVVM, VIPER.
• Knowledge of different screen sizes,andandroid version classes compatibility.
• Knowledge of Third party libraries like Volly, Retrofit, ButterKnife, Picasso.
• Knowledge of XML, JSON parsing, GPS and Google Maps integration.
• Knowledge of Firebase Services Other Third-party Services.
• Understanding of code versioning tool, like Git.
• Familiarity with deploying Android apps to the Google Play Store and should have published at least five Android app.
• Knowledge of OPENGL.

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The candidate should have good team player skills and the ability to work hard independently under the least supervision. Should be a problem solver and self-motivated to work in a startup environment. Must have good learning and grasping skills. Keen to learn new things and flexible to work with startup culture.

Responsibilities

• Translate existing designs and wireframes into high-quality code.
• Design, build and maintain high-performance, reusable, and reliable Java code.
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the application.
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization.
• Work in an agile environment with continuous integration and deployment.
• Detail requirements taking inputs from the team and coming up with estimations for planning.
• Collaborate on projects with a closely-knit team.
• Develop and maintain mobile apps using Rest APIs.

Requirements

• Experience- 0-2 years.
• Good aptitude and good attitude.
• Need a hardworking candidate.
• Strong knowledge of Android SDK, different versions of Android, and how to deal with different screen sizes.
• Strong Knowledge of OOPs.
• Strong Knowledge of Core Java.
• Hands-on experience in Java.
• 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, Proficient with Multithreading, I/O stream, Collections, etc.
• Ability to design applications around natural user interfaces.
• 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 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 GitHub.
• Familiarity with continuous integration.
• A team player, fast learner with good verbal and written communication skills

Preference

• Hands-on experience in Kotlin.

Education

• UG: BCA in Computers, B. Tech/B. E. in Any Specialization.
• PG: Any Postgraduate in Any Specialization.

Roles and Responsibilities

To build cross-platform mobile apps for Android, IOS, and Web. This should include making responsive UIs to efficiently query data and also manage states in an optimized manner.

Desired Candidate Profile

- Deep experience contributing to and managing high-scale production mobile apps. You must have previous experience in Flutter development.

Responsibilities and Duties :

• 2-5 years working as a full-time professional developer (Mobile) and 2 Years in a flutter is must
• Experience building a complex mobile applications, flutter would be advantage
• Good to have if it's on the Play Store/App Store or any other demo
• Willing to work with cross-platform frameworks
• Willing to learn and work on different mobile platforms frameworks when needed.
• Familiar with REST Api's, websockets in mobile integration.
• Working with a version control system (i.e., Git)
• Good communication skills.

• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Team worker.
• Very comfortable learning new technologies, tools, and platforms.
• Highly motivated.
• Initiative and passionate.
• Strong problem-solving skills.

• 1+ years of experience with Android
• Basic understanding of Kotlin
• Experience with Android Architecture Components Like ViewModel, LiveData, Data BInding, Navigation etc.
• Experience with frameworks like OkHttp, Retrofit, androidx, moshi, picasso, among others.
• Experience with design patterns and industry trends
• Understanding that great code is also maintainable code.