Software Engineer - Android

Responsibilities

• Android Developer responsible for the development and maintenance of applications aimed at a vast number of diverse Android devices and OS. 

• Primary focus will be designing, development and deployment of Android applications and their integration with back-end services.

• Working alongside other engineers and developers working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design and creating quality products is essential.

• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.

• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements.

• Exercise exemplary development practices including design specification, coding standards, unit testing, and code reviews.

• The ability to communicate technical information clearly to both technical and non-technical teams.

• Self-motivated, good team member, commitment to quality and able to work independently and with remote teams

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Desired Skills & Competencies

• Minimum 2 years exp in developing Android applications

• Object oriented programming concepts and design patterns.

• Strong knowledge of Android SDK, different versions of Android, and how to deal with different screen sizes using Kotlin programming language

• Strong knowledge of Android Material UI design principles, patterns and best practices. Should have knowledge of customizing native UI components

• Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning

• Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications

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

• Work with outside data sources and APIs using remote data via REST and JSON.

• Should have good experience with different type of source management systems like Git and Bitbucket

• Deployment and management of apps with the Google Play Store

• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills

• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability

• Should have basic understanding in Rx java, Retrofit, Dagger, Memory Utilization and Design architecture.