Android Developer- Consumer

Who are we ?

Launched in 2013, OYO is India’s largest branded network of hotels. Its network currently spans over 200 Indian cities including all major metros, regional commercial hubs, leisure destinations, and key pilgrimage towns. The company’s vision is to become the most preferred and trusted hotel brand in the world.

OYO was founded by Ritesh Agarwal, the first resident Asian to be accepted to the Thiel Fellowship (started by Paypal founder Peter Thiel). He recently featured in the Forbes 30 under 30 lists in the global, Indian and Asian edition under the Consumer Tech category. OYO is backed by the world’s leading investors including the Softbank Group, Lightspeed Venture Partners India, Sequoia Capital and Greenoaks Capital. In August 2015, it was identified as among the “50 next start-up unicorns” by New York Times. It has also received acclaim and accolades such as Startup of the Year Express IT Award, Quest Experience Award for Best Use of Social Media for CX Improvement, NDTV Dream Chaser of the Year, Lufthansa ET Now Runway to Success Award, TIE Lumis Business Excellence Award and India International Travel Mart Award. Ritesh received the Business World Young Entrepreneur Award in 2015.  He recently featured in the Forbes 30 under 30 lists (Global, India, Asia) under the Consumer Tech category.

Job Description

As a Android Engineer, you will be responsible for leading the development and launch of product features. You will have significant influence on our overall strategy by helping define these product features, drive the system architecture, and spearhead the best practices that enable a quality product.

The ideal candidate is clearly passionate about new opportunities in mobile and has a demonstrable track record of success in delivering new features and products. Creating reliable, scalable, and high performance products requires exceptional technical expertise, a sound understanding of the fundamentals of Computer Science, mobile technologies and practical experience building customer facing mobile products.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical field
• 3+ years industry experience
• Expert knowledge of Java and the JDK
• Expert knowledge of the Android SDK
• Advanced Android UI Skills (Fragments, Custom view components)
• Experience writing multi-threaded and Networked apps
• Expert level debugging and analysis skills using ADB
• Experience building mobile applications on Android
• Demonstrated experience and passion for delivering exceptional UX
• Demonstrated leadership abilities in an engineering environment in driving operational excellence and best practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical field
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Experience building frameworks for creating applications on various platforms
• Development experience defining, developing and maintaining REST based interfaces
• You have some experience developing for other mobile platforms (iOS, Windows Phone, etc.)
• Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.
• Excellent communication, analytical and problem solving skills