Senior Android Engineer

Summary

Join Proximity as an Android Engineer and contribute to the development of new software products for scale-ups and enterprise companies. You will be responsible for writing high-quality, maintainable code, solving complex technical problems, and mentoring a team of engineers. The ideal candidate possesses 1-2 years of Jetpack Compose experience and a strong understanding of building and optimizing large-scale applications. You should excel in problem-solving, communication, and leadership. This role requires experience in Kotlin, Android SDK, and various design patterns. Proximity offers a fully remote work environment with flexible hours and a competitive salary.

Requirements

• Experience leading, mentoring, and grooming other developers
• Excellent attention to detail
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated expertise in building production-grade and high-performance applications
• Be a self-starter who can work well with minimal-to-no-guidance in a fluid environment
• Be excited by challenges surrounding the development of highly scalable and distributed systems
• Have the agility and ability to adapt quickly to changing requirements, scope, and priorities
• Experience with background tasks and background processing for mobile applications
• Strong focus on building high-quality mobile UI experiences
• Have worked in a large-scale environment and have solved complex problems that come with scale
• Have a degree in Computer Science or a related field
• Have at least 5+ years of experience in Android Engineering for our Senior Android Engineer Role
• Have at least 8+ years of experience in Android Engineering for our Android Lead role
• 2+ years of experience in Kotlin for both roles
• 2+ years of experience in production-level Jetpack Compose
• Deep understanding of Jetpack Compose with hands-on expertise in building and optimizing the app
• Experience with MVP / MVVM / Clean Architecture
• Have worked on Design Patterns in Java
• Have worked on Networking, Room DB, and Dependency Injection
• Have worked with RxJava / Coroutines + Flow
• Have worked on System Design
• Experience with object-oriented software development
• Experience building Android applications in Kotlin / Java using Android SDK
• Experience building maintainable and testable code bases, including API design and unit testing techniques
• Experience with multithreading programming and mobile memory management
• Experience with open-source libraries like Retrofit, RxJava, Dagger 2, Lottie, and OkHttp

Responsibilities

• Write clean, high-quality, high-performance, and maintainable code
• Solve complex technical problems
• Lead/mentor a team of proficient engineers
• Perform an objective analysis of the problem statement and come up with an unbiased technical solution before writing a single line of code
• Coordinate cross-functionally to ensure that projects meet business objectives and compliance standards
• Participate in and drive code reviews

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Javascript / React Native / Flutter
• Open-source contributions, side projects, blog posts, and YT tech videos
• Experience in Glide/Picasso
• Experience in Unit Testing
• Experience in DataBinding/ViewBinding
• Improving the performance of an application
• Experience with Firebase libraries
• Experience creating a library
• Experience working with an OTT platform

Benefits

• 100% remote team: Work from anywhere you please
• Flexible timings: Set your own hours, and create a productive schedule that works for you
• Best in class salary: We hire only the best, and we pay accordingly
• Proximity Talks: Meet other designers, engineers, and product geeks — and learn from experts in the field
• Keep on learning with a world-class team: Work with the best in the field, challenge yourself constantly, and learn something new every day