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, GitHub 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, GitHub 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)