Android Developer

• *Job Type:** Full\-time
• *Experience:** 3\.5\+ Years
• *Role:** Android Developer

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced **Android Developer** with a minimum of **3\.5 years of hands\-on experience in native Android application development**. The ideal candidate should have strong practical knowledge of **Kotlin, Java, Android SDK, Fragments, Android lifecycle, MVVM/MVI, REST APIs, Retrofit, Coroutines, and Dagger/Hilt**.

You will be responsible for developing, maintaining, debugging, and optimizing production\-level Android applications while following clean, scalable, and maintainable coding practices.

• *Key Responsibilities**

• Design, develop, test, and maintain native Android applications.
• Build scalable and maintainable applications using **Kotlin and Java**.
• Work with **MVVM/MVI, Repository Pattern, Clean Architecture**, and modular application structures.
• Develop Android UI using **Activities, Fragments, XML, RecyclerView, ViewBinding/DataBinding**, and Material Design.
• Handle **Activity and Fragment lifecycle**, configuration changes, navigation, and back\-stack management.
• Integrate REST APIs using **Retrofit and OkHttp**.
• Implement proper API error handling, timeouts, retries, and network\-failure scenarios.
• Use **Kotlin Coroutines, Flow, LiveData, ViewModel, Lifecycle components, and WorkManager**.
• Implement dependency injection using **Dagger/Hilt**, including modules, scopes, and ViewModel injection.
• Work with local data storage using **Room, DataStore, SharedPreferences**, or similar technologies.
• Debug and resolve **crashes, ANRs, memory leaks, performance issues, and production defects**.
• Optimize application performance, startup time, memory usage, and responsiveness.
• Follow Android security, lifecycle, performance, and coding best practices.
• Use Git for branching, merging, pull requests, and conflict resolution.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to improving overall code quality.
• Understand existing production code and enhance it without impacting existing functionality.

• *Required Technical Skills Android**

• Strong hands\-on experience with native Android development.
• Good understanding of **Android SDK, Android Studio, Gradle**, and Android project structure.
• Strong knowledge of **Activity and Fragment lifecycle**.
• Experience with Fragment transactions, Navigation Component, back\-stack handling, and lifecycle\-aware components.
• Understanding of Android permissions, services, broadcast receivers, notifications, and background execution limitations.

• *Kotlin \& Java**

• Strong hands\-on experience with **Kotlin**.
• Good working knowledge of **Java**.
• Strong understanding of OOP, collections, null safety, extension functions, data classes, sealed classes, and Kotlin best practices.
• Ability to write clean, readable, reusable, and maintainable code.

• *Architecture**

• Strong practical experience with **MVVM**.
• Understanding of **MVI and Clean Architecture** is an advantage.
• Experience with Repository Pattern, separation of concerns, use cases, and modular application design.

• *Dependency Injection**

• Hands\-on experience with **Dagger or Hilt**.
• Understanding of modules, dependency injection, scopes, qualifiers, and ViewModel injection.

Jetpack Components

• *Hands\-on experience with:**

• ViewModel
• LiveData
• Kotlin Flow
• Lifecycle Components
• Navigation Component
• Room Database
• WorkManager
• Paging Library, if applicable

• *Networking**

• Experience integrating REST APIs.
• Strong knowledge of **Retrofit and OkHttp**.
• Experience with interceptors and authentication mechanisms.
• Knowledge of JSON parsing using **Gson, Moshi, or Kotlin Serialization**.
• Ability to handle network failures, timeouts, retries, and slow\-network conditions.

• *Git \& Collaboration**

• Good working knowledge of Git.
• Experience with branching, merging, pull requests, and conflict resolution.
• Comfortable participating in code reviews and technical discussions.

Education

**Required:** Bachelor's or equivalent degree in

• Computer Science
• Information Technology
• Software Engineering
• Computer Applications
• Any directly related Computer/IT discipline

• *Preferred:** Master's degree such as **MCA, M.Sc. Computer Science, M.Tech, or equivalent**.

CDAC Candidates

CDAC candidates are eligible **only if their prior academic qualification is in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a directly related computer discipline**.

Experience Requirements

• Minimum **3\.5 years of professional, hands\-on Android application development experience**.
• Experience should primarily involve **native Android development and production applications**.
• Candidates whose experience is limited mainly to support activities, testing, or minor bug fixing may not be suitable for this role.

Good to Have

• Experience with Clean Architecture and modular Android projects.
• Firebase experience, including **Crashlytics, Analytics, FCM, or Remote Config**.
• Experience with Google Maps and location services.
• Experience with payment gateway integration.
• Knowledge of Android performance profiling and memory\-leak detection.
• Experience with Play Store release and deployment processes.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience working with large\-scale or production Android applications.

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate should

• Be able to independently own and deliver Android modules/features.
• Have strong debugging and problem\-solving skills.
• Understand Android lifecycle and write lifecycle\-safe code.
• Be comfortable working with an existing production codebase.
• Follow clean coding and architecture principles.
• Focus on application performance, stability, and maintainability.
• Communicate technical issues clearly with the development team.
• Be proactive in identifying and resolving technical challenges.

Why Join Us?

• Opportunity to work on **real\-world production Android applications**.
• Work with modern Android technologies and architecture.
• Opportunity to solve challenging performance, scalability, and application lifecycle problems.
• Collaborative environment with opportunities to improve technical and architectural skills.

Pay: ₹20,000\.00 \- ₹40,000\.00 per month

Benefits

• Health insurance

Work Location: In person