Head - Engineering - Android App Development

Urgent opening of Head of Engineering -Android App Development .based in Bangalore for a reputed co.

Job Description :

- Manage team of a consumer facing popular Android applications. Also, own roadmap and planning to build the best experiences and innovative use cases across different platforms.

- Create solutions on the Android platform integrated with several backend services and technologies (e.g. DRMs, Analytics tools, Ads platform)

- Make technology stack choices based on careful objective evaluation and build consumer facing multimedia applications. Work with third party services to review and approve technical solutions.

- Define software development guidelines and best practices for the team.Help improve our code quality through managing process for unit tests, automation and performing code reviews.

- Deliver across the entire app life cycle -concept, prototype, design, build, deploy, test, release to app stores and support

- Gather requirements around functionality and translate those requirements into elegant functional solutions

- Collaborate with product, design and other engineering team to drive execution across all platforms while balancing short-term requirements with long term objectives.Participate in brainstorming sessions and contribute ideas to our technology, algorithms and products.

SKILLS:

- Master's or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical discipline

- 10-12+ years of proven Android App development management experience and extensive knowledge about Android platform.

- Should have experience in building a fast growing, consumer Android application across several release cycles and iterations.

- Deep understanding of OTT/IPTV and/or video solutions domain and experience in as developer / architect is a big plus. Good understanding of video streaming, playback, DRM/Rights Management, Ad platforms, encoding, etc. is preferred.

- Experience in designing and building cross-platform technical solutions

- Good understanding of design patterns (MVC, MVVM), Android Material Design, OO skills, Java, HTML5, ajax/js, jQuery, PHP, MySQL/SQLite, Android SDK.

- Good familiarity with A/B testing and statistical modeling.

- Experience with web services integration, REST API framework, social media and other third party integrations

- Be a mentor and also be a learner amongst a high caliber team.

- Entrepreneurial mindset to own the problem and drive towards building the best in class solution. Should have ability to execute and thrive in a fast pace environment where business priorities can change quickly.

- Exceptional analytical aptitude and attention to detail.

- Good organizational and problem-solving skills

- Should have strong passion for learning and creating new products and features.

- Strong verbal and written communication skills