IT support

Subject: JD for Senior Android developer

Number of position (s): 1

Location: Lucknow & Shivgarh (Uttar Pradesh), India

Job Description:

We are looking for an Android developer responsible for the development and maintenance of applications aimed at a vast number of diverse Android devices. His/Her primary focus will be the development of Android applications and their integration with back-end services. He/She will be working alongside other engineers and developers working on different layers of the infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Translate designs and wireframes into high-quality code
• Design, build and maintain high performance, reusable, and reliable Java code
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the application
• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization
• Design and build advanced applications for the Android platform 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features 
• Work with outside data sources and APIs 
• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability 
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance 
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency 

Company Introduction

About CEL: CEL is an impact-focused research and innovation organization of global repute, we have been embedded in rural Uttar Pradesh since 2003 and have made seminal contributions to the science on advancing maternal and newborn health and early child development, as well as to global and national policy. Our mission is to place mothers at the heart of human development and nurture them so that they can nurture the future of humanity.  

We compete with the world's leading universities like Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University and work very closely with World Health Organizations, Grand Challenges Canada, Government of India, Government of Uttar Pradesh, and National Health Mission, Uttar Pradesh. CEL has partnered with the government of UP to develop and operationalize the Kangaroo Care Lounge – a technology-enabled respectful environment for the care of mothers and their low birth weight infants. Since 2016, CEL has helped the government set up 174 such Kangaroo Care Lounges across public health facilities in all the 75 districts of UP. 

CEL has developed lots of software products to support our community & operationalize our mission more accurately and effectively.

Skills

• 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”
• 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 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 code versioning tools, such as Git
• Familiarity with continuous integration

Experience: Approx more than 4 years experience in Android application development