Company: Blackboard Inc
Blackboard Recruitment 2021: Blackboard Inc. is an educational technology company with corporate headquarters in Washington, D.C.. It is known for its Blackboard Learn learning management system.
With nearly 20,000 organizational customers and millions of student users, Blackboard is the world’s leading education technology company. Every day we’re inspiring people to find new ways to learn, connect and drive change in the way education is delivered and experienced. If you want to help bring people closer to the knowledge they seek and to ways they can change their own education and the world for the better, we want to hear from you.
Emerson Innovation Centre, Pune was set up in Pune in May 2003. A first-of-its kind, multi divisional global R&D Center for Emerson anywhere in the world catering to the entire product development cycle, right from concept, design, and optimization to physical prototype, testing and product manufacturing our Design Center is laying down the blue prints for the future.
Company Website: www.blackboard.com
Positions: Associate Software Engineer – Android Developer
Salary: Best In Industry
Job Location: Chennai
Experience: 0 – 2+ Years
Eligibility Criteria for Blackboard Recruitment 2021:
BE/ B.Tech – Computer Science/ IT
Job Description:
- We’re looking for an Associate Software Engineer (Android) 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.
- 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. We leverage expertise, technology and data to create an efficient, financially sustainable way to nurture students through their educational journey. Through our Mobile Apps & Backend Applications solutions, we are aiming to build a better education experience for everyone by extending institutional resources to meet the growing demands of learners.
- This role will have primary accountability for design, development, and support of Android Mobile applications. As Associate Software Engineer, you will be responsible for the design and building Android Mobile applications. Your primary responsibility will be to design, develop, and write unit testcases for the Android Mobile applications, and to coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure. Thus, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and product quality is essential.
Key Responsibilities:
- Developing and maintaining effective relationships with other team members to understand requirement and functionality of the system
- Collaborating closely with the Product Owner, 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
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s/master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or relevant degree
- 0-2+ years of experience in the full life cycle of Android application development
- Knowledge of core Java & Kotlin
- Good understanding of RESTful web services, remote data via REST and JSON
- Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
- Good knowledge of Android SDK’s & Material Design
- Hands-on experience with Android studio, Eclipse & Gradle build system
- Knowledge of 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
- Agile project experience along with working on Agile tools like JIRA/Confluence
- Good problem-solving skills
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