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Senior Android developer is responsible for contributing android application development, product testing and Go-Live activities of new features and products of the Wave Money mobile financial services business. He/she ensure to collaborate with App development team leader with a strong focus on delivery, debugging, fixing and supporting app related issues. She/he will work in close relationship with Business and IT teams, and external partners.

Key Result Areas

• Support the mobile app development
• Fix app front-end related issues
• Delivery of products, features and configuration changes
• Support & participate in app server outage/any other app incident/issue
• Positive engagement with technology team and non-technology stakeholders which drives outcomes.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Design and build applications for the android application platform
• Deliver MFS app platform requirements and associated eco-system to meet current and future business requirements
• Ensuring non-regression when developing new features
• Code and ship complex new mobile features and apps at high velocity and high quality with well-structured code.
• Full stack hand-on mobile development for native mobile app design and implementation (Android), including system analysis, test driven application development, unit test, test automation, code review and application maintenance support.
• Supporting deployment, product change and go-live activities success (this will involve regular participation in non-business hours operation)
• Participate as a member of the technology team in IT governance processes and solution delivery
• Ensure mobile app platform environment run smoothly with zero outage
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications
• Collaborate with a team to define, design, and ship new features
• Troubleshoot debug, and fix issues in production and non-production environments.
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization
• Work with server engineers to design API specs.
• Perform duties and responsibilities specific to department functions and activities.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as required or assigned by supervisor.

Key Performance and Success Indicators

Senior Android developer plays a key member in developing and delivery new products & features also in helping juniors to learn new technologies:

• Meets the milestones with a project manager/product owner view)
• With the expected quality of delivery
• Help juniors to learn new technologies. Review the code and make the corrections.

He/she is also expected to a source of proposition for the UI/UX and improvement of features and processes.

Key Stakeholders

• Wave: Product team
• Telenor partner: Telenor IT, Telenor App Team
• Yoma partner: Yoma IT
• Vendors: App, middleware, core mobile financial services platform

Competencies

• Coordination
• Communication –written and verbal
• Self-improvement
• Teamwork
• Outstanding problem-solving skill
• Attention to detail
• Self-driven
• Interpersonal Skill
• Creative mindset
• Organization Skill

Experience, Functional Skills and Knowledge Areas

• Education and qualifications: Diploma, Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s in Computer Science or Technology
• Functional skills and knowledge areas:
• Experience in building android applications that can handle Unicode/zawgyi display 
• 5+ years Mobile Application Experience with Android development
• Knowledge or experience with Android SDK and Java development skills 
• A strong understanding of the full life cycle of app development using Google's Developer Portal
• Experience designing, developing, debugging and deploying software for server-side development using Java/ Kotlin as the primary language
• You understand the nuances of Android SDK, different versions of Android, and how to effectively write code for a multitude of Android devices
• A solid foundation of modern Java data structures, algorithms, and software design and can consistently deliver testable, scalable, highly readable code using OO best practices.
• Knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
• Experience in Front-End development and knowledge in Back-End development
• Experience or knowledge in performance analysis, tuning and deliver an effective mobile user experience
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect android applications to back-end services
• Knowledge of other third-party libraries, APIs, web technologies and UI/UX standards
• Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications
• Excellent debugging skills to solve challenging problems and strong programming skills: Java and Android Developer Tools, designing & development with native and hybrid
• Proper documentation and systematic archival of all project source codes and binary
• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies
• Hands on experience with continuous integration
• Experience with version control system (Git)
• English and Burmese (fluent written and spoken)