Android Engineers at eRecruiter Nigeria

eRecruiter Nigeria - Our client, a social enterprise focused on improving food and income security throughout sub - Saharan Africa, is recruiting suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Android Engineer

Job ID: ERJ454
Location: Abuja

Job Description

• Their product pairs owners with hundreds of farmers, requesting and pre - paying for services via SMS messages. The company coordinates this pairing seamlessly through our cloud - booking platform. The company was founded by seasoned Technology investors.
• The company now has a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Android Engineer who can work at a high level across the enterprise.
• You will be working with a world - class team of professionals who are passionate about what they do and will expect no less from you.
• Having an insatiable hunger for learning new technologies and improving existing ones is key. Passion to apply technology to social enterprise is an absolute must.
• We're looking for people who are passionate about creating great Android applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and translate designs and wireframes into high quality code
• Design, build, and maintain high performance, reusable, and reliable Java code (in Android)
• 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
• Work with outside data sources and API's
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency

Key Requirements

• At least 3 years experience building Android applications
• Must have published at least one original Android app (provide app link or apk)
• Experience in JSON,XML and interfacing Android applications to server side API's
• Experience with system performance optimizations
• Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
• Experience with compiler optimization and code generation
• Experience consuming Google map APIs and a deep understanding of GPS technology
• Extensive understanding of Android framework components and their respective life-cycles
• Strong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms and programming languages
• An excellent understanding of best practices for networking, concurrency and threading
• Current and detailed knowledge of the capabilities of different Android API levels
• Experience working closely with product teams, designers, and other developers to create a truly delightful mobile experience
• A familiarity with the Android tool ecosystem for development, testing, debugging, and performance bench-marking
• At least four years engineering experience, a large portion of which in a team environment
• Deep understanding of relational databases
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Familiarity with continuous integration
• Familiarity with Scrum and Agile Methodologies
• Prior experience with or knowledge of large scale, high volume systems
• Strong communication skills, a positive attitude, and empathy
• Self-awareness and a desire to continually improve

Bonus Requirements:

• B.Sc/M.Sc Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
• Experience using mBaaS such as Kinvey
• Experience building APIs and Webhooks
• Deep knowledge of mobile frontend development
• Experience using Amazon Web Services and/or Google Cloud Platform and playing a sysAdmin role
• Experience working in a startup

Salary
Negotiable

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note: Do not apply if you do not meet the above minimum requirements of 3 Years as an Android Engineer.