Intermediate Android Developer - JHB

DVT is looking for a passionate Intermediate Android Developer to join our Mobile Practice. You will work alongside experienced engineers, designers, and architects to build high-quality mobile solutions for leading organisations in South Africa and globally.

As part of a collaborative Agile team, you will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and enhancing Android applications using modern Android development practices, while continuously growing your technical expertise

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and enhance Android applications using Kotlin and modern Android technologies.

• Collaborate with designers, developers, QA engineers, and product stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions.

• Build responsive and intuitive user interfaces using Jetpack Compose.

• Integrate RESTful APIs and WebView-based journeys.

• Apply mobile security best practices and secure coding principles.

• Contribute to scalable, maintainable, and testable application architectures.

• Implement state management and lifecycle-aware solutions.

• Participate in code reviews and knowledge-sharing activities.

• Write clean, reusable, and efficient code aligned with engineering standards.

• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve application issues.

• Stay current with Android development trends, tools, and best practices.

Technical Requirements

Android Development

• Solid knowledge of the Android Native framework and common first-party Android APIs.

• Good understanding of Android Architecture Components.

• Experience implementing MVVM architecture.

• Good understanding of Android application lifecycle management.

• Experience consuming RESTful APIs within mobile applications.

• Understanding of mobile application security principles and secure development practices.

Jetpack Compose

Practical experience with:

• Material Design and custom composables.

• Activity, View, and Fragment lifecycle management.

• Composable lifecycle management.

• State management.

• Screen orientation handling.

• Localization and internationalisation considerations.

• Navigation and UI state handling.

Kotlin

Strong working knowledge of:

• Collections and data structures.

• Scope functions.

• Coroutines and asynchronous programming.

• Lambdas and higher-order functions.

• Variables, visibility modifiers, and access control.

• Object-oriented programming concepts.

Architecture & Engineering Practices

• Understanding of SOLID principles and Clean Code practices.

• Understanding of common software design patterns.

• Experience with dependency injection frameworks such as Hilt, Dagger, or Koin.

• Exposure to unit testing and automated testing practices.

• Understanding of Git-based version control workflows.

Banking & Backbase

• Experience with Backbase is advantageous.

• Experience working on financial services or banking applications is beneficial.

Required Experience

• 3–6 years of professional Android development experience.

• 2+ years of commercial Kotlin development experience.

• 1+ years of experience building applications with Jetpack Compose.

• Experience working within Agile/Scrum environments.

• Proven ability to deliver production-quality mobile applications.

• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to work effectively within a collaborative development team.