Android Developer - Contract

Role Purpose

Looking for a highly skilled Android Developer with proven experience in the banking and payments domain. The role involves building secure, robust, and user-centric Android applications that support our digital banking transformation.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain advanced Android applications using Kotlin (and Java if required).
• Collaborate with product, UX, backend, and QA teams to deliver high-quality mobile banking features.
• Integrate Android applications with banking APIs, payment systems, authentication modules, and real-time transaction services.
• Implement secure coding practices and ensure compliance with RBI, PCI-DSS, and other banking regulations.
• Optimize app performance, network usage, battery consumption, and security.
• Perform code reviews, write unit tests, and support automated delivery pipelines.
• Diagnose and fix complex system issues, crashes, and compatibility problems.

Required Skills & Experience

• 6-8+ years of experience in Android development.
• Strong expertise in Kotlin, Jetpack Components, Android SDK, Live Data, and Coroutines.
• Experience with MVVM, Clean Architecture, and dependency injection (Dagger/Hilt/Koin).
• Proven exposure to banking apps, financial transactions, UPI, card payments, and wallet integrations.
• Deep understanding of:
  • Encryption protocols & secure storage
  • Biometric authentication
  • HTTPS, SSL pinning
• Hands-on with:
  • Android Studio
  • Git / Bitbucket
  • CI/CD, Firebase Crashlytics, analytics tools
• Strong knowledge of consuming RESTful APIs, Web Sockets, and JSON.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with ISO 8583, ISO 20022, or digital payments infrastructure.
• Exposure to cloud-native applications and microservices.
• Experience building high-scale transactional banking mobile apps.