Ovyo - Android TV Developer - Kotlin/MVVM

Title : Android TV Developer

Type : Permanent

Region : India

Location : Hybrid (Mumbai or Bangalore)

About This Role
• This role is for an experienced Android TV Developer to join our existing team, with the intention of growing your career with us long term. We are looking for people with excellent experience in Java and Kotlin (as well as a thorough understanding of system framework APIs) and Android TV and mobile application development as we embark on exciting new projects to develop Android TV streaming within in the end-to-end OTT platform space.
• If you are looking for exposure to the top brands in the OTT industry, then Ovyo might be the best place for you! You will have excellent communications skills, have worked in an Agile environment, and have good experience collaborating with distributed teams on similar Android TV development projects.

Responsibilities
• Requirements gathering, refinement & estimation to develop new user-facing features for Android TV
• Building reusable components/libraries for future use & translating designs/wireframes into high quality code
• Optimizing components for maximum performance across various devices & screen sizes incl. mobiles, tablets & TVs
• Defining the architecture, specification & delivery of projects using sound software engineering principles
• Effective planning to deliver robust, modular, and testable code
• Adhere and improve engineering procedures, code conventions and best practice
• Agile development following the Scrum methodology

Requirements
• Minimum of 3-5 years' experience working with the Android programming platform and SDK (4.0+)
• In depth experience in Android TV and mobile application development
• Strong proficiency in Kotlin ((Koltin classes, data classes, init blocks, lazy, inner, and null safety, as well as Kotlin scopes)
• Good working experience of Java
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming and architecture patterns (MVC, MVVM, delegation, etc.)
• Familiarity with Google Play Services, In App Purchase, Play Store account administration and submission
• Experience with Leanback libraries
• Proficient in using Firebase Performance Monitoring to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in the app
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
• Experience with ExoPlayer or other video players
• Experience with media playback and streaming technologies
• Hands-on experience in implementing and utilizing various analytics tools such as Google Analytics, Adjust, and Conviva to measure user engagement, retention, and revenue
• Hands-on experience with Chromecast
• Knowledge of Unit testing frameworks such as Junit, Mokito etc.
• Participate in code reviews and ensure code quality
• Experience in LiveData, Dagger2 or Hilt (dependency injection) Retrofit and Deep Linking
• Thorough understanding of the Android system Framework APIs, as well as Rx.Java/Coroutines (and their core principles)
• Practice of Unit Testing using JUnit and Mockito
• Knowledge of common debug and optimization techniques in mobile programming
• Familiarity with code versioning tools such as Git and build automation systems
• Experience with the creation of frameworks/libraries to be embedded in other apps
• Basic knowledge of iOS and Web programming platforms would be an advantage

About Ovyo
• Ovyo works globally with companies in the TV & Media industries including some of the top household brands.
• Our people build the platforms that shape the way the world watches video and connects, working on a mix of long-term customer engagements and shorter consulting projects, quickly fast tracking their experience within the industry, and their career.
• We are a modern, dynamic company with some of the best OTT Engineers out there here, and we focus on being a great place to work. Most of our technical teams are based in India and South Africa but we also have people in the UK (where our management office is) and Europe.

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