Senior Software Engineer - Mobile (Android)
Freshworks•2h ago
Hyderabad, inRemoteFull-timeSenior Level3+ yrs exp
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- Sony Music, trust Freshworks’ customer experience (CX) and employee experience (EX) software to fuel customer loyalty and service efficiency. And, over 4,500 Freshworks employees make this possible, all around the world. Fresh vision. Real impact. Come build it with us.
- Impact you can create Overview of the role As a Senior Android Engineer at Freshworks, you will architect and deliver high-quality, performant mobile experiences that scale to millions of users. You’ll collaborate with product managers, designers, backend engineers
- ship features in our flagship Android applications. You’ll also mentor mid-level engineers, champion best practices in code quality and testing
- drive continuous improvement of our mobile platform. Responsibilities Design, build
- ship features in Flutter (Dart) and native Android (Kotlin/Java) Familiarity with Android frameworks and libraries such as Jetpack, Compose, Coroutines, Flow, Room, WorkManager
- Android Architecture Components. Collaborate with UX/UI designers to translate wireframes and prototypes into production-ready Android experiences. Write and maintain unit tests, integration tests
- UI tests to ensure high code quality and reliability. Profile and optimize memory, network usage, app startup time, rendering performance
- battery consumption for a smooth and responsive user experience. Implement asynchronous data loading, caching, prefetching
- background processing to support performance at scale. Define and evolve mobile architecture using design patterns such as MVVM, MVP, Clean Architecture, Repository Pattern, Dependency Injection
- SOLID principles. Establish and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Gradle, GitHub Actions, Fastlane, Firebase App Distribution
- similar mobile deployment platforms. Partner with backend teams to integrate RESTful and GraphQL APIs, ensuring robust error handling, offline support
- contract stability. Work with QA to triage issues, reproduce bugs
- validate fixes across Android device families, screen sizes, OS versions
- OEM variations. Take end-to-end ownership of features from requirements gathering to release and post-release monitoring. Define success metrics, track key performance indicators such as crash rates, adoption, engagement, ANRs
- iterate based on data. Implement and support compliance of self and team to Freshworks compliance and information security processes.
- Requirements / Must Have 3 to 5 years of professional Android development experience. Strong proficiency in Kotlin and good understanding of Java interoperability. Strong mastery of Android SDK, Android Studio, Gradle, debugging tools
- performance profiling tools. Hands-on experience with Jetpack libraries such as ViewModel, LiveData/Flow, Room, Navigation, WorkManager
- DataStore. Experience in building modern Android UI using Jetpack Compose and/or XML-based layouts. Solid understanding of OOP, design patterns, SOLID principles
- clean architecture. Experience with data persistence technologies such as Room, SQLite, SharedPreferences/DataStore
- caching strategies. Experience with networking libraries such as Retrofit, OkHttp, GraphQL clients
- handling API contracts effectively. Strong understanding of memory management, multithreading, concurrency, Coroutines, Flow
- asynchronous programming. Strong design skills and ability to build scalable, maintainable
- performant mobile applications. Strong problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach to decision making. Extensive experience in Agile methodologies. Good knowledge of SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle). Good understanding of data structures and algorithms. Willingness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment. Desired Skills Familiarity with Flutter, Jetpack Compose, Material Design
- modern Android UI development practices. Experience with feature flagging, A/B testing frameworks
- remote config tools such as Firebase Remote Config. Knowledge of GraphQL integration on mobile. Background in CI/CD tooling specific to Android mobile development. Understanding of mobile security best practices such as encrypted storage, certificate pinning, secure API communication
- authentication flows. Experience with crash reporting, analytics
- monitoring platforms such as Firebase Crashlytics, Sentry, Datadog
- similar tools. Experience in modular Android architecture and large-scale app codebase management. Exposure to Play Store release processes, app signing, build variants
- release management. Open-source contributions or participation in Android developer communities.
- At Freshworks, we have fostered an environment that enables everyone to find their true potential, purpose
- passion, welcoming colleagues of all backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations, religions
- ethnicities. We are committed to providing equal opportunity and believe that diversity in the workplace creates a more vibrant, richer environment that boosts the goals of our employees, communities
- business. Fresh vision. Real impact. Come build it with us.
Required skills
KotlinJavaAndroidFlutterDartJetpackCoroutinesFlowRoomWorkManagerMVVMMVPClean ArchitectureRetrofitOkHttp