Technical Lead - Android

An online discovery platform for premium products and services.

Position: Android Engineer

What shall be expected of you:

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.

Work with outside data sources and API's.

Work on bug fixing and improving application performance.

Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies.

Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies

You must have:

1-3 years of prior hands-on experience in building high-performance android applications.

Exceptional development skills in Kotlin and Java.

Published at least two original Android apps on the

Prior experience in building consumer applications.

Would be awesome if you are also good at:

Firebase (Events, notifications, storage)

Integration of attribution tools (Singular/ Appsflyer/ branch)

Integration of customer engagement platforms (Clevertap/ WebEngage/ MoEngage Android Engineer.

An online discovery platform for premium products and services.

• Interact with the Project Managers / Leads / Clients
• Understand the requirements and provide estimates for the planned tasks
• Deliver best quality work without bugs in the estimated time frame
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and release new features
• Help the team to identify and correct bottlenecks, fix bugs
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

• Experience / strong knowledge in both iOS & Android Mobile Application technologies
• Proficient in SwiftUI, Swift, Xcode, Java, Kotlin and Android Studio, Flutter, React Native
• Experience with version control: Maven, Gradle, Git, Cocopods
• Experience in application submission/provisioning process
• Experience in performance and memory tuning
• Good understanding of computer science concepts, design patterns, algorithms, and data structures

• Experience/knowledge in any of the Back-End technologies

Benefits:

• Hybrid WFH policy
• Annual company retreat
• Team lunch

What will you do? –

• Developing high quality native mobile experiences for our products – with a focus on UI/UX, simplifying complex use cases so that a non-expert can succeed
• Experience with Flutter.
• Knowledge of the latest mobile app development concepts, trends, software design patterns, usability, and HCI guidelines for mobile apps.
• Practical experience in consuming RESTful APIs

About the Job –

• 2+ years in mobile software development.
• Have two or more iOS/Android apps developed with Flutter. Either deployed on the AppStore/Google Play or available on GitHub.
• Design and build sophisticated and highly scalable apps using Flutter.
• Build custom packages in Flutter using the functionalities and APIs already available in native Android and IOS.
• Translate and build the designs and Wireframes into high quality responsive UI code.
• Explore feasible architectures for implementing new features.
• Resolve any problems existing in the system and suggest and add new features in the complete system.
• Suggest space and time efficient Data Structures.
• Follow the best practices while developing the app and keeping everything structured and well documented.
• Use CI/CD for smooth deployment.
• Document the project and code efficiently.
• Manage the code and project on Git to keep in sync with other team members and managers.
• Ensure security guidelines are always followed while developing the app.
• Consulting with our customer facing representatives about software system design and maintenance.
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs.
• Understanding of the Agile development life cycle.
• Experience with automated testing and building.
• Experience with Git, Jenkins, or other version control tools.
• Familiarity using version control tools like Git, Subversion etc. and IDEs like Android Studio, VS Code etc.

What do you need? –

• Knowledge of the latest mobile app development concepts, trends, software design patterns, usability, and HCI guidelines for mobile apps.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work in a collaborative environment with remote teams.
• Should enjoy solving tough problems and working with new technologies
• You’ll be partnering with design, product and user research teams to build world class applications.
• You’ll be working in a highly collaborative work environment with high degree of ownership and continuous feedback.
• Have a product mindset, can work with cross-functional teams to identify requirements and convert them to tech specs and action plans
• Have great learning appetite and ready to experiment with new technologies

Requirements
1. 5-7 Years of hands-on development on Android
2. Extensive understanding of Architectures - both old and new -> MVC to MVVM To Clean
3. Excellent In-depth understanding of Java and Kotlin Programming Languages
4. 2+ Years of managing android developers
5. Have worked on or scaled an app to more than 1mn downloads
6. Obsessed about long term solutions, yet understands business requirements to deliver projects quickly
7. Good understanding of backend technologies for better cross teamwork
8. Obsessed about app ratings, app vitals, and crash-free apps

Responsibilities

1. Lead the Testbook Android Team of 12+ Android Developers
2. Own the Testbook Android App (2Cr+ Installs) and its related 500+ Apps
3. Work extensively with Product Managers to deliver quality products and features
4. Improve the App Architecture and drive processes for code reviews, releases.
5. Take up occasional challenging Android coding tasks

About Us : 

Krafty Solutions is looking for an enthusiastic, energetic, young-minded mobile application developer who take pride in the work they do.

Krafty Solutions is a product design and development studio where you will learn a lot in your field by working in a very friendly environment. An opportunity will be given based on your preference.

About You

If you're the guy who has a strong bias for making things happen, always wears a smile on your face, with a proactive attitude then we would like to meet you. You will work closely with your team leader who will help you to learn new things as well as resolve your doubts. If you're interested in creating a user-friendly environment by writing code and moving forward in your career, then this job is for you. We expect you to be a tech-savvy professional, who is curious about new digital technologies and aspires to combine usability with visual design.

Knowledge

• Strong knowledge of OOP, Java and Android SDK.
• Experience in RESTful, JSON and XML parsing, SQLite, Push Notification, Payment Gateway Integration, In app Purchase
• Experience of integrating third-party libraries.
• Hands on with Kotlin, Android-KTX libraries and Unit testing (Junit, Espresso, Mockito, Firebase Test-case)
• Hand on experience on Android UI Development (Material Design Component), multiple device resolution support, landscape and tablet support, multi-language & RTL support in layout.
• Understanding of App Lifecycle, Activity, Fragment, Background Service, Broadcast, Gradle, Memory management, Threading etc.
• Understanding of architecture design patterns like MVP and/or MVVM
• Android jetpack component(Room, DataBinding, LifeCycle, LiveData, Navigation, Paging, ViewModel, WorkManager)
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (e.g. GIT)
• Data binding library, constraint layout, RxJava concepts,
• Experience with publishing app on Google Play Console and managing the app lifecycle
• GraphQL knowledge is a plus

Responsibilities and Duties

• Overall responsibility and accountability for Android App
• Hands-on coding, systems analysis, design, and delivery of projects assigned.
• Overall App Design - code, performance, security, size
• Deliver new features, execute on the roadmap and plan for the future.
• Convert app requirements into actionable and tangible items for all stakeholders
• Release planning and timely integration with other stakeholders (product, backend, frontend, ui/ux etc)
• Proactive ANR, other crash fixes etc
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development/performance etc
• Improve product quality through code reviews, writing effective unit tests, and collaborating with QA

Key Skills

• Kotlin, Java, RxKotlin, RxJava, Android SDK, Android Studio, Git Required
• Education - B.E/ B.Tech/BCA/MCA/MSc IT degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
• Experience - 3-6 yrs

Benefits

• Great Company Culture - A relaxed, friendly and positive company culture with a dynamic young team
• Work-Life Balance - Genuine work/life balance served at Krafty.
• A Well Earned Rest - You will get 11 paid public holidays as well as 12 paid leaves. So, a total of 23 HOLIDAYS
• Flexible working hours - Reaching late at the office would never be an issue for you. Fully remote culture
• Weekends Off - Saturday & Sunday Fixed Off

• Full-stack developer with extensive knowledge of software development and agile methodologies, building native applications using JavaScript, and a portfolio of apps already published in-app store or self-hosted.
• Minimum 2-3 years experience working on Flutter projects/products.
• Good to have Healthcare domain experience.
• Ability to clearly understand requirements and translate them to software.
• Review business requirements, identify gaps, and assist in authoring functional design documents.
• Analytical mind with problem-solving aptitude.
• Proactive and self-starter requiring minimal supervision, who can collaborate with multiple stakeholders in the company.
• Good to have or awareness of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning algorithms and Python framework.
• Proficiency in relational databases like SQL Server and Oracle.
• Knowledge of cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, Google cloud), container, and virtualization will be a big plus.
• Familiarity with Continuous integration (Jenkins/Hudson), automated testing, and version control (GitHub, SVN).
• Knowledge of 3 rd party libraries and APIs, modern frameworks and design patterns, and test automation tools for Unit and Performance testing.
• Awareness of secure coding practices and standards. Page 2 of 3 Above all, you should love to build and ship products that real people use every day!

Roles and responsibilities:

• An ideal candidate will exhibit the following traits:
• Adapt and work on distributed technology stacks.
• Work with BAs to define or elaborate business software requirements.
• Design and build responsive and usable interface (UI/UX) for mobile applications through appealing, visual design.
• Take ownership of product features and work closely with stakeholders to ideate and rapidly release minimum viable product or mobile app solutions across healthcare products.
• Extensive experience with SDLC phases including Agile methodologies.
• Assist in designing client-side and server-side architecture.
• Perform code reviews, validation, and verification testing.
• Knows the use of version control software (GIT).
• Document technical design and unit test plans.
• Must have experience in working with multiple & small teams.
• Evaluate security and regulatory requirements.
• Proactively communicate in providing status reports and report blockers.
• Debug code, solve incidents and defects.
• Develop well-managed, high-quality, scalable, and reusable code.
• Should have excellent English (both verbal and written) skills.
• Should have excellent interaction and client communication skills.
• Solve technical challenges and take pride in their solutions and code.

Advantageous

• Java/Swift experience
• Understanding of Android Keyboard API
• Experience with optimizing applications for better performance and response

ESSENTIAL SKILLS/ATTRIBUTES:

• Excellent knowledge of Android
• Appreciation for the limitations of handset development
• Attention to detail and subtleties of UI design and implementation
• Understanding of design patterns
• Ability to design for scalability and resilience
• Strong application process flow and problem solving techniques.
• Strong focus on refactoring and code quality
• Understanding of software configuration management and release management
• High levels of software engineering literacy and communication skills
• Friendly and professional manner
• Minimum 3 - 5 years java development
• Third Level Qualifications in computing, mathematics or science

DESIRED SKILLS:

• Experience of working in an agile environment
• Product development and lifecycle experience
• Experience of unit testing
• Scripting (JavaScript, Ruby, Python, Shell, etc.)
• Knowledge of build systems such as Maven and Gradle

• Can work independently on the Android Development platform
• Must have knowledge of both Java and Kotlin
• Good understanding of Architecture such as MVVM and MVP.
• Must have at least 3 Good quality Android apps in the portfolio to showcase

Responsibilities:

1.    Perform R&D in computer graphics and video contents editing. Help to develop new video editing/processing algorithms for our video and live streaming pipeline. Follow up state-of-art work in related fields and keep improving overall performance of our products. 

2.    Research and optimize algorithms/strategies of short video and streamed video coding.

3.    Research and develop practical image enhancing algorithms. Follow up state-of-art work in related fields and keep improving overall performance of our video systems.