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Job description / Role

Android Mobile Development

About Saal.ai

Saal.ai is a U.A.E based organization focusing on an AI framework capable of performing cognitive tasks via multimodal sensor inputs .We strive towards Artificial General Intelligence using learning padigrams such as Active Learning, Meta-Learning and Reinforcement Learning. Our mission is to make technology think and learn where human-machine interaction creates exponential growth and opportunities for humanity.

Job Purpose

As a Saal.ai Android mobile developer you'll have strong skills in creating Android applications and want to work within multidisciplinary agile teams of developers, designers and researchers focused on products. You'll provide technical leadership, working closely with the wider team to ensure high quality code is delivered in line with the project goals and delivery cycles. You'll work closely with designers to deliver rapid prototypes as well as production code for which you'll ensure high accessibility standards are upheld. We expect familiarity with modern frameworks and languages, as well as working practices such as Clean Code, TDD, BDD, continuous integration, continuous delivery and DevOps.

Key Responsibilities

Job Specific Responsibilities

- Deliver complex native mobile apps for Android.
- Write clean code to develop functional applications.
- Troubleshoot and debug applications.
- Gather and address technical and design requirements.
- Provide training and support to internal teams.
- Build reusable code and libraries for future use.
- Liaise with developers, designers and system administrators to identify new features.
- Follow emerging technologies.
- Proactively advise on best practices.

Requirements

Education, Experience and Required Skills

Educational Qualification

- Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related preferred

Processes & Practice

- Agile
- Scrum/Kanban/Lean
- TDD/BDD
- CI/CD
- XP

Experience

- Minimum 2 years

Essential Skills

- Must have proven knowledge developing native Android applications from scratch which have launched in the App-Store and would ideally be able to provide examples of these.
- Follow Clean Code/Solid principles
- Excellent knowledge of the Android Platform and Android Developer Tools
- Solid experience working with the Android SDK
- Adhere and use TDD/BDD.
- ESPRESSO, RX JAVA, RX ANDROID, JAVA, REST
- IDE Intellij/Android Studio
- Gradle
- Ensure all software built is robust and scalable.
- Have an excellent grasp of the Java fundamentals and have extensive experience in building mobile applications in Android.
- Competent with native Android and love to learn the latest libraries to improve your productivity.
- Experienced in building phone and tablet user-interfaces that scale to screen size.
- Understanding of and experience with a range of approaches to testing application code and systems for behavior and performance
- An ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience.
- Working knowledge of unix-like operating systems such as Linux and/or Mac OS X.
- Knowledge of the git version control system.
- Ability to quickly research and learn new programming tools and techniques.
- Deep knowledge of accessibility standards and developing web products that can be used easily by users with a range of assistive technology needs.

Desirable Skills

- Mentor and train other developers in a non-line management capacity.
- Experience mentoring or helping colleagues optimize their code.
- Knowledge of relational and non-relational database systems.
- System administration and configuration management skills.
- Experience presenting work at user groups, business and to peers.
- Ruby.
- Other JVM languages (Groovy, Kotlin etc).

About the Company

Algorythma is a first-rate end-to-end technology service company, Algorythma creates impactful products backed with experience from leading corporations and institutions across the globe.

Our team is passionate, highly skilled and specialized when it comes to creating technologies that deliver turnkey solutions and lead corporations through elevating change on a large scale. It's worth mentioning that, the team is driven by the desire to build exceptional products. We are committed to building market leaders in industries we operate, and we continue to evolve our technology and business models to deliver value to our eco-system.

At Algorythma, technology is at the heart of all that we do. From identifying issues that impact lives, to supporting experts in creating solutions, we focus on building products and teams that transform industries and the boundaries of business with technology.