Sr. Mobile App Developer

Are you an Android Developer who has very good knowledge on the fundamentals of Android programming and can write efficient code in a minimalistic way? Join Telyport as an Android Engineer. You will be given designs that you will convert to working applications with all the required business logic
You should have a strong command over either Java or Kotlin. You should also be familiar with at least one of the Android architectures like MVP, MVVM and MVI.
We are looking for someone who has worked on applications that involve exchanging data over the internet, loading images, lazy loading, shared preferences, saving and reading to local database and shared preferences.
A strong understanding of the Activity life cycle in android is a must. We prefer someone who has good knowledge of location tracking and background services in Android.



Responsibilities
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Develop and code interfaces based on accepted design standards


• Build responsive applications which are compatible on Android devices of different sizes

• Build modular components for reusability.
Write services or modules responsible for certain tasks

• Write well defined models for network calls
Write well defined documentation for methods.
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Code animations which are highly optimized and efficient
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Writing code so that they can be scaled

• Follow the release process and adhere to time constraint for developing a project or its modules




Skills -


• Should implement at leave one of MVVM, MVP or MVI architecture
- Strong command over Java/Kotlin. 
- Adapt the app to adjust and fit various screen types.
- Very good understanding of Git. 
- Should write minimalistic code
• Must have worked on applications with databases
• 2+ year experience in Android App Development
• Must know how to debug and traceback errors in the app
• Should have worked with FCM notifications and custom notification handling

Min 3 yrs of working in Android

Min 2 yrs of working in iOS

Min 6 months working in React Native

Min 1 yr of team handling experience

Development

Strong in data structures and algorithms

Strong problem solving and analytical abilities

Hands-on with SOLID design principles

Should have developed and delivered successful mobile app projects

Experience in -

Consumer facing apps

Analytics SDKs integrations

Marketing SDKs integrations

Performance optimisation

SQL databases

Building production grade mobile applications

Experience in working in Agile/Scrum projects and fast paced environments

Preference for candidates with :

Payments/financial systems background

Personality

Result oriented

Initiative taker. Not expecting spoon feed.

Team player - looking beyond personal KRAs and helping the team succeed

3H - Humble, Honest and Hard-worker

What does the core role include?

• Designing and developing high-volume, low-latency applications for mission-critical systems and delivering high-availability and performance
• Designing stateless components in React Native
• Contributing in all phases of the development lifecycle
• Working with the developers to create and maintain a robust framework to support the apps
• Working with the developers to build the interface with a focus on usability features
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What else can you expect in the role?

• Prepare and produce releases of software components
• Optimizing performance for the apps
• Problem-solving skills, analytical mind, and positive attitude
• Ability to think from end users perspective and focused on improving the overall product experience.
• Deliver across the entire app life cycle concept, design, build, deploy, test, release to app stores and support
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What can fetch you brownie points?

• Hands on experience with React Native is required
• Hands-on experience in React Native APIs, ReactJS, Javascript, ECMAScript (OOJS) and JSX.
• Strong understanding of JavaScript ecosystem
• Hands on experience on Android in creating Hybrid / Native applications
• Demonstrable UI/UX experience on a large-scale app.
• Thorough understanding of React Native development tools like IDEs (Nuclide, Atom, Sublime Text, or Visual
• Good knowledge of JS frameworks like ReactJS is a plus.

Desired Skills and Experience

Hybrid Apps,React Native, Native iOS and Android Architecture understanding

We are seeking extremely smart Android developers who are passionate about pushing mobile technologies to the limits.

• Design and develop products by working closely with business teams.
• Design super intuitive experiences in the next generation of our mobile applications.
• Build performant, scalable, yet secure, enterprise-ready android applications with architecture that is fast yet lean on the backend servers enabling them to support millions of users in parallel.
• Build enterprise-ready back end architectures that can support millions of users in parallel.
• Gain experience with hands-on coding and independent ownership of software components.
• Follow strong engineering best practices and champion their adoption.

• 2+ years’ experience in android software development and delivery.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering from a reputed institute(preferably IITs, NITs, or other top engineering institutes).
• Strong grasp of CS fundamentals, algorithms and excellent problem-solving abilities.
• All experience should be from good product development or e-commerce background.
• Must have shown good stability in all your previous associations.
• Knowledge of UI architectural patterns like MVVM(preferable), MVC, MVP, data binding, activity & fragment lifecycle, recycler view, navigation component, layouts (constraint layout preferable), theming etc.
• Should have actively used retrofit, work managers, android jetpack, Rx java, dagger, retrofit, android sdk, GIT/bitbucket, gradle/ant and very keen on exploring other proven tech stacks.
• Comfortable with test-driven development in android with UI testing, instrumented unit testing and unit testing using junits, mockito or other tools.
• Willingness to learn and write simple backend REST API’s (preferably in Java, spring boot & hibernate) without having to completely depend on backend engineers for delivery.
• Has worked in a fast-paced agile organization building stateless and re-entrant/resumable android applications.

• Owning significant architectural and product areas of the platform
• You’ll make the key decisions and see them through to successful user engagement
• Delivering features that make a big impact on our growth journey
• Writing high-quality, highly-performant code
• Pushing changes every week
• Participating in code reviews and architectural discussions - we want you to bring your expertise to the team and make us all better engineers

• An expert with Kotlin and the rest of the Android ecosystem
• Collaborative and want to see the team succeed in its goals
• Practical about tradeoffs between speed and polish
• Passionate about showing others how to do something new
• Excited to join a small team that moves quickly