Sr. Android Developer

Department: Information Technology

Location: APAC-India-IT Delivery Center Hyderabad

Description

Role SummaryThis position is ideal for senior-level professionals to join the mobile development team as a Sr. Android Developer, responsible for the design, development, and optimisation of high-quality Android applications. As a Sr. Android developer, the candidate will be a contributor to the execution of the strategic direction for the company. Who will also play a crucial role in driving best practices, and collaborate cross-functionally with product and design teams. The ideal candidate is expected to have proven extensive experience in developing scalable and secure

Role expectations

Role expectations· Design scalable and modular application architectures.

• Design, build, and maintain advanced Android applications using Kotlin and Java.
• Responsible for contributing to and being a champion of consumer-facing Android apps.
• Translate product requirements into well-architected, high-performance mobile applications.
• Work closely with product managers, UI/UX designers, QA engineers, and backend teams to propose efficient user experience solutions.
• Develop, test and maintain Android applications using Kotlin. Ensure performance, quality and responsiveness of the apps.
• Perform and lead code reviews to ensure best practices and maintain code quality.
• Mentor other developers, ensuring the quality of their code and design.
• Demonstrate teamwork skills with a solid foundation on Android/hybrid frameworks.
• Highly motivated, creative, self-learner, excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, UI/UX designers, and backend engineers.
• Ensure code quality by writing unit tests, UI tests, performing code reviews, and following clean architecture principles and work with CI/CD pipelines.
• Monitor app performance and address bugs, crashes, or performance bottlenecks.
• Stay up-to-date with new Android features, frameworks, and tools.
• Drive continuous improvement in development processes and tools.
  
  

What We're Looking For

What we're looking for· 8+ years of experience in building native mobile apps in the Android platform using latest SDK versions.

• Strong proficiency in Kotlin and Java.
• Deep understanding of Android SDK, Jetpack libraries (Navigation, Room, ViewModel, LiveData, etc.).
• 3+ years of experience in Kotlin is a must.
• Hands-on experience with Coroutines, Flows, and Dependency Injection frameworks like Hilt/Dagger.
• Familiarity with Jetpack Compose is a strong plus.
• Experience integrating RESTful APIs and third-party libraries.
• Solid understanding of mobile app security and performance optimization.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and unit/UI testing frameworks (JUnit, Espresso, MockK, etc.).
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
• Good understanding of mobile development frameworks and platforms, device manufacturers and mobile browsers.
• Experience with MVVM/MVI/MVP architectures and Clean Architecture principles.
• Good understanding of mobile apps CI/CD process.
• Experience with Graph QL, REST API concepts, design patterns and SOLID principles.
• Experience in writing automation tests and Unit tests.
• Experience in using Git source control.
• Experience working in distributed teams.
  
  

Complementary skills

• Experience with Swift UI is a plus.
  
  

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