Ziploan - SSE Android

Sr.Android Developer/Android Developer

Hiring for the position of Android Developer responsible for developing app from scratch.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

●        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

Profile:

You're highly energetic, looking to innovate and want to make an impact. Your work will have a direct impact on 5 million+ users, many of whom will use their Android phones exclusively for interacting with our services. Your role will be to lead the entire Android Team of 10 Android Developers which is incharge of maintaining the existing applications and developing new features. Your responsibilities will include architecting new modules, setting and driving coding standards and adopting new methodologies in Android Development. 

Requirements

1. 4-6+ 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 10+ 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 : 

The fastest rising startup in the EdTech space, focussed on Engineering and Government Job Exams and with an eye to capture UPSC, PSC and international exams. Testbook is poised to revolutionize the industry. With a registered user base of over 1.36 Crore students, more than 450 crore questions solved on the WebApp and a knockout Android App, Testbook has raced to the front and is ideally placed to capture bigger markets. Testbook is the perfect incubator for talent. You come, you learn, you conquer. You train under the best mentors and become an expert in your field in your own right. That being said, the flexibility in the projects you choose, how and when you work on them, what you want to add to them is respected in this startup. You are the sole master of your work. The IIT pedigree of the co-founders has attracted some of the brightest minds in the country to Testbook. A team that is quickly swelling in ranks, it now stands at 500+ in-house employees and hundreds of remote interns and freelancers. And the number is rocketing weekly. Now is the time to join the force.

. Hands-on experience in working with  Visual Studio & Xamarin.Forms.

. Hands-on experience in creating user interfaces using Xamarin.Forms      for designing UI using XAML with various layouts and controls.

. Hands-on experience required on MVVM  & C#.

. Hands-on experience in developing Xamarin.Forms Custom Renderers,    Data Binding, Effects,Gestures, Sliders, Listviews, Buttons, Styles,     Checkboxes, Date Pickers, Webview and Dependency Service.

. Need Good Knowledge on data storage options using SQLite Database    In Xamarin.Forms & Android.

. Hands-on experience in Server integration technologies including web      services RESTful APIs.

. Need Good Knowledge with Push Notification Implementation.

. Need Knowledge in generating Android .APK & iOS .IPA files deploying    to the Playstore and App Store.

Technical Experience:

-Translate designs and wireframes into high-quality code

-Design, build and maintain high performance, reusable, and reliable Java code

-Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the application

-Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs

-Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization

-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

-Familiarity with the use of additional sensors, such as gyroscopes and accelerometers

-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 Googles Android design principles and interface guidelines

-Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git

• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Kotlin, JAVA and Android SDK
• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies
• Extensive understanding of the full mobile development life cycle
• In-depth understanding of Object Oriented concepts, data structures and algorithms.
• Hands-on experience in User Interface Development
• Experience with SQLITE, RxJava, JSON Parsing and Web Services
• A self-motivated individual with a go-getter attitude
• The ability to work independently with minimum guidance
• Design and build advanced applications for the Android
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance
• Continually discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency