Android Developer

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Job Purpose Summary:

Responsible for the development and maintenance of android applications in the domain of banking aimed at a vast number of diverse Android devices. Your primary focus will be the development of Android applications and their integration with back-end services. You will be working along-side other engineers and developers working on different layers of the banking IT infrastructure. Therefore, commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and creating quality mobile applications is essential

Special Skills

Strong knowledge of Android SDK, different versions of Android, and how to deal with different screen sizes

. Familiarity with object oriented programming concepts and languages specially in JAVA and Kotlin

. Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services

. Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices

. Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning

. Ability to design applications around natural user interfaces, such as touch

. Familiarity with the use of additional sensors, such as gyroscopes and accelerometers

. Knowledge of the open-source Android ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks

. Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements

. Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications

. A knack for benchmarking and optimization

. Understanding of Google's Android design principles and interface guidelines

. Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git

. Familiarity with continuous integration

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Functional (job responsibilities)

1. Translate designs and wireframes into high quality code

2. Design, build, and maintain high performance, reusable, and reliable Java code

3. Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the application

4. Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs

5. Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization

6. Implementation, support and maintenance of applications assigned

7. Responsible for system analysis, system design, application development, report generation, amendment and enhancement for applications assigned

8. Ensure amended and enhanced systems meet user functional requirement specifications

9. Ensure that all documentation, processes and methodologies used in the various phases of system development and implementation are in accordance with the Bank's standards

10. Ensure proper documentation of all development to facilitate future maintenance and enhancements. Employs the risk assessment methodology issued by the Information Security Department to ensure proper controls are built as required by the business

11. Liaise with users to define systems requirements

12. Provide options/alternatives available to address Users Business Requirements and recommendation on software solution

13. Analyze changes & impact on existing systems

14. Prepare, conduct and review of system tests, to ensure accuracy and completeness to ensure problem free-implementation

15. Provide support during implementation of software and systems. Liaise with other Departments within division for smooth deployment of Application Software

16. Technology platform assessment inclusive of performance test benchmarking

Jobholder Requirements

Education/Qualification

1) Diploma/Degree in Computer Science & Information Technology

Experience

2) 2 years of working experience in Android application development and enterprise applications support