Nairobi, Kenya
Job Description
Reporting to the Software Engineering Lead – Apps, the position holder will be required to develop and publish enterprise mobile applications in Android. They will collaborate with internal teams to develop functional mobile applications while working in a fast-paced environment, keeping up to date with new concepts and best practices for developing mobile applications, adopting Agile in DevOps and, team delivery.
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 from 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
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
Technical Skills
- Knowledge of functional and object-oriented programming
- Significant experience working with Kotlin along with tools like Dagger Hilt, Ktlint, Espresso and SonarQube
- Strong knowledge of Android fundamentals such as MVVM and Clean architectures, Paging, Navigation and LiveData
- Good knowledge of Architecture using Library and Dynamic Feature modules
- Ability to write well-documented, clean Kotlin code
- Understanding of Dependency Management using Version Catalog
- Familiarity with build tools like Gradle, Dexguard and Proguard
- Understanding of secure REST APIs, Websocket Connections, offline storage, and working with third-party libraries
- A complete understanding of the full mobile app development lifecycle right from prototyping
- Knowledge of type checking, unit testing and code debugging
- Knowledge of user interface design, responsive designs, animations and accessibility support
- Well-versed in a variety of Android software and technologies such as ESLint
- Experience with Firebase products and services
- Good troubleshooting skills
Non-Technical Skills
- A positive mindset and continuous-learning attitude
- Ability to solve issues and contribute to libraries as and when needed
- Experience working in an agile development environment
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to communicate strategy
- A collaborative approach to build apps and solve complex problems
- Attention to detail and problem-solving skills
- Client-focused approach with a goal of creating user-centric designs
- Good interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills
How to Apply
If you feel that you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualification and experience, kindly proceed to update your candidate profile on the recruitment portal and then Click on the apply button. Remember to attach your resume.
About Us
We are the leading telecommunication company in East Africa. Our purpose is to transform lives by connecting people to people, people to opportunities and people to information.
We keep over 42 million customers connected and play a critical role in the society, supporting over one million jobs both directly and indirectly while our total economic value was estimated at KES 362 Billion ($ 3.2 billion) for the 12 months through March 2021. We are listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) and with annual revenues of close to KES 298 Billion ($2.5 billion) as at March 2022.
We were founded in 1997 as a fully owned subsidiary of Telkom Kenya before a 40 percent acquisition by Vodafone Group PLC in May 2000, and a public offering of 25 percent shares through the NSE in 2008. Under the management of Vodafone Group PLC, we welcomed Michael Joseph, as our first CEO, a few months later in July of 2000. He led the company’s growth to accommodate 16.71 million subscribers from the previous 20,000, largely owing to innovative products like M-PESA in 2007.
