Android Developer

About the Role

We are seeking problem solvers to join our team of Android Developers. We want candidates with experience in programming, user interfaces, and/or tools supporting applications on Android using the Android SDK. As SDE I - Android, you will gain experience in building maintainable and testable code bases, including API design and unit testing techniques. If you are interested in joining a world-class team of passionate engineers who work hard and play hard, we look forward to hearing from you.

What you will do

• Perform code reviews, write unit tests, and contribute to architectural planning and refactoring
• Work on bug-fixing and improving application performance
• Design and build new features and improvements for the Android platform
• Mentor interns and support team members
• Collaborate closely with QA, Engineers, Product Managers, and Designers across the company
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features

What you will need

• BE/BTech/BCA/BSc in any discipline
• Experience having worked on two or more Android apps in the past
• Familiarity with Java, Kotlin, Android SDK, and the ecosystem
• Familiarity with Material Design guidelines, common mobile UX patterns, and anti-patterns
• Experience with common Android libraries like Retrofit, OkHttp, Picasso, RxJava, Gson Arch-components etc.
• Experience with different programming paradigms, esp. functional and reactive programming
• Familiarity with consuming REST APIs, and what makes them RESTful
• Familiarity with Git and continuous integration
• Proficiency at object-oriented programming and multi-threading
• Understanding of advanced Android concepts like Custom Views, Accessibility Services,
• background processing APIs
• Understanding of different architectural patterns (esp. MVVM) and their testability
• Proficiency at debugging, including identifying memory leaks, performance bottlenecks and using tools like ADB, Proguard, etc.
• Ability to tell good design from bad design
• Ability to write clean, maintainable code which others can work on
• Apps published to Play Store are a plus