Android Developer (SSE/SE)

Company Description

Launched in 2007 by Aloke Bajpai & Rajnish Kumar, ixigo is a technology company focused on empowering Indian travelers to plan, book and manage their trips across rail, air, buses and hotels. ixigo assists travelers in making smarter travel decisions by leveraging artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science-led innovations on ixigo’s OTA platforms, including websites and mobile applications

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ConfirmTkt and AbhiBus became a part of ixigo in 2021. ixigo is headquartered in Gurugram with offices in Bangalore (ConfirmTkt) and Hyderabad (AbhiBus). The ixigo, ConfirmTkt and AbhiBus apps allow travellers to book train tickets, flight tickets, bus tickets, hotels, cabs and provide travel utility tools and services developed using in-house proprietary algorithms and crowd- sourced information. In 2022, as per data.ai, ixigo was featured in the Top 10 most downloaded travel apps worldwid

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Job Descript

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You will be involved in all aspects of development playing a critical role in the design, planning, development, and deployment and help develop best practices for future development. You will be part of a young and multicultural team which builds a cutting edge travel consumer-facing pro

ductDeveloping, releasing, and maintaining native Android Applications and oversee mobile application development eff

ortsDeliver across the entire app life cycle, design, build, deploy, test, release to app stores and sup

portWorking directly with developers and product managers to conceptualize, build, test and release prod

uctsWork on bug fixing and improving application performa

nce.Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development effici

encyOptimizing performance for the apps and keep up to date on the latest industry trends in the mobile technolo

gies

Must

have:Deep understanding of Android development SDK and strong problem-solving s

killsGood understanding of Kotlin/Core Java, Android Architecture Components, Dagger 2/Hilt, MVVM archite

ctureGood grasp of algorithms, design patterns, memory management, network interaction, debugging, concurrency and multi-threading in An

droidUnderstanding of complete application development, continuous integration & testing, deployment, app distribution infrastructure and mainte

nanceHands on experience with Android’s debugging, unit testing, app security and performance optimisation

toolsGreat people skills and strong passion for Programming in ge

neral

Qualificat

ions :At least an undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Engin

eering2-4 years of experience at cutting edge organizations or st

artupsExtensive experience in developing mobile apps using Android SDK with proficiency in Core Java and design pa

tternsExperience with e-business/e-commerce applications and business environment is

a mustAny experience with internet companies or the travel industry will be

a plus