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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Onsite
OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY
Fox CorporationUnder the FOX banner, we produce and distribute content through some of the world’s leading and most valued brands, including: FOX News Media, FOX Sports, FOX Entertainment, FOX Television Stations and Tubi Media Group. We empower a diverse range of creators to imagine and develop culturally significant content, while building an organization that thrives on creative ideas, operational expertise and strategic thinking.ABOUT THE ROLE
FOX Corporation is looking for a SDE (L2), Android for its digital Product Engineering Client Android team. The candidate should have a strong working knowledge of Object Oriented Programming and native Android application development Skills.
At FOX, Android team builds and maintains applications for a variety of digital platforms using a number of technologies for multitude of FOX's consumer facing apps. Android team seeks a talented Android Application Engineer to join our team in developing, maintaining, optimizing and implementation of new features to our android application.
A qualified candidate should feel comfortable working with a broad range of Native application technologies, possess a strong working knowledge of Android Frameworks, be proficient in Object oriented/Java / kotlin programming, and be able to work with several internal teams and external partners. Should possess excellent debugging and problem-solving skills. Should be able to create functional applications that perfectly meet the needs of the product.
A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
Influence the development of individual features and products, integrating best practices and patterns applicable to the Android engineering lifecycle
Take ownership of end-to-end product quality, from development to maintenance of core app, enhancing reliability and user experience
Prototype new ideas and explore cutting-edge technologies in mobile technology
Take ownership of scaling mobile app development efforts across Engineering, offering insights into refining processes and tools to support increased contributors in our architecture and code
Work collaboratively with team members and internal technology groups to focus on coding standards and best practices
WHAT YOU WILL NEED
At least 3-7 years of experience in working as an android developer.
BS/MS degree in computer science or software engineering
Proficient in building mobile applications and mobility solutions, particularly native applications
Mastery of basic Android components: Activity, Services, Intent, Broadcast Receiver, and Content Provider
Mastery of Kotlin concepts
Mastery of Jetpack Compose, Coroutines, Flows, Jetpack components, Kotlinx Serialization
Strong experience with Web Service Integration (REST, JSON)
Experience with Performance, Testing & Tooling
Experience with Security concept - Jetpack Security, encryption,Handling OAuth and secure token storage.
Experience with Modern Architecture : MVVM / MVI patterns using ViewModel, LiveData, Flow, or StateFlow.
Experience with AI-assisted coding tools – using Android Studio’s Gemini or GitHub Copilot or Cursor
NICE TO HAVE (NOT MANDATORY)
Familiarity with video player frameworks
Experience developing applications for Fire TV and/or Android TV
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We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.