Senior Android Engineer

What's your new role about?
DAZN is a tech-first sport streaming platform that reaches millions of users every week. We are challenging a traditional industry and giving power back to the fans. Our new Hyderabad tech hub will be the engine that drives us forward to the future. We're pushing boundaries and doing things no-one has done before. Here, you have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen - to make a difference for our customers. When you join DAZN you will work on projects that impact millions of lives thanks to your critical contributions to our global products

This is the perfect place to work if you are passionate about technology and want an opportunity to use your creativity to help grow and scale a global range of IT systems, Infrastructure and IT Services. Our cutting-edge technology allows us to stream sports content to millions of concurrent viewers globally across multiple platforms and devices. DAZN's Cloud based architecture unifies a range of technologies in order to deliver a seamless user experience and support a global user base and company infrastructure.

This role will be based in our brand-new Hyderabad office. Join us in India's beautiful “City of Pearls” and bring your ambition to life.

Requirement:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 6+ years of experience in Android app development, strong experience in Android App development and design principles, experience with video streaming is an Add on.

Responsibilities:

• Designing and implementing new features for our Android TV/Mobile application, improving, and maintaining the existing codebase, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure the app is high-quality and performs well, and writing clear and concise technical documentation.
• Monitoring the performance of live apps and working on optimizing them at the code level
• Identifying and resolving bottlenecks, rectifying bugs, and enhancing application performance
• Performing unit and instrumentation tests on code
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to define and design new features.
• Staying up to date with new mobile technology trends, applications, and protocols

Skillset:

• Strong knowledge of Android SDK, different versions of Android, and how to deal with different screen sizes.
• Prior experience as an Android Developer using Kotlin, Java, Android SDK, and Android NDK.
• Experience in publishing an application on the Google Play store.
• Proven work experience in design patterns mobile architecture using frameworks such as MVVM/MVC/MVP.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services
• Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
• Understanding of Google's Android design principles and interface guidelines
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Problem solving with good analytical skills.
• In Depth Knowledge on Android Basic components and Use cases
• Strong Hands-on experience in Kotlin
• Knowledge on Data Structures
• Usage of Debugging and Performance tools
• Efficient in writing Unit and Espresso tests.