Sr. Android Developer

Job Description: As an Android Developer at [Company Name], you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining Android applications. You will leverage your expertise in Java and Kotlin to create robust and user-friendly mobile solutions. Your role will involve working closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality applications that meet our users' needs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Application Development: Design, develop, and maintain Android applications using Java and Kotlin.
• Code Quality: Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code, following best practices and coding standards.
• Collaborate: Work closely with product managers, UX/UI designers, and other developers to define and implement new features.
• Debugging and Testing: Identify, debug, and resolve technical issues and perform unit testing to ensure application quality.
• Performance Optimization: Optimize application performance and ensure scalability and reliability.
• Stay Updated: Keep up with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices in Android development.
• Documentation: Create and maintain documentation for code, development processes, and system architecture.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Android Development Experience: 4 years of hands-on experience in Android application development.
• Java Expertise: 4 years of experience with Java, including knowledge of Android SDK and core libraries.
• Kotlin Proficiency: 2 years of experience with Kotlin for Android development.
• Android Studio: Proficiency in using Android Studio and related development tools.
• APIs and Integration: Experience integrating with RESTful APIs and third-party libraries.
• UI/UX: Understanding of Android UI/UX design principles and guidelines.
• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues efficiently.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Design and develop mobile applications in true service oriented architecture.
• Building mobile applications on Android platform using Java, Kotlin, etc
• Worked on major architectures like MVVM, MVP

Hiring for the position of Android Developer /Sr. 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

∙  2+ 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

Key Responsibilities

•  Build, iterate, and enhance mobile applications on Android.

•  Continue to evaluate innovative approaches on Android and present new ideas to improve our offering on Android and other mobile platforms.

•  Ensures that code developed is easy to test, easy to understand, extensible and meets the quality guidelines of the business unit.

•  Partner closely with the design team to create an intuitively easy to use application for our users.

•  Bring new features in the course taking experience to the Android platform.

•  Optimize the existing code for ease of use and performance and improve quality.

•  Continue to improve the development process. Evaluate and implement new tools as needed.

•  Lead and Contribute to a team culture that values quality while fostering initiatives and innovation.

• Knowledge of the common application/web security and OWASP vulnerabilities.

•  Knowledge of the encryption algorithms to protect sensitive information.

• Knowledge of PII, PCI, HIPPA, and GDPR compliance and how to implement.

• Understanding of security breaches of data-in-transit and data-at-rest and knowledge in implementation for both.

• Knowledge/Aware of finding the vulnerabilities of the third-party components/libraries used in the application and remediating vulnerabilities.

• Integrate with multiple devices & printers

Required skillset:

 Java, Android SDK, Rest API, SQLLite, Json, Enterprise mobility management (EMM) and EMV, POS application in Android(preferably version 4.4 Kitkat and API level 19 and above) 

Good to have:

 Play store deployment, push notifications, Web services, Android Location Services, Google Maps API, GIT

 Desired Competencies:

 Problem Solving Approach, Analytically strong, Time Management skills, Passionate to learn new technologies and working in an agile environment.

Android Mobile Developer

The ideal candidate will be passionate about providing the best experience to our user community from UI/UX design to speed and performance.  You will think critically to develop native apps for Android mobile devices.  You’ll instrument, measure, optimize and build high quality architectures and code in areas such as Search, Transaction Management and Profile Management.

General Responsibilities:

• End-to-end Android application development that will produce elegant features that our users will love
• Coding alongside the team (comprised of designers and product managers) developing features for our mobile apps
• Produce high quality software that is unit tested, code reviewed, and checked in regularly for continuous integration.
• Understand where to make architectural trade-offs applying synchronous and asynchronous design patterns
• Provide solid feedback on good mobile UI/UX design practices and ways to reduce any user friction

Requirements:

• 5+ years developing extensively with Java 
• 7+ years experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions
• Knowledge of UI and animation frameworks, touch user interface, and MVP application design
• Strong expertise in developing enterprise mobile applications using Google’s Android SDK( e.g. packaging, emulators, adb, etc)
• Familiar with deploying to Google’s app store and staged rollouts
• Extensive programming experience in Java and/or Kotlin
• Experience with relational databases (transactional and non-transactional), database architecture, and distributed transaction management
• Experience with consuming third-party libraries and APIs
• Strong understanding of working with REST services, databases, caching strategies & asynchronous calls is a must
• Good understanding of software development lifecycle along with working knowledge of SCM with strong emphasis on Git and Jira
• BA/BS Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or related practical experience.

• Design, build and maintain high performance, reusable, and reliable Java & Kotlin code
• Writing unit-tests code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability
• Take ownership of product/features: End to end development with testing and meet the deadline
• Work closely with our product and design teams to customize the Khatbook experience for the Android platform.
• Prototype new and redesign features.
• A focus on UI design principles and making apps work intuitively.
• Contribute best-in-class programming skills to develop highly innovative, consumer-facing mobile products.
• Writing efficient android code in Java/Kotlin following MVP framework guidelines.
• Tracing and profiling android java code. Own and manage the finance technology control frameworks.

1. A candidate with 2+ years of experience in building high-quality Android apps. 
2. A strong understanding of the full life cycle of app development.
3. Experience in designing, developing, debugging and deploying software for server-side development using Java/ Kotlin language.
4. Understanding and the sound of Android SDK, in different versions of Android, and how to effectively write code for a multitude of Android devices.
5. Excellent knowledge of Android design principles and third-party libraries 
6. Experience in building RESTful API's focusing on integration with back-end services.
7. Hands on experience with continuous integration.
8. Passionate about Android and are always up to date with the latest industry trends concerning OS, devices, applications, web technologies and new user interactions as they are released.

We are looking for an Android developer responsible for the development and maintenance of applications aimed at a vast number of diverse Android devices. Your primary focus will be the development of Android applications and their integration with back-end services. You will be working along-side other engineers and developers working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and creating quality products is essential.

• Design and build advanced applications for the Android platform
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
• Work with outside data sources and APIs
• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
• Proven software development experience and Android skills development
• Proven working experience in Android app development and
• Have published at least one original Android app
• Experience with Android SDK
• Experience working with remote data via REST and JSON
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies
• Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle.