Android Developer (Kotlin)

Job Summary

Client is seeking an experienced Android Developer with strong expertise in Kotlin to design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade mobile banking applications. The ideal candidate should have experience building secure, scalable, and high-performance Android applications while following modern Android development practices. Experience in the banking or financial services domain is highly preferred.

Required Experience

• 6 years of Android application development experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Kotlin (mandatory).
• Experience developing and deploying applications on the Google Play Store.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments.

Required Technical Skills

• Expert-level proficiency in Kotlin.
• Strong knowledge of Android SDK and Android Architecture Components.
• Experience with Jetpack Compose and modern Android UI development.
• MVVM architecture and Clean Architecture.
• Dependency Injection using Hilt or Dagger.
• RESTful APIs integration using Retrofit, OkHttp, or similar frameworks.
• Coroutines and Flow for asynchronous programming.
• Android Jetpack components:
  • LiveData
  • ViewModel
  • Room Database
  • Navigation Component
  • WorkManager
• Material Design implementation.
• Local data storage using Room/SQLite.
• Firebase services (Crashlytics, Analytics, Push Notifications) is a plus.
• Strong understanding of Android lifecycle and performance optimization.
• Unit testing using JUnit, Mockito, Espresso, and UI testing frameworks.
• Version control using Git.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain Android applications using Kotlin.
• Build reusable, scalable, and maintainable mobile components.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, UX Designers, QA teams, and backend developers.
• Consume REST APIs and integrate third-party SDKs.
• Optimize application performance, responsiveness, and security.
• Troubleshoot production issues and resolve defects.
• Participate in code reviews and ensure adherence to coding standards.
• Write unit and integration tests to ensure application quality.
• Follow Agile methodologies and participate in sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security and banking standards.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Banking or Financial Services.
• Knowledge of secure mobile application development.
• Experience with OAuth2, JWT, biometric authentication, and mobile security best practices.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or similar).
• Experience with SonarQube and code quality tools.
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure is a plus.