Android Developer

SDE 2 - Mobile (Android) Bengaluru

About the role

Flipkart’s Android Retail app was the first eCommerce app in India to reach 100 million downloads, with an average user rating of 4.5 from millions of reviews. This requires us to continuously solve challenging unseen problems and build solutions that last. The idea is to build a sustainable system where pages that would consist of components that can be created just by configurations and the App team help build this platform of capability and widgets.

You would be working with the team that helps build this remarkable app and help it scale newer heights. Flipkart is looking for smart people who are passionate about writing code that works flawlessly for the most fragmented platform - Android while making it super performant and ultra-light. You will be working to make the app ultra-light, extremely performant and super intuitive, none of which is an easy task.

What you’ll do :

Design components by translating product requirements, break down projects into tasks and provide accurate estimates. Build scalable and reliable technology solutions at a rapid pace

platform - Android while making it super performant and ultra-light. You will be working to make the app ultra-light, extremely performant and super intuitive, none of which is an easy task.

What you’ll do :

Design components by translating product requirements, break down projects into tasks and provide

Work on native Android as well as React Native tech stack while keeping performance goals in mind

Independently come up with different solutions, extensibile Low level design. Write modular, extensible, readable and performant code

Build, develop, mentor and coach junior team members

What you’ll need :

B.E or B.Tech or equivalent with at least 3-year experience and hands on with mobile technologies

Experience with coding in mobile coding languages like Kotlin

Ability to resolve problems with support and must understand the mobile ecosystem and its limitations.

Understand Android Architecture components, strong fundamentals in Android technologies and aware of new Android changes

Must have performance optimization skills

Experience with mentoring and coaching team members

Good to have performance optimization skills - Knowledge of how to optimize and build for limited-resource hardware and build a smooth experience