Android Developer

YAL; Kothaguda; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

YAL is seeking strong Android Developers at the SDE II and SDE III levels to build and scale a high engagement consumer technology platform. You will own critical Android modules, translate product ideas into reliable user experiences, and address performance, scalability, and offline behaviour challenges.

Role requires robust Android fundamentals, product thinking, and the ability to deliver production-grade applications independently.

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in Kotlin and Android SDK.
• Hands on experience with Jetpack Compose and modern Android development practices.
• Strong understanding of Kotlin Coroutines, Flow, StateFlow, and asynchronous programming.
• Experience with MVVM, MVI, Clean Architecture, or similar scalable architectural approaches.
• Experience with Android Jetpack components such as ViewModel, Navigation, Room, WorkManager, and DataStore.
• Strong understanding of dependency injection using Hilt, Dagger, or Koin.
• Experience integrating REST APIs, WebSockets, Firebase, push notifications, and deep links.
• Knowledge of local databases, caching strategies, pagination, background processing, and data synchronisation.
• Strong understanding of Android lifecycle, threading, memory management, networking, and application performance.
• Experience writing unit tests and UI tests using JUnit, MockK, Espresso, or Compose Testing.
• Familiarity with Git, Gradle, CI/CD pipelines, Play Console, release management, and production debugging.
• Good understanding of Material Design and translating Figma designs into polished Android experiences.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain high quality Android applications using Kotlin
• Build responsive and reusable user interfaces using Jetpack Compose
• Own features from technical design and development through release and post production monitoring
• Work with Product, Design, Backend, AI, Security, and Quality Engineering teams to deliver seamless user experiences
• Integrate REST APIs, WebSockets, push notifications, analytics, authentication, and third party services
• Improve application startup time, rendering performance, battery usage, memory consumption, and crash rates
• Develop reliable offline first experiences using local storage, caching, and data synchronisation
• Write modular, testable, and maintainable code using established architecture patterns
• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, sprint planning, and production troubleshooting
• Monitor application health using crash reporting, analytics, logging, and performance monitoring tools
• Maintain security standards for user data, API communication, local storage, and application releases
• Support CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, Play Store releases, staged rollouts, and production monitoring

Skills

Kotlin

Android SDK

Jetpack Compose

MVVM/MVI/Clean Architecture

Coroutines/Flow/StateFlow

REST APIs/WebSockets/Push

CI/CD and Play Console

Job description

About The Role

We are looking for strong Android Developers at the SDE II and SDE III levels to build and scale a high engagement consumer technology platform.

We are looking for strong Android Developers at the SDE II and SDE III levels to build and scale a high engagement consumer technology platform. You will take ownership of critical Android modules, translate product ideas into reliable user experiences, and solve challenges related to performance, scalability, real time interactions, offline behaviour, and device compatibility. This role requires strong Android fundamentals, product thinking, and the ability to deliver production grade applications independently.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain high quality Android applications using Kotlin
• Build responsive and reusable user interfaces using Jetpack Compose
• Own features from technical design and development through release and post production monitoring
• Work with Product, Design, Backend, AI, Security, and Quality Engineering teams to deliver seamless user experiences
• Integrate REST APIs, WebSockets, push notifications, analytics, authentication, and third party services
• Improve application startup time, rendering performance, battery usage, memory consumption, and crash rates
• Develop reliable offline first experiences using local storage, caching, and data synchronisation
• Write modular, testable, and maintainable code using established architecture patterns
• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, sprint planning, and production troubleshooting
• Monitor application health using crash reporting, analytics, logging, and performance monitoring tools
• Maintain security standards for user data, API communication, local storage, and application releases
• Support CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, Play Store releases, staged rollouts, and production monitoring

Core Technical Requirements

• Strong proficiency in Kotlin and Android SDK
• Hands on experience with Jetpack Compose and modern Android development practices
• Strong understanding of Kotlin Coroutines, Flow, StateFlow, and asynchronous programming
• Experience with MVVM, MVI, Clean Architecture, or similar scalable architectural approaches
• Experience with Android Jetpack components such as ViewModel, Navigation, Room, WorkManager, and DataStore
• Strong understanding of dependency injection using Hilt, Dagger, or Koin
• Experience integrating REST APIs, WebSockets, Firebase, push notifications, and deep links
• Knowledge of local databases, caching strategies, pagination, background processing, and data synchronisation
• Strong understanding of Android lifecycle, threading, memory management, networking, and application performance
• Experience writing unit tests and UI tests using JUnit, MockK, Espresso, or Compose Testing
• Familiarity with Git, Gradle, CI/CD pipelines, Play Console, release management, and production debugging
• Good understanding of Material Design and the ability to translate Figma designs into polished Android experiences

Level ExpectationsSDE II

• Typically 4 to 6 years of Android development experience
• Independently owns complex features and modules
• Writes clean, testable, and production ready code
• Makes sound implementation and component level design decisions
• Identifies and resolves performance, stability, and usability issues
• Contributes meaningfully to code reviews and engineering standards

SDE III

• Typically 6 to 9 years of Android development experience
• Owns architecture and delivery of major application areas
• Makes system level decisions affecting scalability, reliability, and maintainability
• Drives improvements in performance, testing, observability, security, and release quality
• Mentors Android engineers and raises the overall technical standard of the team
• Collaborates with engineering leadership on roadmap planning, technical tradeoffs, and risk management
• Leads investigation and resolution of complex production issues

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building high scale B2C, social media, community, messaging, content, or consumer applications
• Experience implementing real time feeds, chat, media upload, notifications, recommendation surfaces, or social interactions
• Experience with modular Android architecture and multi module codebases
• Familiarity with media processing, CameraX, ExoPlayer or Media3, image loading, and upload optimisation
• Understanding of Android security, certificate pinning, encryption, obfuscation, and secure data storage
• Published or actively maintained applications on the Google Play Store
• Experience working in fast paced product or startup environments

What We Look For

• Strong ownership and a product first approach
• Ability to balance development speed with long term engineering quality
• Attention to interaction details, usability, and application performance
• Clear communication and effective cross functional collaboration
• Ability to work through ambiguity and convert broad product requirements into scalable technical solutions