Android Developer

Reference: JHB000958-AS-2

One of South Africa's Banking Giants is looking for a Senior Android Developer with a primary focus on EMV to join their team. Duties & Responsibilities This role focuses on building and maintaining card machine applications on Android-based POS devices, forming a critical part of the payments technology environment. This is a specialist role combining strong native Android development with hands-on payments experience, with a primary focus on EMV, financial messaging, and the integration of Android applications with payment hardware.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain card machine applications on Android-based POS devices
• Develop using native Android with Java and/or Kotlin
• Integrate Android applications with hardware peripherals including card readers, NFC, and PIN pads
• Develop and maintain hardware integrations using AIDL / IPC
• Work with EMV protocols for contact and/or contactless transactions
• Work with ISO 8583 financial messaging
• Support the integration and maintenance of payment terminal applications
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues across Android applications, payment hardware, and payments infrastructure

The Ideal Candidate Has

• Minimum 6 years’ experience in Native Android development (Java and/or Kotlin)
• Hands on experience with EMV protocol (contact and/or contactless)
• Familiarity to ISO 8583 financial messaging
• Experience with Android hardware peripheral integration via AIDL / IPC (Card readers, NFC, PIN pads)

Advantageous experience with:

• React Native or Ionic/Capacitor alongside native Android
• PCI PTS / PA-DSS standards
• DUKPT or MK-SK key management
• Payment terminal vendors or fintech environments
• Prior work at a payment terminal vendor or fintech

Education (Minimum)

• Matric

Skills

• Native Android Development
• Java and/or Kotlin
• EMV
• ISO 8583
• AIDL / IPC
• Android Hardware Integration
• Card Readers
• NFC
• PIN Pads
• React Native
• Ionic/Capacitor
• PCI PTS / PA-DSS
• DUKPT
• MK-SK Key Management

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