Senior Software Engineer - App Development (Remote)

JOB DESCRIPTION:

 Currently hiring for the position of Android Developer responsible for developing app from scratch.

We are looking to recruit a candidate for a role that will require:

● Translate design and wireframes into code

● Design, build, and maintain high performance, reusable, and reliable code

● Identify solutions through research and collaboration that resolves the root of problems as they arise

● Unit testing code

● Experience with cloud message APIs and usage of push notifications

Requirement

5+ years’ strong development experience in android

Experience using RESTful web services within mobile applications

∙ Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices

∙ Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements

∙ Experience with code versioning control, such as bitbucket/git

Experience in writing code using kotlin is an advantage

Education: Engineering

Work experience: 2 years relevant experience

Compensation: Based on Industry Standards

We run a fast-paced, dynamic business and the challenges we face and solve every day are unique. We are looking for someone who can adapt quickly, handle multiple roles and is enthusiastic about growing an exciting Cosmetics Brand across multiple platforms. This role reports to the Vice President, eCommerce and is based out of Chandivali.

If you're excited about going beyond your comfort zone and taking your existing skillset to the next level while creating a fast-growing business.

About the Role

We are looking to hire a talented iOS developer to design, build, and maintain the next generation of iOS applications. Your primary focus will be developing high-end iOS applications for the latest Apple mobile devices. Your duties may include collaborating with the product team and Tech team for new application features, identifying and fixing application bottlenecks, maintaining the core code, and updating applications published on the App Store.

To ensure success as an iOS developer, you should have a strong working knowledge of iOS Frameworks, be proficient in Swift, and be able to work as part of a team. Ultimately, an outstanding iOS developer should be able to create functional, attractive applications that perfectly meet the needs of the user.

Job Responsibilities

• Proficient in Swift, and Objective-C
• Design and implement new features, improvements, ensuring high performance, responsiveness, and a seamless user experience
• Providing implementation detail of feature and documentation
• Experience with iOS frameworks such as UIKit, SwiftUI
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and networking libraries
• Knowledge of version control systems (e.g., Git)
• Identifying potential problems and resolving application bottlenecks.
• Maintain and enhance the existing codebase while adhering to best practices and coding standards.
• Understanding of Apple’s design principles and interface guidelines
• Developing and implementing architecture to support user interface concepts.
• familiarity with App Approval and Submission procedure
• Knowledge of Push notifications 
• Implement secure coding practices to ensure data protection and user privacy

Experience & Skills Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or software engineering.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in iOS development.
• Proficient in Objective-C, SwiftUI, and Cocoa Touch.
• Extensive experience with iOS Frameworks such as Core Data and Core Animation.
• Knowledge of iOS back-end services.
• Knowledge of Apple’s design principles and application interface guidelines.
• Proficient in code versioning tools including Mercurial, Git, and SVN.
• Knowledge of C-based libraries.
• Familiarity with push notifications, APIs, and cloud messaging.
• Experience with continuous integration.

As part of the Mobile SDK Engineering team at Flyy, here are some things you can expect:

• Take ownership and be responsible for what you build - no micromanagement
• Work with customer success team to enable Flyy customers to adopt Insights-led engagement in different industry sectors like e-Commerce, FinTech, OTT, Social, entertainment, travel, telco, food-tech etc.
• Explore the latest in topics like Mobile development, SDK, iOS, Android, tvOS various mobile hybrid frameworks and share with the team and more importantly, have fun while you work on scaling Flyy.

Skills Required :

• Minimum 2 years experience in iOS Development
• Minimum 1 year of experience in Native Mobile Development
• Minimum 1 year of experience in React-Native/Flutter framework
• Should be thorough with different architectures used in Mobile Development
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of Android/iOS framework:
• Multithreading concepts
• Persistent data storage
• Rest APIs Implementation
• Should know the internals of the mobile build and distribution processes
• Ready to learn and develop in any cross-platform frameworks
• Should be able to capture bottlenecks and improve them without or little supervision
• Awareness of Secure Development process and practices
• Awareness on Information Security concepts and Best Practices

Good to Have:

• Knowledge of other cross-platform frameworks i.e., Cordova, Unity, etc
• Experience in working and shipping SDKs/plugins

Roles and Responsibilities

• Must be well versed with SWIFT & Objective C.
• Expertise in integrating RESTful web services.
• Experience working with storyboard, cocoa-touch, and auto layout.
• Hands-on experience in Cloud APIs, push notifications, social media integration, and payment integration of analytics is an added advantage.
• Experience with automated build and release process (Adhoc release, Final release).
• Has experience in using Maps API, GPS services for the iOS application.
• Experience working with iOS frameworks such as Core Data, Core Animation, Core Graphics, and Core Text, Core Location.
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs.
• Working knowledge of the general mobile orientation, architecture, trends, and emerging technologies.
• Solid understanding of the full mobile application development life cycle.
• Must have good analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
• Self-starter having the ability to independently acquire the knowledge required in succeeding in his job.
• Good communication skills.

Desired Candidate Profile

• The candidate should be well versed with iPhone Application development.
• Should have excellent knowledge of Swift, C++ and OOPS concepts, JSON, Cocoa, GPS, SQLite, iPhone SDK, Xcode IDE.
• The coder should be well versed in using web services, Interface Builder & Debugging tools, Google map kits, multitasking.
• Should have worked on iPhone applications that have been published on the iTunes application store.
• Live Apps.

About the Role

A highly motivated and passionate individual who has experience in executing end to end web based products and applications; bringing them to production quickly and with high quality. Passionate about building flexible and scalable solutions with an eye for detail and can weigh pros and cons to find best possible solutions. 

Role and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Managers to plan, implement and deliver tasks and modules on a timely basis with best practices and adherence to SOPs.
• Understand the product requirements, ask questions, and gather information and feedback to design and deliver features both on Android and iOS.
• Create a roadmap of tasks to be delivered for both iOS and Android applications in sync, such that new features go to the end-user at same time. 
• Lead the design of Android and iOS applications in a modular fashion with reusable components.
• Proactively identify issues related to memory consumption, battery drain and multi-threading in the application by planning regular tests and analysis.
• Deliver Android and iOS applications with integration to backend services deployed on the cloud with high quality and responsiveness. 
• Create strong practices around test driven development, automating delivery of apps to the marketplace with strong CI/CD practices.
• Manage a highly skilled and efficient team by hiring, keeping the team motivated, and managing performance.
• Play the role of an unblocker in a tight scrum environment. Should be able to help other developers with challenges, problem solving, and help achieve milestones as per plan.
• Prioritize to manage ad-hoc requests in parallel with ongoing projects.
• Hands on with programming with 50%+ of bandwidth going into modules owned.

Skills/Experience

• A highly talented developer with 10+ years of hands-on experience in building apps that have been released to the Play Store(Android) and Appstore(iOS). 
• Demonstrated experience managing teams of 5-10 or more engineers in mobile application teams.
• Strong knowledge of Android, Kotlin, iOS, Swift, Objective C and working with MVVM, MVP, MVC patterns.
• Experience building mobile applications which lean heavily on connecting to cloud services to gather data and stream videos/content. 
• Working knowledge of Xamarin or Flutter (cross platform frameworks) is highly preferred. 
• Practitioner of test driven development practices. Experience in creating and adhering to best practices for development.