Senior Android Developer (Tech Lead) - India (Remote)

Trust Payments has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Android Developer (Tech Lead) to join their team.

Location: Remote - India - Bangalore

Salary: Competitive + Benefits

Job Type: Full-Time/ Permanent

Senior Android Developer (Tech Lead) – The Role:

• Notable leadership experience and can mentor and teach your team in a positive, proactive, Agile manner.
• Architect, design, and develop scalable and maintainable Android applications that meet business requirements and technical specifications for SDK/PoS for Fintech products using Android.
• Drive the technical direction and roadmap for Android development, ensuring alignment with company goals and industry best practices.
• API integrations in SDK/PoS with backend services
• Develop automated unit tests with tools such Appium and espresso.
• Advocate for sound design principles and patterns, consistently producing clean and testable code. Value the delivery of incremental improvements.
• A passion to improve processes, tools, methodologies & overall quality of the product.
• Work closely with developers, product team, QA & BAs to define & develop the best in-class solutions.
• Define & implement processes & best practices related to development.
• Raising any security compliance issues for SDK /PoS product to the development manager.
• Work with the development manager & project teams to develop & maintain the applications in line with defined scripting standards.
• An understanding of the software product development lifecycle & test processes

Senior Android Developer (Tech Lead) – Key Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain Android SDK/PoS and Apps.
• Work with engineers, product managers, designers, and stakeholders across the company to bring new features and products.
• Maintain & improve the Android frameworks, suggesting improvements where appropriate.
• Support the development team by answering questions and solving complex problems.
• Ensure developers are following best practices, along with producing clean and secure code.
• Write automated unit tests.
• Investigate any defects reported by stakeholders / end users & support the team to find the root cause & get the right fixes.
• Humble to embrace better ideas from others, eager to make things better, open to challenges and possibilities.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues related to Android development, both independently and collaboratively with the team.
• Understand business requirements & processes to define solutions with continuous review of scope of all requirements following the agile methodology.
• Provide estimations on deliverable features to the delivery manager.
• Lead by example, demonstrating a strong work ethic, a passion for continuous learning, and a commitment to delivering high-quality software solutions on time and within budget.
• Can put yourself in the shoes of your users and be a steward of crafting great developer and consumer experiences
• Bright, highly self-motivated and driven with a professional and positive approach.
• Ability to multi-task and stay organised in a dynamic work environment.

Senior Android Developer (Tech Lead) – You:

• Experience with the Android, Java, NDK, C++ and developing complex Android applications. Appreciate the art of API design.
• Experience of deploying apps on Google Play store.
• Experience with JSON concepts and REST APIs
• Experience with design patterns such as MVVM or MVC, Kotlin and Android frameworks.
• Conduct code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and enforce coding standards to maintain code quality and ensure adherence to development best practices.
• Proactive and enthusiastic quick learner.
• Experience across the entire SDLC.
• Passionate about software development, with a general thirst for technology & interest in new tools & methodologies.
• Proactive and enthusiastic quick learner with the ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to adapt and to drive innovation in an evolving technical environment.
• Experienced using version control tools e.g. Git.
• Experienced in working with CI/CD pipeline environments.
• Ability to solve problems quickly and completely.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and/or relevant work experience.

Desirable Experience:

• Experience in working with Common Web application architectures such as n-tier, micro-services, etc.
• Experience of working with Point Of Sale devices.
• Experience with Docker.
• Experience with Unit testing, UI Testing beneficial.
• Experience with performance and memory tuning with tools.
• Experienced in CI tools (Jenkins, Gitlab Pipelines).
• Understanding of MVC of MVVM design patterns desirable.