Safaricom, the leading provider of converged communication solutions in Kenya, is seeking an experienced Android Developer. This role involves architecting, building, and maintaining high-quality mobile applications with a focus on clean code, performance, and user experience. You will be responsible for the full development lifecycle, from design implementation using prototypes and wireframes to release on major app stores.
Key Responsibilities
- Architect, build and maintain excellent mobile applications with clean code.
- Release applications to Google Play and Huawei App stores.
- Design and implement user interface components for mobile applications using prototypes and wireframes.
- Write unit, UI, integration and automated tests to ensure error-free code, performance and quality.
- Integration to RESTful APIs.
- Work with Coroutines to improve performance of the mobile apps.
- Identify, plan and implement new mobile products, applications and protocols.
- Creating efficient data queries and communicating to back-end developers on API issues.
- Build reusable code and libraries for future use.
- Implement clean, modern, smooth animations and transitions that provide an excellent user experience.
- Work with modern tools including Confluence, Jira, Slack, GitHub etc.
- Reviewing application requirements and interface designs.
- Documenting application changes and developing updates.
- Collecting user feedback and optimization of operational experience.
- On-going app support, debug and enhancement.
- Remain up to date with the technologies, concepts, best practices and news of mobile applications development.
- Work closely with colleagues to constantly innovate app functionality and design.
- Communicate with users to understand their needs and experiences.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field.
- 3+ years of professional experience working with Android.
- 4+ years of professional software development experience.
- A very good understanding about mobile applications and programming languages such as Kotlin, Java, SqlLite, XML together with their mainstream IDEs such as Android Studio.
- Knowledge in Swift, React Native, Flutter, Kotlin Multiplatform and Xcode is an added advantage.
- A strong understanding on Single Activity and MVVM architecture patterns and Jetpack components like Navigation.
- Experience in RESTful API integrations, Version Control (Git) and DevOps.
- An understanding on Security Principles with regard to mobile applications and tech platforms.
- Experience in developing Android applications.
- A strong desire to learn and figure out how to create market leading user-friendly mobile applications.
- Quick to adopt and willingness to work/deliver in a short period.
- Ability to quickly absorb technical concepts and communicate them to a non-technical audience.
- Passionate about robust code design.
- Knowledge of UI/UX designs and wireframes.
- Ability to create and maintain continuous integration and delivery of Android applications.
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