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We are looking for a mobile lead developer with 7 to 10 years of experience in Android native app development. You will be responsible for designing and developing professional business applications for Android devices. Your role will involve collaborating with cross-functional teams, fixing bugs, and improving application responsiveness. Compliance with information security processes and familiarity with UI components and cloud integration are required. Knowledge of Material design principles, RESTful APIs, and performance tuning is essential. Experience with Dagger, RxJava, and Firebase is a plus. A strong understanding of Android architecture and framework is required.

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Overview of the Role :

We are looking for a mobile lead developer to bring the best of our apps to android devices. You will be expected to commit to intuitive design, aesthetics and provide our app users with the best user experience possible.

 

Responsibilities :

  • Design and development of professional business applications for the android platform.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features in a dynamic work environment. You will own the Android tech initiatives and own the tech backlog. 
  • You will work with external data sources / APIs, unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability.
  • Will work on fixing bugs and improving application responsiveness, quality, and performance.
  • Implement and support compliance with Freshworks compliance and information security processes.

Requirements :

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field, or equivalent training, fellowship, or work experience 7 to 10 years of experience in Android native mobile app development with a deep understanding of Android architecture and framework, Android SDK, Core Java, and Kotlin.
  • Familiar working with UI components & controls; Action Bars, Widgets, Fragments, etc.
  • Familiar working with Activity, Services, Intent, Broadcast Receiver, and Content Provider.
  • Experience in using user analytics, location APIs, social APIs, and cloud integration.
  • Deep understanding of Material design principles and interface guidelines.
  • Experience in Dagger, RxJava, and Firebase will be a plus.
  • Familiar working with RESTful APIs, third-party libraries and API, cloud message APIs and push notifications. 
  • Knowledgeable with performance tuning, threading, and offline storage.
  • Understand code versioning tools viz. Git, JetPack compose, Mercurial Knowledge of low-level C-based libraries or GoLang is preferred. 
  • Experienced in continuous integration and / or additive iOS expertise will be a plus

Qualifications

Native mobile app development

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Company

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Experience Level

8-12 years

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