Android Developer

Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience in android mobile development including the ability to design and build
• Strong knowledge of Android SDK, different versions of Android, and how to deal with different screen sizes
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services
• Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
• Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
• Ability to design applications around natural user interfaces, such as “touch”
• Experience with google ads network like AdMob
• Familiarity with the use of additional sensors, such as gyroscopes and accelerometers
• Knowledge of the open-source Android ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and JSON to connect Android applications to back-end services
• Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications
• A knack for benchmarking and optimization
• Understanding of Google’s Android design principles and interface guidelines
• Proficient understanding of Version Control tools, such as Git
• Familiarity with continuous integration

Competencies:

Research & Data Obsessed

• The ideal candidate wants to know how other companies are doing the things they're doing and wants to learn from these companies by collecting data and insights and improving his/her technical skills.

Customer-Obsession

• The ideal candidate will be obsessed with delivering the best products to the end customer and will always develop technical work-around to deliver the best experiences.

Analysis

• The ability to gather relevant information, notice relationships between different pieces of information, reason from cause to effect and generate effective solutions to practical problems. Customer Orientation is a must.

Adaptability

• The ability to maintain effectiveness in a changing environment and the willingness to respond quickly and positively to change.

Organizing Work

• The ability to effectively manage resources to achieve a project or task. Able to manage own time efficiently and to handle multiple activities in parallel to accomplish the goals. Work is clear and is easy to understand.

Communication

• The ability to speak and write so as to be clearly understood by others using appropriate language, vocabulary and style.

Technical/Professional Knowledge

• The ability and motivation to apply and develop one’s own professional and technical knowledge and to share this expertise with others.

Proactive

• The willingness to move things forward by taking action without needing to be asked and with our undue escalation.

Achievement Orientation

• The determination to set oneself and meet high standards, exceeding norms and expectations.

Educational Qualifications:

• Preferred but not required: BSc. in Computer Science