About the Team

When 5% of Indian households shop with us, it’s important to build resilient systems to manage millions of orders every day. We’ve done this – with zero downtime! Sounds impossible? Well, that’s the kind of Engineering muscle that has helped Meesho become the e-commerce giant that it is today. We value speed over perfection, and see failures as opportunities to become better. We’ve taken steps to inculcate a strong ‘Founder’s Mindset’ across our engineering teams, making us grow and move fast. We place special emphasis on the continuous growth of each team member - and we do this with regular 1-1s and open communication.

As Principal Engineer - Software Development Engineer - I Android, you will be part of self-starters who thrive on teamwork and constructive feedback. We know how to party as hard as we work! If we aren’t building unparalleled tech solutions, you can find us debating the plot points of our favorite books and games – or even gossiping over chai. So, if a day filled with building impactful solutions with a fun team sounds appealing to you, join us.

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
• 1+ years experience in a relevant role
• 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