IT Projects

Job Description: Android Developer

Position: Android Developer
Experience Required: 4-6+ years
Location: Guwahati
Job Type: Full-time / Permanent

Overview:

We are looking for a skilled and highly motivated Android Developer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in building robust Android applications using Kotlin, Java, and various tools like Spring Boot, Firebase, Oracle DB, SQL lite, and Room Database. If you have a passion for developing intuitive and offline-first mobile applications with strong back-end integration, we'd love to hear from you.

Role & responsibilities:

Technical Leadership

• Lead the design, development, and delivery of enterprise mobile and web applications.
• Define and drive solution architecture for cloud-native applications using Microservices.
• Establish coding standards, design guidelines, and development of best practices.
• Review application architecture, code quality, security, scalability, and performance.
• Drive API-first development using RESTful APIs and GraphQL.
• Lead technical discussions and provide guidance on complex architectural challenges.
• Ensure adherence to secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC) practices.

Engineering & Delivery Management

• Own end-to-end product delivery from requirement analysis to production deployment.
• Manage sprint planning, release planning, estimation, and delivery commitments.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Teams, Architects, QA, DevOps, and Vendor Teams.
• Drive Agile/Scrum practices and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Monitor project risks, dependencies, and mitigation plans.

Cloud & DevOps

• Drive containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines for automated build, testing, and deployment.
• Ensure high availability, resilience, observability, and scalability of applications.
• Work closely with DevOps and Infrastructure teams for cloud deployment and monitoring.

People Management

• Lead and manage a team of developers, leads, architects, and QA engineers.
• Conduct performance reviews, goal setting, career development planning, and mentoring.
• Build high-performing teams through coaching and technical leadership.
• Support hiring, onboarding, resource planning, and capability development.
• Foster a culture of innovation, ownership, collaboration, and continuous learning.

Preferred candidate profile

Mobile Technologies

• Native Android (Java/Kotlin)
• Native iOS (Swift)
• Cross-platform frameworks such as Flutter or React Native
• Mobile application architecture and performance optimization

Web Technologies

• Angular / React
• HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, TypeScript
• Responsive and Progressive Web Applications (PWA)

Backend & Microservices

• Java, Spring Boot / Node.js
• Microservices Architecture
• Event-Driven Architecture
• API Gateway patterns
• Service Discovery and Distributed Systems

API Technologies

• RESTful APIs
• GraphQL
• API Security (OAuth2, JWT, OpenID Connect)
• API Management Platforms

Cloud & DevOps

• Kubernetes
• Docker
• CI/CD Pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps)
• AWS / Azure / GCP
• Infrastructure as Code concepts

Databases

• PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle
• MongoDB, DynamoDB or other NoSQL databases
• Database performance tuning

Monitoring & Observability

• ELK Stack
• Grafana
• Prometheus
• Application Performance Monitoring tools

Desired Competencies

• Strong system design and architecture expertise.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience handling teams of 15 to 30 engineers.
• Ability to balance technical depth with delivery commitments.
• Strong decision-making and conflict resolution abilities.
• Experience in enterprise digital transformation programs.