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Nielsen Mobile Android Engineer in Mumbai, India
At Nielsen, we believe that career growth is a partnership. You ultimately own, fuel and set the journey. By joining our team of nearly 14,000 associates, you will become part of a community that will help you to succeed. We champion you because when you succeed, we do too. Embark on a new initiative, explore a fresh approach, and take license to think big, so we can all continuously improve. We enable your best to power our future.
Seeking a solid and experienced mobile Android developer. This position requires a minimum 3 years of experience developing mobile Android apps and proven knowledge of network protocols like HTTP, HTTPS, VPN, Bluetooth. Strong knowledge of the Android platform and ecosystem, VPN and networking technologies is desired. In addition to development, this position will be helping shape the strategy for testing and deployment of our mobile apps across different markets. The successful candidate will be required to interact with other teams and work with product managers and business owners
Responsibilities
Design and develop code for Nielsen’s mobile digital and audio measurement applications
Help drive alignment between different teams and different mobile apps
Implement best practices across a team of developers and testers
Deliver efficient, quality software, excellent mobile performance and experience for our mobile app users
Stay on top of technology change, able to assess impact, able to offer solutions and innovate in the mobile measurement space
Deploying to Google Play Store and monitoring the store stats for application health.
Production support for the existing app in the store
Key Skills
Should be an Android developer with minimum 3 years’ experience in designing and implementing solutions for mobile Android devices
Proven record of mobile app development
Excellent Java/Kotlin knowledge
Good knowledge of scripting languages
Very good knowledge and exposure to Android networking APIs, specifically HTTP/S
Very good knowledge on memory management for embedded applications
Working knowledge of Bluetooth and/or other IoT apps
Working knowledge and understanding of Android VPN support is a plus
Proven record on mobile performance optimization
Understanding of IPv4/IPv6, UDP/TCP packets and sockets is a plus
Understanding of Native and Web communications using JavaScript
Experience working with Audio/Video recording in the background
Strong knowledge on Android Background & Foreground services is a MUST
Experience with ReactNative or ReactJS is a plus
Experience working with JUnit 5 and Kotest
Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins/GITLab)
Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment and ceremonies
Good knowledge of JSON formats and parsers
Experience integrating 3rd party SDKs (e.g. Firebase)
Should be able to work across multiple platforms and domains
Should have the ability to work independently and be a self-starter. Direction and support will be provided by the manager or the technical lead, but the candidate is expected to be a proactive leader and put forth his/her own ideas
Excellent communication, documentation and presentation skills
Commitment to excellence, accepting responsibility and accountability for results
Flexible to attempt alternate solutions to resolve issues and able adjust to a dynamic, changing technical and business environment
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