Team Leader for Android Developer

JOB DESCRIPTION: ANDROID DEVELOPER

We are seeking an Android Developer to help guide Remitbee into the future. In this role, you will be given an opportunity to help build and improve Remitbee android applications and business solutions alongside a small, but mighty team. We have interesting products and services planned for the future and want to add an Android developer to our talented team to lead the product development initiatives. If you are passionate about building Android apps for global clients and also to build your bright career, Remitbee is the place for you. We will provide a professional and respectable working environment along with tremendous opportunities.

Key Responsibilities:

·      Work with product owners and user experience teams to build high quality features that make users love our app by leveraging your knowledge in Android’s Material Design guidelines

·      Develop software that are reliable, maintainable and reusable because you have a thorough understanding of OOD principles

·      Stay current and competitive by keeping up-to-date with the latest Android platform capabilities and make relevant recommendations

·      Be mindful of best practices when it comes to securing data-in-transit and data-at-rest because your code protects our customer’s data.

Required Skills/ Qualifications:

·      3+ years experience developing native Android applications and 3+ years Kotlin experience (past co- op, personal projects, work experience, and more)

·      Understanding of Hilt code structure.

·      Thorough understanding of Object Oriented Programming concepts, Android application architecture and software design patterns

·      Experience with Android libraries and best practices when it comes to communicating with GraphQL and REST web services.

·      Hands on experience in Jetpack Compose.

·      Strong communication skills, ability to collaborate with stake-holders at different levels of abstraction (requirements, architecture and code)

·      Understanding of Agile Methodologies

·      Basic knowledge of writing unit tests.

Preferred Qualifications:

·      Knowledge of new and upcoming sdk components in the Android space

·      Good understanding of design patterns such as MVVM, Clean architecture.

·      Securing data using the Android Keystore

About Hive 

Hive is the leading provider of cloud-based AI solutions for content understanding, trusted by the world’s largest, fastest-growing, and most innovative organizations. The company empowers developers with a portfolio of best-in-class, pre-trained AI models, serving billions of customer API requests every month. Hive also offers turnkey software applications powered by proprietary AI models and datasets, enabling breakthrough use cases across industries. Together, Hive’s solutions are transforming content moderation, brand protection, sponsorship measurement, context-based ad targeting, and more.

Hive has raised over $120M in capital from leading investors, including General Catalyst, 8VC, Glynn Capital, Bain & Company, Visa Ventures, and others. We have over 250 employees globally in our San Francisco, Seattle, and Delhi offices. Please reach out if you are interested in joining the future of AI!

About Role 

In order to execute our vision, we need to grow our team of best-in-class engineers. The ideal candidate is an experienced iOS Developer with demonstrated leadership and technical skills. You are receptive to feedback and an open collaborator who prioritizes team success. You are constantly learning, and using new tools and technology to broaden your skill set as a developer. You care deeply about the user experience and refuse to ship a product that is mediocre for our users. 

Responsibilities 

• Maintain a clean and extensible code base 
• Take ownership of whole projects on your own, but also willing to be a contributing member of  your iOS development team as a whole 
• Work across disciplines with team members from front-end, backend, design, and product to ship  features 
• Help maintain our shared internal frameworks and create some of your own 
• Actively participate in product decisions, ensuring we set reasonable development deadlines and  create quality user experiences
• Build components the entire team can use across apps 
• Track and analyze KPIs to improve our products and processes  

Requirements 

• You have an undergraduate degree or graduate degree in computer science or a similar technical  field from a top university  
• You have 2+ years of experience as an iOS Developer or Software Engineer 
• You have mastery of Swift and Objective-C (objective-c experience is plus but not strictly  necessary) 
• You owned or were a primary contributor, to the development of at least one application on the  app store 
• You are very familiar with new technologies, open-source frameworks and commonly used  design patterns 
• You have demonstrated expertise in OO design, data structures, and problem-solving • You can write multi-threaded, asynchronous code and have a good understanding of functional  programming 
• You have experience shipping quickly and often and can debug performance bottlenecks 
• You are a team player - no job is too small, or too big! 

Who We Are 

We are a group of ambitious individuals who are passionate about creating a revolutionary AI company. At Hive, you will have a steep learning curve and an opportunity to contribute to one of the fastest-growing AI  start-ups in San Francisco.  The work you do here will have a noticeable and direct impact on the development of the company. 

Thank you for your interest in Hive and we hope to meet you soon!

• Very good knowledge of building iOS Apps. 
• Experience in developing iOS SDKs will be preferred 
• Very good knowledge of Swift is mandatory
• Knowledge of Objective C will be an added advantage.
• Good knowledge of interface builder, Core animation, and Object-oriented concepts.
• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies.
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs.
• The familiarity with frameworks & web technologies.
• Android experience is an added advantage.
• Team handling experience is an added advantage 

• To design and build advanced SDK for cross-platform.
• Client Interaction
• To collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• To RnD for new features
• To generate wireframes
• To design, develop, test, and implement a custom iOS framework as well as continuous production of new versions of the application.
• To design solutions independently.
• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability.
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance.
• Operates effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, collaborative and iterative programming environment.
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.

• Pleasant in communication
• Very good in interdepartmental coordination
• Innovative and out of box thinking
• Self-motivated and creative problem-solving skills

Benefits

•  
• Work from anywhere(remote)
• Internet Allowance
• Medical Insurance Cover

• A minimum of 3yrs of coding as an iOS Developer.
• In-depth experience with Swift and Xcode.
• Up to date with the latest Cocoa and iOS trends.
• Understanding of UI Kit, Core Animation, Interactions, GCD & Networking.
• Excellent understanding of design patterns & Object Oriented Programming.
• Understanding of analytics, remote reporting and measurements.
• Experience of working with Continuous Integration (CI) and Unit Testing on iOS.
• Experience with API’s and core data.
• Excellent debugging skills.
• Experience working with Git.
• Knowledge of socket based networking desirable.
• Understanding of the iOS ecosystem (APNs, Code signing, iTunes Connect, TestFlight).

Responsibilities:

• User-centric development of high-quality code that is maintainable and testable
• Utilize flutter to design and build complex applications
• Create custom packages in flutter by employing the functionalities as well as the APIs accessible in native Android and iOS
• Create and translate the designs as well as the wireframes into high-quality responsive UI code
• Design and develop architecture as well as testable, viable, and functional software by using MVC & MVVM to implement new features and meet product requirement
• Determine and solve any issues present in the system and propose your ideas in terms of new features and improvements needed in the new system
• Propose ideal Data Structure keeping in mind space and time complexity
• Stay up-to-date with the industry trends and best practices
• Keep the Scrum Team up-to-date by updating and managing the code and the project on Git
• Make sure security rules are being followed while building the application
• Ensure, through validation of the cloud system, that new changes are not affecting the security of the backend server
• Maintain software throughout product lifecycle including design, development, verification & bug fixes
• Coordinate with the respective teams for bug fixing and ensure we have a stable product
• Be part of the core team developing new app features while focusing on improving our existing code
• Self-starter with excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• At least 2 years of experience in mobile app development
• Experience with Flutter Development (or any other alternative like Kotlin, React native, Xamarin, Cordova, ionic etc) is a must
• Experience shipping two or more Android and/or iOS based applications utilizing hybrid technologies (flutter, ionic framework, react native, Xamarin)
• While focus is on hybrid, a solid native coding background in either Android or iOS is a must
• Experience in developing cross-platform mobile applications for Android (Java/Kotlin) iOS (Swift/Objective C), or other cross platform frameworks like React native or Xamarin
• Experience with Futter. This should include from making responsive UIs to efficiently query data and also manage states in an optimized manner
• Experience working in an Agile Environment

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience)

• Passionate about creating and refining great mobile user experiences
• Knowledge of JavaScript, React.js is a plus
• Knowledge of web technologies, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript is a plus

• Knowledge of mobile application security best practices is a plus
• Programming experience in Microsoft Stack (Strong C#, ASP.NET Web forms, Web API, SQL Server) is a plus
• Expertise in deploying hybrid applications across iOS App Store and Google Play App Store is a plus

• Build pixel-perfect UIs across both mobile platforms.
• Leverage native APIs for deep integrations with both platforms.
• Diagnose and fix bugs and performance bottlenecks for performance that feels native.
• Maintain code and write automated tests to ensure the product is of the highest quality.

• 1- 3 years as a professional software developer.
• Experience with React, React Native and Redux
• Experience with at least one native mobile platform (bonus points if you moved to React Native from iOS or Android development).
• Firm grasp of the JavaScript language and its nuances, including ES6+ syntax. Knowledge in TypeScript is a plus point.
• Knowledge of functional and object-oriented programming.
• Familiarity with native build tools, like Xcode & Android Studio.
• Understanding of REST APIs, the document request model, and offline storage.

Who we are

ixigo is an AI-based travel app that helps millions of users plan and book their trips every day. Launched in 2007, ixigo is proud to have built numerous industry-first AI-innovations over the last decade. With pre-emptive help from ixigo at every touch-point of their journey, 150 million Indians are now making smarter travel decisions every year. ixigo uses Artificial Intelligence for deal discovery, personalized recommendations, dynamic marketing, airfare predictions, train delay information, PNR confirmation status, infrastructure cost optimization, business intelligence and providing fully-automated customer service over chat and voice. This makes ixigo a lean, tech-intensive and capital-efficient travel business, serving millions of travelers with a team size of under 200. Founded in 2007 by Aloke Bajpai & Rajnish Kumar, ixigo’s investors include Sequoia Capital India, Fosun RZ Capital, SAIF Partners, MakeMyTrip & Micromax.

The iOS Team

Our iOS team is always keen to stay ahead of the curve by always adopting the latest tech in the valley. We were first to market with adopting iPhone X layout, implementing ARKit in 2017, and Siri Shortcuts in 2018. We have been featured across app store over a dozen times in the past 2 years in Today, Apps, and Travel section.

Compensation: Commensurate to skills & experience; comparable to the best in the industry.

Culture: ixigems enjoy a fun and rewarding work atmosphere. We do not believe in hierarchies, and we encourage communication and constructive collaboration. We believe in the personal growth of individuals, creative approaches to solve real-world problems, and questioning the status quo!