Android Developer

Founded by Michael Lahyani in 2005 as a magazine (Al Bab World), Property Finder today is a single technology platform and brand across multiple countries in the MENA region. We offer the most advanced tools and best-in-class user experience for homeseekers, real estate brokers, and developers. Property Finder's most recent valuation secures our status among the Middle East's emerging unicorns, affirming a growth-oriented identity.

Over the years, we've expanded our operations to Bahrain, Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and secured a strategic shareholding in Hepsiemlak, the leading property portal in Turkey. With over 600+ dedicated people in 6 regional offices, we facilitate more than 14 million monthly visits across our platforms, solidifying our position as a regional powerhouse in the proptech space.

As the pioneering portal for homeseekers in the region, we are on a mission to motivate and inspire people to live the life they deserve.

Reports to: Engineering Manager

Summary
As an Android Developer, take your passion for crafting exceptional apps to the next level. In this position, you will independently develop features and improve our native applications. Your contributions will shape the way our users interact with our products every day. You'll be collaborating closely with a talented team, turning creative ideas into elegant solutions, and ensuring high standards of code quality and application performance. This role is perfect for someone with a couple of years of experience looking to exert more influence on project outcomes and take ownership of their work.

We provide a highly international and collaborative environment, emphasizing the talent and development of employees. Our product teams are genuinely cross-functional - design, engineering, data, and product work closely to build excellent products. This is your opportunity to work with a world-class team. Join us in shaping the future of real estate.

Key Responsibilities
Develop new user-facing features using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and Coroutines
Optimise app performance and implement reusable components
Write clean, maintainable code and ensure technical best practices are followed
Participate in code reviews, troubleshoot issues, and identify areas for improvement
Collaborate with product management and designers on features and ideas
Work closely with product management and design to translate requirements into technical specs
Own performance benchmarking, monitoring and optimization

Desired Qualifications
3+ years experience as an Android developer
Proficiency with Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and Coroutines
Strong understanding of app standards, UI/UX best practises, and accessibility in apps
Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical implementation
Self-directed, analytical, highly responsible, and a team player
Strong verbal and written communication skills (English)

Other Capabilities
Computer Science Degree (or similar education)
Strong understanding of CI/CD, with tools such as Azure DevOps, Bitrise or GitHub Actions
Experience with A/B Testing and Feature Flags

Our promise to talent
We encourage our people, called creators, to move fast, to be bold and offer them countless ways to make an impact in a fast-growing and talent-centric organisation.

Our goal is to ensure that our people find their time at Property Finder a rewarding experience where the company's growth also means personal growth. Overall it is a place for you to be your best self.

Property Finder Principles
Move fast and make things happen
Data beats opinions
Don't confuse motion with progress
Failure is success if we learn from it
People over pixels

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