Android Developer

Roles and Responsibilities:

Technical Design and Development

• Collaborate closely with Engineers to devise the best technical strategies and execute platform enhancements.
• Own the delivery of timelines, ensuring high-quality results.
• Establish software development best practices and encourage team adoption.

Stakeholder Collaboration:

• Work with various technical/non technical stakeholders (Product Managers, Designers, Marketing, Operations, API Developers) to align on company objectives and deliverables.

Mentoring and Leadership:

• Mentor a team of engineers, providing guidance and support.
• Foster a culture of excellence and problem-solving within the team.

Application Availability and Enhancement:

• Ensure top-notch availability and enhance products based on requirements.
• Good understanding of mobile application frameworks and stay up to date with the latest Android trends and changes.

Engineering Excellence:

• Own the engineering excellence and operational readiness of services, meeting SLAs and SLOs for the app.
• Drive service quality, security, scalability, and other performance aspects.
• Dive deep into issues, providing both reactive and long-term solutions.

Support and Mentorship:

• Assist other Support Engineers on complex RCA issues.
• Provide technical mentoring and guidance to fellow engineers.
• Offer L3 engineering support.

Must Have Skills:

Design and Architecture:

• Solid understanding of the full mobile application development lifecycle.
• Proficiency in the full SDLC, from analysis to post-production support.
• Experience with third party libraries and APIs
• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies..

Multi-Tasking and Independence:

• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks effectively.
• Willingness to support off-hours.

Code Quality and Documentation:

• Program at a system level and maintain scalable, extensible code.
• Methodical in keeping documentation up to date.

Quality and Clean Coding:

• Metric-driven mindset and a commitment to clean coding practices.
• Experience with language specific test cases.

Product Development:

• Preferred experience in product development.
• Conceptualizing and formulating apps that are suitable for use on all types of Android devices.

Application Development:

• Preferred 7+ years experience in Kotlin.
• Ability to use the Android Studio, including the Android SDK, with ease.
• Good knowledge of Android UX design guidelines.
• Basic database knowledge is good to have.
• Experience working with remote data via REST and JSON.
• Have published at least one original app.

Qualification:

• A Bachelor s or Master s degree in Computer Science Engineering or technical degree.