Android Web Debeloper

3 days ago


Umhlanga, South Africa Stepco Recruitment Full time

**POSITION: Android Web Developer**

**AREA: KZN Umhlanga**

Our client is looking for a intermediate to senior Android developer with more than three years’ experience, to be involved in every aspect of building and maintaining native Android apps for our broad and diverse range of clients.

we’re looking for people with a desire to improve themselves and the products on which they work. People who are curious, open to feedback, and enjoy working together to create a better solution.

Note that these positions are based in Umhlanga (KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa with a Hybrid working model.
- Be directly involved in creating native apps for our clients and partners in the fields of media, communications, education and sports.
- Actively contribute to ideation, strategy, implementation and iteration of features and functionality for Fabrik.
- Be experienced in all aspects of the Google Play Store submission process and continuously iterate apps to take full advantage of the features of this ecosystem.
- Uphold our values of quality, attention to detail, maintainability, design and iteration.

**Essential competencies**
- Excellent technical knowledge of **Java** for **Android** and **Android Studio**
- **More than three years’ experience working as a mid or senior developer, having filled the primary role on a shipped Android app developed natively**
- **Working experience with third party APIs**
- **Java and Kotlin for android and Android Studio**
- **Experience in database design (Room)**
- **Experience communicating with web services using JSON/XML**
- **Strong knowledge and understanding of different Android platforms**
- **Strong sense of system architecture as it relates to mobile apps**
- In-flight teaching and mentoring
- advantageous skills
- Published and live app(s)
- **Understanding of the API stack**
- **Experience working with the HMS SDK**
- **Extensive UI Design experience**
- **Experience with software development on Mac**
- **Git**
- **Xamarin and/or C#**
- **Experience in a leadership/team lead role**
- **personal attributes**
- A professional who understands that best results are achieved through collaborating with others, and not just in working alone.
- A natural-born teacher who will do what it takes to up-skill the people around you, and has an opinion on what constitutes great work.
- **Broadly-skilled with the ability to adapt to different tools or workflows according to the deadline or output required.**
- Passionate about keeping abreast of changes in your chosen area of technology.
- The ability to ingest constructive criticism and work with team input while staying true to the product.
- The maturity to work purposefully and steadily under pressure with all kinds of clients.
- The culture of imparting knowledge to co-workers, regardless of years of experience, and to constantly acquire and adopt knowledge from others.
- A strong online presence (you share your interests on social media) and innate drive to share your knowledge (active participation in the community).
- Career-focused with the motivation to forge one’s own path to success within a high-performing team.
- The drive to be the best in the industry in every task you undertake.
- The diligence and discipline to get things done, no matter the level or perceived
- cachet of the task
- ** PLEASE EMAIL YOUR UPDATED Word CV, **use reference (Step230050)
- **PLEASE NOTE: We read all the CV's that are sent to us. Due to a high volume of CVs received, our response time might be delayed but please just bear with us. IF, HOWEVER YOU HAVE NOT HEARD FROM US WITHIN TWO WEEKS, PLEASE CONSIDER YOUR APPLICATION UNSUCCESSFU**

**Salary**: R2.00 - R3.00 per month

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)