Android Developer

Job Description - Android Developer

MUST HAVE

• This being client-facing role, the candidate must have good interpersonal, listening, written and verbal communication as well as basic project management skills.
• Experience using AI-powered development tools such as ChatGPT, Git Hub Copilot, Gemini, Claude, Cursor, or similar AI coding assistants to improve software development, debugging, documentation, code reviews, testing, and overall engineering productivity.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the development of Android applications and SDKs
• Help scale our mobile team processes by practicing "Clean Code" principles for app architecture, branching/versioning, release train, feature flipping and A/B test, CI pipeline, Test Driven Development.
• Advocate for the Android platform e.g: evaluating new frameworks, leading the Android technical vision at Symphony, while also helping to mentor more junior members of the team
• Deliver apps to market with enhanced features and capabilities, while also maintaining and continually improving turnaround time and and quality
• Participate in code reviews and team meetings
• Leverage AI-powered development tools to accelerate coding, debugging, documentation, code optimization, unit test generation, and development workflows while maintaining high standards of code quality and security.

Desired

Skills & Experience:

• 4+ years of experience working with key technologies for the Android platform.
• Fluency in Java
• Knowledge of SQLite
• Experience designing robust, extensible and customizable mobile application code and frameworks
• Experience consuming and/or designing REST APIs
• Strong UI development skills (complex view trees, animations, rendering and strong knowledge of the Android UI kit)
• Knowledgeable about test driven development (TDD), behavior driven development (BDD) and debugging.
• Basic cryptographic knowledge
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted software development tools such as ChatGPT, Git Hub Copilot, Gemini, Claude, Cursor, or similar AI assistants for code generation, debugging, documentation, testing, and productivity enhancement.

Additional Skillsets Desired:

• System engineering /architectural skills e.g. be able to understand the big picture.
• Ability to work in both a solo and team environment
• Proven ability to communicate technical information coherently, both verbally and in writing, to internal team and external customers, maintaining a customer focused, friendly attitude.

Education:

• Master of Computer Science (MCA) or BE in (CS or IT) or
  
  B.Tech. or (CS or IT)