Sr. Android Developer

Android Developer

Skills Required: -

• 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”
• 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
• Should be good in Socket.io and Google map api integration expert.

Android Developer Requirements:

• Degree in software development, computer science, or similar.
• Proficiency in Java, Kotlin, or C++.
• Ability to use the Android Studio, including the Android SDK, with ease.
• Prior experience as an android developer will be advantageous.
• Excellent coding and proofreading skills.
• Top-notch teamwork and communication skills.
• Ability to manage your workload with minimal supervision.

It is one of the leading TMT bar manufacturers and exporters in India. It is a well-known group that achieves a turnover of 3000 Cr per annum. The group is setting up a construction & architecture-oriented omni channel B2B & B2C platform. Merito, a curated talent platform is responsible to identify key resources for this project.

Job Location: Kolkatta

Job Description:

• 3-9 yrs experience in developing new features and user interfaces from wireframe models
• Ensuring the best performance and user experience of the application
• Fixing bugs and performance problems
• Writing clean, readable, and testable code
• Cooperating with back-end developers, designers, and the rest of the team to deliver well-architected and high-quality solutions
• Complete knowledge of Uploading app on google play store and Apple app store
• Through analytical skills to Recommend system solutions by comparing advantages and disadvantages of custom development and purchasing alternatives

Requirement

• extensive knowledge of mobile app development. This includes the whole process, from the first line of code to publishing in the store(s)
• Deep knowledge of Kotlin, Flutter,Android, iOS, etc.
• Proficiency with writing automated tests. depending on the libraries you use to test
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and mobile libraries for networking
• Experience with profiling and debugging mobile applications
• Strong knowledge of architectural patterns - MVP, MVC, MVVM, and Clean Architecture -and the ability to choose the best solution for the app
•  Familiarity with Git
• Familiarity with push notifications
• Understanding mobile app design guidelines on each platform and being aware of their differences
• Proficiency in Kotlin/Java/Swift/Flutter/Dart

Key Responsibilities

Developing new features and user interfaces from wireframe models.

Ensuring the best performance and user experience of the application.

Fixing bugs and performance problems.

Writing clean, readable, and testable code.

Cooperating with back-end developers, designers, and the rest of the team to deliver well-architected and high-quality solutions.

Key Skills

1. Extensive knowledge of mobile app development. This includes the whole process, from the first line of code to publishing in the store(s).

2. Deep knowledge of mobile platforms on which the app runs, e.g., Android, iOS etc.

3. Proficient in HTML, CSS, Javascript, React, React Native, Node whichever language you use in the app.

4. Proficiency with writing automated tests in JUnit, Espresso, Mocha, Jest, Enzyme, XCTest, etc. depending on the libraries you use to test

5. Familiarity with RESTful APIs and mobile libraries for networking.

6. Familiarity with the JSON format.

7. Experience with profiling and debugging mobile applications.

8. Strong knowledge of architectural patterns—MVP, MVC, MVVM, and Clean Architecture—and the ability to choose the best solution for the app.

9. Familiarity with Git and Github.

10. Familiarity with push notifications.

11. Understanding mobile app design guidelines on each platform and being aware of their differences.

We are looking for a Passionate Android Developer to join our award-winning, talented team, building the next generation automated drone applications for our global customers. You will be responsible for the development of Android applications and their integration with back-end services.

About FlytBase

FlytBase is a 4-year old, venture-funded, high growth startup –  a global pioneer in software-led automation of commercial drone applications. The team has a cumulative professional experience of several decades, with engineering graduates from IIT-B, IIT-KGP, University of Texas & Georgia Tech.

FlytBase develops intelligent software that leverages reliable, off-the-shelf drone hardware to automate and scale drone deployments for commercial use-cases. FlytBase platform is hardware-agnostic, has intelligent plugins for autonomy, manages drone fleets via 4G/5G, and uses APIs to integrate into enterprise workflows. The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, USA and has R&D offices in Pune, India. Widely recognized as a pioneer in the commercial drone ecosystem, FlytBase continues to win awards globally, the most recent one being the ‘NTT Data Open Innovation Global Champion 2019’.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Design, build and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable android code.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, ship new features, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the application.
• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• 1+ years of experience in designing and building Android applications.
• Good knowledge in programming concepts – OOPs, design & coding patterns.
• Experience in developing Android applications using Kotlin/Java.
• Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, MVC, MVP and MVVM patterns.
• Strong knowledge of MAPS, Sqlite, GPS functionality etc.
• Strong experience in Material Design.
• Experience in writing Unit Tests and UI tests, must be familiar with Junit, Mockito and Espresso.
• Experience in integrating SSO and auth modules or libraries.
• Experience in Git or Bitbucket Repository.
• Experience in REST API integration.
• Familiarity with Android local connectivity API (Bluetooth, WiFi, USB).
• Familiarity with RxKotlin / RxJava (operator, thread management, eventBus).
• Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications.

What Will I Earn?

This role comes with an annual CTC that is market competitive and depends on the quality of your work experience, degree of professionalism, culture fit and alignment with FlytBase’s long-term business strategy.

• Min 2-3 years of experience in Mobile App/Android development
• Min 1 year of experience in Kotlin
• Immediate joinee are preferred
• Experience with different programming paradigms, esp. functional and reactive programming
• Strong in writing unit test cases
• Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs
• Familiarity with git and continuous integration
• Proficiency in various software design patterns
• Exposure to agile/scrum
• Excellent communication skill

• Designs and codes features for the Android application as per the specifications provided by Product and Design teams.
• Write unit tests for all features.
• Ships feature fast moving agile sprints.
• Works closely with API, Product Design and Product Management teams to brainstorm and chalk out details of features.