Android Developer

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Android Developer to design, develop, maintain, and optimize high-quality Android applications. The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on experience with Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, XML, RxJava, modular architecture, Dagger Hilt, custom Dependency Injection, Retrofit, and JSON-based APIs .

The candidate will work closely with product, design, backend, and QA teams to build scalable, maintainable, and high-performance Android applications.

Experience

5+ years of professional Android development experience , with strong hands-on experience in Kotlin and modern Android development.

Core Technology Stack

Kotlin | Jetpack Compose | XML | RxJava | MVVM | Clean Architecture | Modular Architecture | Dagger Hilt | Custom Dependency Injection | Retrofit | OkHttp | JSON | Coroutines | Flow | Room | Android Jetpack | Git | Gradle | Firebase

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop Android applications using Kotlin .
• Build modern and responsive UI using Jetpack Compose and XML layouts .
• Develop reusable UI components and maintain consistent application design.
• Implement MVVM and modular architecture for scalable and maintainable applications.
• Design and maintain multi-module Android projects with proper separation of concerns.
• Implement reactive programming using RxJava/RxAndroid where required.
• Implement Dependency Injection using Dagger Hilt .
• Design and implement custom Dependency Injection solutions when project requirements go beyond standard Hilt configurations.
• Develop and maintain REST API integrations using Retrofit .
• Work with JSON request/response models and serialization/deserialization.
• Implement robust error handling, API response handling, and network-state management.
• Work with Coroutines and Kotlin-based asynchronous programming where appropriate.
• Create reusable architecture components and common utilities.
• Optimize application performance, memory usage, startup time, and battery consumption.
• Debug and resolve application crashes, ANRs, UI issues, and production defects.
• Write clean, readable, reusable, and testable code following Android and Kotlin best practices.
• Perform code reviews and provide constructive feedback to other developers.
• Collaborate with backend developers to integrate and troubleshoot APIs.
• Work with Git-based version control and follow appropriate branching and code-review practices.
• Participate in requirement analysis, technical discussions, estimation, development, testing, and release activities.
• Maintain technical documentation for application architecture and important components.

Technical Skills

Primary Technologies

• Kotlin
• Android SDK
• Jetpack Compose
• XML
• Android Views
• RxJava / RxAndroid
• Coroutines

Architecture & Design

• MVVM
• Clean Architecture
• Modular Architecture
• Multi-module Android applications
• Repository Pattern
• SOLID principles
• Separation of Concerns
• Custom Dependency Injection

Dependency Injection

• Dagger Hilt
• Dagger
• Custom DI implementations
• Dependency scopes and component management

Networking & Data

• Retrofit
• OkHttp
• REST APIs
• JSON
• Gson / Kotlin Serialization
• API authentication and error handling

Android Jetpack

• ViewModel
• LiveData
• StateFlow / Flow
• Navigation
• Room
• WorkManager
• Lifecycle components
• DataStore

Development & Tools

• Android Studio
• Gradle
• Git
• GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket
• Firebase
• Android Debugging and Profiling tools

Additional Skills

• Experience migrating legacy XML-based applications to Jetpack Compose .
• Experience working with large-scale or enterprise Android applications.
• Experience designing reusable libraries and shared modules.
• Understanding of Android application lifecycle and process management.
• Experience handling configuration changes and state restoration.
• Knowledge of unit testing and UI testing.
• Understanding of CI/CD and automated Android build pipelines.
• Experience troubleshooting production issues using crash-reporting and monitoring tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong understanding of Android application architecture.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a development team.
• Good understanding of software development lifecycle and Agile methodologies.
• Experience delivering Android applications from development through production release.