Android Software Engineer Jobs in Chennai - Blackboard
Job Description
The Opportunity
We’re looking for an Android Software Engineer to help us push the boundaries of what education can offer through the power of technology. Education is our passion, and our team members bring that to work each day as they aim to advance learning in every region of the world. Blackboard is the world's leading education technology company, providing dynamic products and services to the global education community. We’re focused on driving innovation in EdTech and working with our clients to create a smarter learning environment.
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This role focuses on our mobile application, which allows students to access the power of Blackboard's solutions anytime, anywhere. You'll help with building this student-specific mobile app that gives learners the information they want, the connections they crave, and the personalization they demand, on the go.
As an Android Software Engineer, you will be responsible for the design, development, and support of Android mobile applications. You design, develop, and write unit test cases for the Android mobile applications and to coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure.
Specific Responsibilities Will Include
Required skills/qualifications:
This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time.
Blackboard is an equal employment opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, protected military/veteran status, or any other legally protected factor.
Location/Division:
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Job Requisition
BB-3541
We’re looking for an Android Software Engineer to help us push the boundaries of what education can offer through the power of technology. Education is our passion, and our team members bring that to work each day as they aim to advance learning in every region of the world. Blackboard is the world's leading education technology company, providing dynamic products and services to the global education community. We’re focused on driving innovation in EdTech and working with our clients to create a smarter learning environment.
For more information about Blackboard Inc. and our career opportunities, please visit
This role focuses on our mobile application, which allows students to access the power of Blackboard's solutions anytime, anywhere. You'll help with building this student-specific mobile app that gives learners the information they want, the connections they crave, and the personalization they demand, on the go.
As an Android Software Engineer, you will be responsible for the design, development, and support of Android mobile applications. You design, develop, and write unit test cases for the Android mobile applications and to coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure.
Specific Responsibilities Will Include
- Developing and maintaining effective relationships with other team members to understand the requirement and functionality of the system
- Collaborating closely with Product Owners, QA team, SDK team, and Backend team to govern intake and scheduling of projects and delivery of solutions
- Contributing to all phases of the mobile app development lifecycle
- Translating application storyboards and use cases into functional applications
- Designing, building, and maintaining efficient, reusable, and reliable Android code
- Ensuring the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications
- Identifying bottlenecks and bugs and devising solutions to these problems
- Helping maintain code quality, organization, and automatization
Required skills/qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field or equivalent work experience
- 2-5+ years of relevant experience
- Hands-on experience in the full lifecycle of Android application development
- Excellent knowledge in core Java and Kotlin
- Strong knowledge in RESTful web services
- Good working experience in remote data via REST and JSON
- Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
- Good knowledge of Android SDKs, push notifications, and material design
- Hands-on experience with Android studio, Eclipse, and Gradle build system
- Experience with at least one of the development tools like Git, Gradle, Maven, Sonar, Artifactory, etc.
- Understanding of Google’s Android design principles, coding design pattern (MVP, MVVM), and interface guidelines
- Experience with test-driven development, code testability standards, Mockito/JUnit
- Knowledge of SQLite, Room Database
- Agile project experience; experience working with Agile tools like JIRA and Confluence
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Strong interpersonal and time management skills
- Github and continuous integration experience using Jenkins
- UI and UX experience and locations and map APIs
- Knowledge of AngularJS or ReactJS
- Knowledge of Objective-C and Swift
This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time.
Blackboard is an equal employment opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, protected military/veteran status, or any other legally protected factor.
Location/Division:
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Job Requisition
BB-3541
Job Particulars
Role it mobile developer
Who can apply Experienced (2 to 3+ Years)
Hiring Process Face to Face Interview
Employment Type0
Job Id1144376
Job Category IT/Software
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State Tamil Nadu
Country India
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