Software Development Engineer II

Job Title: Software Development Engineer II
Department Level: AdTech X21
Location: Onsite Bangalore
Work Type: Full time

Job Summary: As a Software Development Engineer II Android you will be responsible for crafting performant and resilient Android applications coupled with Android frameworks and APIs and a passion for creating exceptional user will play a critical role in improving app performance and stability while shipping core capabilities that enhance the foundational platform. If you are a motivated individual with strong problem-solving skills and a desire to innovate in the mobile space we want to hear from you!
About the team: Retail AdTech is focused on building a unified retail advertising platform that helps commerce businesses monetize their digital surfaces and first-party data. The platform will power advertising across search results product listings category pages storefronts recommendations and other commerce experiences. It will support multiple advertising formats including sponsored products sponsored brands display ads video ads and off-platform campaigns.
The team will build capabilities across campaign management advertiser onboarding product catalogue integration audience activation auction and ranking budget and pacing ad serving measurement attribution reporting and partner integrations.

Reporting To: Engineering Manager

Key responsibilities:

Develop and maintain foundational frameworks and shared components for Android

Write high-quality efficient and tested code for native mobile apps and actively participate in code reviews

Define and improve engineering standards and codebase consistency.

Take ownership of scaling mobile app development across Engineering providing valuable insights to refine processes and tools supporting additional contributors in architecture and code

Take ownership of end-to-end product quality from developing and designing to maintaining core app frameworks ensuring reliability and user satisfaction.

Collaborate closely with other engineers product managers and designers. Create prototypes of new ideas and explore emerging technologies at the forefront of mobile technology.

Optimize app performance and stability.

Mind app performance metrics to draw conclusions and drive change

Additionally contribute to knowledge-sharing efforts by crafting insightful blogs at the forefront of mobile innovation

Skills and attributes for success:

Experience in Android mobile native applications development with sound understanding of Android Architecture Framework Android SDK Kotlin/Java Android Studio IDE

1 years of solving low-level design problems in mobile app development

Expert in UI components & controls; Jetpack Compose Action Bars Widgets Fragments etc

Expert in basic components of Android: Activity and Fragment lifecycles Services Intent Broadcast Receiver Content Provider
Good working experience on Web Service Integration ( REST JSON) & cloud technologies - AWS GAE Firebase

Experience in using analytics location and social APIs and dependency injection frameworks

Should have a strong technical background excellent problem-solving skills and a passion for delivering high-quality software

Deep understanding of performance metrics and improvement strategies for the app Bonus

Experience with multiplatform technologies like KMP.

Experience in the AdTech domain knowledge of VAST and serving protocols.

Preferred education and experience: Bachelors/Masters in Computer Science or a related field with 2-4 years of professional experience as an Android mobile developer with hands-on experience on Java/Kotlin

About Us:
Perched firmly at the nucleus of spellbinding content and innovative technology JioStar is a leading global media & entertainment company that is reimagining the way audiences consume entertainment and sports. Its television network and streaming service together reach more than 750 million viewers every week igniting the dreams and aspirations of hundreds of million people across geographies.