Android Developer

Psybergate is an IT company that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients.

We are looking for a Android Developer to join our financial services client based in Sandton for a 8-months contract role.

What You Will Be Doing

• Define and maintain development standards and guidelines.
• Investigate new technologies, methodologies, and strategies.
• Develop and maintain guidelines, tutorials, and wiki.
• Guide and mentor developers.
• Design applications for the iOS platform.
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications.
• Collaborate with a team to define and design new features.
• Identify and correct bottlenecks and crashes.
• Help maintain code quality and automatization in the organization.

What we are looking for:

• Completed IT / BSc degree or other related fields
• 3 5 years experience as a Android Developer / Mobile Developer
• Experience with iOS frameworks such as Core Data, Core Animation, etc.
• Understanding of Apples design principles and interface guidelines
• Proficient with Java and Android SDK. Android Compose would be advantageous.
• Proven working experience in Android app development.
• Must have at least deployed one app to the play store.
• Must be familiar with Huawei Media Services (HMS).
• Experience in working with Xamarin Forms. (Shell exposure advantageous).
• Experience with threading, and performance tuning.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs (and JSON) to connect applications to back-end services.
• Experience with threading, and performance tuning.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs (and JSON) to connect applications to back-end services.
• Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications.
• Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning.
• Knack for benchmarking and optimization.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (Git).
• Familiarity with continuous integration. (Devops like azure)
• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies.
• Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle.
• Unit testing frameworks.
• Familiarity with Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence and ETC).

Please note that if you do not hear from us within 3 weeks, consider your application unsuccessful.

Please note that most of our positions are remote however candidates should be residing within the traveling distance as circumstance of the opportunity can change.