Senior Android Developer

Skills:
Java, Android SDK, Flutter, C++, MVVM, MVC,

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) Duties & 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 practises, 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) Experience & Qualifications

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.

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and/or relevant work experience.

Desirable

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