Senior Android Developer

Responsibilities:

• Requirements gathering, refinement & estimation to develop new user-facing features for Android TV
• Building reusable components/libraries for future use & translating designs/wireframes into high quality code
• Optimizing components for maximum performance across various devices & screen sizes incl. mobiles, tablets & TVs
• Defining the architecture, specification & delivery of projects using sound software engineering principles
• Effective planning to deliver robust, modular, and testable code
• Adhere and improve engineering procedures, code conventions and best practice
• Agile development following the Scrum methodology

Requirements:

• Minimum of 5 - 8 years experience working with the Android programming platform and SDK (4.0+)
• In depth experience in Android TV and mobile application development
• Strong proficiency in Kotlin ((Koltin classes, data classes, init blocks, lazy, inner, and null safety, as well as Kotlin scopes)
• Good working experience of Java
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming and architecture patterns (MVC, MVVM, delegation, etc.)
• Familiarity with Google Play Services, In App Purchase, Play Store account administration and submission
• Experience with Leanback libraries
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
• Experience with ExoPlayer or other video players
• Experience with media playback and streaming technologies
• Knowledge of Unit testing frameworks such as Junit, Mokito etc.
• Participate in code reviews and ensure code quality
• Experience in LiveData, Dagger2 or Hilt (dependency injection) Retrofit and Deep Linking
• Thorough understanding of the Android system Framework APIs, as well as Rx.Java/Coroutines (and their core principles)
• Practice of Unit Testing using JUnit and Mockito
• Knowledge of common debug and optimization techniques in mobile programming
• Familiarity with code versioning tools such as Git and build automation systems
• Experience with the creation of frameworks/libraries to be embedded in other apps
• Basic knowledge of iOS and Web programming platforms would be an advantage