Senior Android Developer - Remote

Who We Are

QuitSure is founded by alumni of IIT, IIM, and Stanford University. It is one of the most effective quit-smoking mobile apps in the world. Our mission is to get 1 million smokers smoke-free in the next year. Do take a look at our website: https://www.quitsure.app to learn more about what we do and how it works. We are well-funded, and based in Powai, Mumbai. This is a remote job.

The Role

Your role will be to work with our product manager, backend developer, and QA testers to:

• Architect and build new features.
• Build pixel-perfect, buttery-smooth UIs across both mobile platforms.
• Diagnose and fix bugs and performance bottlenecks for performance that feels native.
• Reach out to the open-source community to encourage and help implement mission-critical software fixes.
• Ensure quality and cleanliness of code
• Ensure releases are published in a timely manner
• Collaborate with the development agency that is currently responsible for building our app

Qualifications

We are looking for a star React Native developer to continuously improve our platform and implement new features. The ideal candidate will have a passion for developing fast, efficient systems, clean modular code and high-quality user experiences. You will have had at least 2 years of React Native development experience and have:

• A firm grasp of React Native in particular, and the nuances of the JavaScript language in general.
• The ability to write well-documented, clean, modular code
• Rock solid at working with third-party dependencies and debugging dependency conflicts
• Familiarity with native build tools, like XCode, Gradle, Android Studio, etc
• Understanding of REST APIs, the document request model, and offline storage
• Knowledge of the fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
• Other presentation-layer languages (e.g. HTML, CSS, etc.) are a plus

Who We Are Looking For

We are looking for a highly skilled React Native developer who is interested in working on a high-impact product that is genuinely saving people’s health and lives. We are a small team, with thousands of global clients, who are trusting us with their private health data. So, in addition to coding skills, honesty, commitment and loyalty are also essential to us. We would prefer to work with someone who is truly excited about our cause.

Compensation

Compensation will be competitive, and commensurate with your experience.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.
•        Experience with native development (iOS/Android).
•        Worked on deep linking in mobile apps
•        Hands on experience in Bridging Native code base to react native.

Key Responsibilities

• Prototype new app and feature ideas and explore new technologies that are at the forefront of mobile technology
• Integrating back-end API's with front-end.
• Maintain android apps, listen to community and fix issues that arise
• Design and implement new features, create UI, debugging
• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability.
• Collaborate with other team members

Key Requirements

• Strong expertise in Java
• Experience with releasing, maintaining mobile code
• Strong focus on high-quality mobile UI experiences
• Deep understanding of Android SDK
• Proficient understanding of code versioning

Do Your Thng 

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About us:

DYT - Do Your Thng, is an app, where all social media users can share brands they love with their followers and earn money while doing so! We believe everyone is an influencer. DYT - Do Your Thng (DYT) is a creator community platform with an overarching vision to democratise influence and build a thriving creator community. We offer two solutions- an app for creators that helps them make a living out of content creation, and a self-serve web desk module for marketers to execute influencer campaigns in a quick, frictionless, targeted, and economically attractive manner.

Role : Android Developer

RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Design components by translating product requirements, break down projects into tasks, and provide accurate estimates. Build scalable and reliable technology solutions at a rapid pace
• Work on native Android as well as Angular tech stack while keeping performance goals in mind
• Independently come up with different solutions, extensible Low-level design. Write modular, extensible, readable, and performant code
• Strong unit test and debugging skills 
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (git) 
• Excellent interpersonal, leadership, influence, and communication skills 
• Build, develop, mentor, and coach junior team members 

QUALIFICATIONS :

• At least one product build and publish 
• Work well under pressure and meet deadlines without sacrificing quality 
• Work with distributed development teams 
• Ability to resolve problems with support and must understand the mobile ecosystem and its limitations.
• Understand Android Architecture components, strong fundamentals in Android technologies, and aware of new Android changes

SKILLS  REQUIRED 

• Experience with kotlin is a must
• Knowledge of mvvm architecture/ android architecture components
• Knowledge of Rxjava and coroutines for multithreading
• Knowledge of retrofit/okhttp for making HTTP calls
• Knowledge of dependency injection using dagger2
• Knowledge of android framework components like services, fragments, intent services
• Knowledge of sql required 
• Experience in offline data management
• Write well designed, testable, efficient code 

• Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals and excellent problem solving skills.
• Good understanding of software engineering practices, Data Structures & Algorithms.
• Solid programming skills in Java/Kotlin.
• Good communication skills.
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Experience in Reactive programming, Asynchronous programming and Unit Testing will be an added advantage.

1. Minimum product development experience of 1+ years with expertise in designing and implementing high-performance mobile applications
2. Well-versed in Java, Kotlin, JavaScript, XML, and JSON.
3. Thorough knowledge of Android APIs and platform capabilities
4. Working knowledge of the mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies.
5. Have published one or more apps in the Play Store
6. Complete knowledge of app testing & releasing
7. Familiarity with popular android libraries/methods like OkHTTP, Retrofit

1. Experience in builidng educational apps.
2. Experience with MathJax, KaTex
3. Working experience with ReactNative

What to expect from us

1. We won't see your college or degree. If you know your job, you will be paid well
2. Good learning curve
3. No boring meetings, PPTs. Straight to the point work.

Android

• Strong understanding of the OOPS concept.
• Working experience in Java and Kotlin language. (Must)
• Knowledge of Offline Sync, Multithreading, Realm/Room/SQLLite databases, Live data, Socket Programming. (Must)
• Familiar with Android Jetpack components (Must)
• Idea/Experience of MVC/MVVM and MVP
• At least 1 live application on Playstore. (Must)
• Good debugging and problem-solving skills.

Good to have

• Idea/experience in RxJava, RxKotlin
• Idea/experience of unit and instrumentation testing in Android
• Knowledge of Web RTC.
• Experience with tools like Git, Jira, Basecamp, BitBucket, Azure DevOps would be an advantage.
• Good to have experience working with IOT projects, Bluetooth technologies
• Active Open Source, GitHub or Stack Overflow contribution will be a big plus
• Having personal apps in play store will be an added advantage
• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends & emerging technologies.

What we look for in people 

critical thinking, openness to unlearn and learn, collaborate seamlessly cross borders, enjoy working in a remote and fast paced environment, curious and passionate about solving customer problems, consensus driven decision making approach, persuasive communication and precision for details