Android Developer

HearX Group|Posted 13 days ago

Skills and experience

Role:Mobile engineer

Other roles:Full stack engineer

Experience in role:3+ years

Language proficiency:English

Must-have skills:

Java

React

Nice-to-have skills:

Android

REST

Git

Location and salary

Remote policy:Hybrid

Location of job:Pretoria, South Africa or Gauteng, South Africa

Visa requirements:Authorised to work in South Africa With status of citizen/passport holder or permanent resident

Visa sponsorship:Unable to sponsor visa

Employment type:Permanent

Role description

Work Location: 180 Garsfontein Road, Ashlea Gardens, Pretoria

Job purpose:

Develop and maintain our innovative hearing health platforms on the Android platform, ensuring code is generated that is to specification, neat, accurate and scalable. Work will mainly focus on maintaining and upgrading our hearing aid solutions platform (Lexie Hearing), as well as providing guidance from an Android best practice perspective for products in the rest of the company. Work might also include mentoring other Android developers.

Requirements

Minimum education (essential):

National Senior Certificate

Minimum education (desirable):

Tertiary education diploma/degree relevant to software development

3 year degree in computer science or equivalent

Minimum applicable experience (years):

3 years

Required nature of experience:

Hands on software developer having been responsible for the development and maintenance of 1 or more projects.

Skills and Knowledge (essential):

Java

Reactive programming

Modular code design principles

RESTful API integration

GIT

Skills and Knowledge (desirable):

Kotlin

Experience with CLEAN and MVVM architectures

Experience working within a QMS framework

Experience with automated testing frameworks

Analysis and Planning 20%

Collaborate in the application lifecycle (planning, design, development, deployment, maintenance) collaborating with stakeholders for requirements.

Continuously research and evaluate new technologies to optimize development efficiency.

Plan and design well-structured, reusable application architecture.

Implement and develop according to best practices to ensure high-quality, maintainable systems.

Participate in project planning by providing estimates, contributing to requirement documentation, and assisting with work breakdown structures.

Participate in user story creation, estimation, and work plan development, ensuring clear communication of requirements

Effectively prioritize, and manage dependencies to ensure timely completion, and switch contexts effectively when the need arises

Collaborate effectively with development teams to solve problems, make recommendations, and discuss best practices

Proactively identify and mitigate code related risks, adapting as needed

Track tasks and progress within JIRA

Development and Testing 50%

Develop software adhering to project plans, deadlines, and coding standards

Develop and maintain high-quality, maintainable

systems using efficient and reusable code according to best practices.

Use version control effectively and according to best practices, as well as backing up other work according to company standards

Prepare and maintain testing environments, including examples and instructions

Conduct initial testing and assist in developing testing plans

Implement and maintain automated tests and component libraries according to team practices

Analyze systems to identify root causes of issues within a system, develop workarounds, and implement permanent fixes

Deliver thoroughly tested and performance benchmarked work that meets functional requirements before deployment

Deploy changes to the production environment following established procedures

Implement and maintain DevOps processes, including CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code as applicable to the team

Maintain up to date and accurate code and system level documentation

Reporting and Communication 10%

Provide clear, timely, and efficient updates on project status, progress, risks, and potential problems to the team lead

Prepare reports, manuals, and other documentation related to software status, operation, and maintenance

Maintain accurate system and product change logs, release notes and notifications to other teams, according to company standards and team practices

Offer insights and feedback on queries regarding relevant projects

Collaborate effectively with team members and stakeholders, by being available on appropriate communication channels with timeous, well articulated responses

Contribution to the Team 15%

Take ownership of projects

Actively participate in peer code reviews, discuss best practices, and contribute innovative ideas to projects

Collaborate with the team to solve problems and ensure successful project delivery - on time and as spec'd

Contribute to the development of fellow team members through knowledge sharing and promoting best practices

Quality Management and Compliance 5%

Deliver high-quality products that meet specifications, user requirements, best practices, deadlines, and regulatory compliance (e.g., FDA, CE, ISO)

Apply knowledge of the Quality Management System guidelines and its relevant processes to ensure quality and SOC2 compliance in medical device- and other software

Ensure all testing adheres to defined specifications

Contribute to safeguarding information and data in accordance with company policies

Keep all supporting documents up to date

About HearX Group

51-200 employees

Your calling

Interested in the future of mobile healthcare?

Do you want to work with the global leader in the mHealth and eHealth mobile application space?

... Then keep reading! But don't just take our word for it, fast-forward to our Press section to see how 'groundbreaking' it is what we're all about.

So, who are we?

hearX Group offers the world’s first clinical smartphone hearing testing solutions with the aim to provide healthy hearing for everyone, everywhere. This has been done through developing smartphone technologies that enables a layperson to conduct hearing and vision tests remotely - only needing access to the screening device and mobile data. hearX Group has gone to market with several products since the launch of its flagship product hearScreen , an innovative mobile health application for clinically-valid, time-efficient, low-cost screening using pure tone audiometry. Following the tremendous success of the launch of hearScreen several other products were developed and launched soon after such as hearZA (Downloadable via the app stores), mHealth Studio, hearTest, hearDigits in addition to our partnered product in vision, PeekVision.

Why a mobile hearing solution on a smartphone?

It has been proven that early detection followed by appropriate health care ensures optimal quality of life outcomes.

Smartphone health surveillance and monitoring has gained significant traction with an estimated 1.7 billion downloads expected by the end of 2017 and global revenues reaching $21.5 billion in 2018 (Economist, 2016). By employing a smartphone platform, hearX Group provides an opportunity for early detection by end-users with the potential to inform and refer patients to their closest healthcare provider using SMS or e-mail add-on services.

Our mHealth solutions are cheaper and faster than traditional methods and most importantly are mobile, allowing us to reach previously inaccessible areas. We believe that this can help us change the face of preventative care across the continent.

Should you apply for this job?

If you're someone who is looking to use their skills to change the future of healthcare access and have a significant social impact by providing these enabling technologies to people who have never had access to them before - then sign up! Because the hearX Group wants you.

Our Interview Process

If you have great taste and want to join our (awesome) team, send us your info and we’ll go through a super quick initial screening call. This is a rather informal chat to suss out your personality and experience while we give you an opportunity to ask about what we do.

We will then ask you to complete a one-way interview with some technical questions. (Using Tech to recruit for Tech for the win) .

If both parties are happy to move forward, we’ll schedule an online interview with the relevant team.

Following a successful session, we’ll ask you to complete a practical test that you can complete in your own time. A team lead gives the green light if you’re as good as you say which will be followed by Psychometric Assessments and a last quick call for final questions.

Once a decision has been made, you’ll be informed, following which we’ll do all the boring legal things like an official employment offer and agreeing on an employment contract and getting it signed. Then, it’s welcome to the team and high fives all around.