Senior Android Developer

Tasks / Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain advanced applications for the Android platform using Kotlin/Java.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications.
• Identify and correct bottlenecks, fix bugs, and improve application performance.
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization.
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.
• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability.
• Work with APIs and third-party libraries.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and share knowledge.
• Stay up to date with the latest trends, architectural patterns, and best practices in Android development.

Expected skill set:

• Strong proficiency in Kotlin and/or Java. (Specify preference if any, e.g., "Strong preference for Kotlin.")
• In-depth understanding of the Android SDK, Android Jetpack, and the Android application lifecycle.
• Experience integrating and working with core Android communication frameworks (e.g., Retrofit/OkHttp, WorkManager, Broadcast Receivers, Services).
• Experience with BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) and Wi-Fi communication for IoT device integration (e.g., device pairing, GATT services/characteristics, Wi-Fi provisioning/socket communication).
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP) principles and design patterns (e.g., MVVM, MVC, MVP, Clean Architecture).
• Experience with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to backend services.
• Strong understanding of memory management, threading (Coroutines), and performance optimization for Android apps.

Good to have:

• Familiarity with dependency injection frameworks (e.g., Dagger/Hilt, Koin).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines for mobile applications.
• Familiarity with Figma, Sketch, or other design tools.
• Exposure to IoT protocols (e.g., MQTT, WebSocket) and hardware/firmware communication debugging.

Education and Work Experience Requirements:

Should have done B.E or B.Tech from a reputed college or university.

Skills

Android, Android SDK, BLE, Coroutines, Java, Jetpack, Kotlin, REST API