Sr. Android Developer

Roles & Responsibilities

The Android (SDK) team is part of the Software Core Services Services in the organization and is responsible for road-map, architecture, design, and management of tools and libraries for the entire Mixed Reality ecosystem. The Android (SDK) team is accountable for delivering libraries & tools for Tesseract's internal applications, supporting all ‘verticals’ which aligns to Tesseract's Technology Road-map.

The Senior Android Developerposition is an individual contributor role. He/she is passionate about designing and developing Android solutions. The Senior Android Developer position requires expert level proficiency in Android(Java/Kotlin) technology, hands-on coding skills, and the ability to translate low-level architecture requirements into technology execution.

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  Use Agile as the core philosophy for software development/delivery
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  Agile software delivery process using JIRA (including breaking down work into modular tasks, updating/tracking task status/work log entries for sprint management), Git (source code management including branching strategy, code review), and Jenkins/Bitbucket Pipelines (automated builds, automated unit test cases).
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  Knowledge of the open-source Android ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks.
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  Proactively communicate and collaborate with the architect, lead, and engineering manager to analyze the low-level design documents and deliver the scalable and modular libraries and tools.
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  Mentor developers on how they will successfully execute their plans
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  Should maintain the quality and security of the assigned development tasks by applying the best design and development guidelines as defined in the project.
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  Should work as per the defined project priorities and project schedules and ensure to complete the assigned projects within allotted timelines.
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  A knack for benchmarking and optimization.

• BS/BTech or MS/MTech in Computer Science or related degree from an accredited university
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  5+ years deploying Android applications and libraries in Java/Kotlin.
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  Strong knowledge of Android SDK and different versions of Android. Understanding of Google’s Android design principles and interface guidelines.
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  Experience with Android jetpack, SQLite, Realm, knowledge of firebase and google play store.
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  Experience with Reactive programming - RxJava/RxAndroid/RxKotlin.
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  Good knowledge on Core Java, OOPs concepts & design patterns.
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  Experience in testing with Espresso/Roboelectric/Others.
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  Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services.
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  Knowledge of Camera, GPS API, Services, and SQLite database.
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  Memory management – Data structures, Heap, Stack, GC, etc.
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  Hands-on experience on Threads/Async Tasks.
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  Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning.
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  Experience in C/C++ and Android NDK is a plus.
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  Familiarity with the use of additional sensors, such as Bluetooth, gyroscopes, and accelerometers is a plus.
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  Good knowledge in socket programming, device communication is a plus.
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  Experience with ExoPlayer, GSON, Dagger2, Retrofit, Glide is a plus.
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  Experience in battery management is a plus.