Senior Mobility Engineer

An Amazing Career Opportunity for Senior Mobility Engineer

Location: Chennai, India (Hybrid)

Job ID: 36473

Profile Summary:
Are you passionate about Technology? Do you enjoy using it to create solutions that drives businesses? Then come and join us and make the difference. HID Global is hiring a Senior Mobility Engineer (Android) to be part of the Mobile App Development team. This is a technical role, and the candidate should have special skills and be a subject matter expert in Native Mobile App development and Cross-Platform app development.

About HID Global

HID Global powers the trusted identities of the world’s people, places and things. We make it possible for people to transact safely, work productively and travel freely. Our trusted identity solutions give people secure and convenient access to physical and digital places and connect things that can be accurately identified, verified and tracked digitally. Millions of people around the world use HID products and services to navigate their everyday lives, and over 2 billion things are connected through HID. We work with governments, educational institutions, hospitals, financial institutions, industrial businesses, and some of the most innovative companies on the planet. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, HID Global has over 4500 employees worldwide and operates international offices that support more than 100 countries. HID Global^® is an ASSA ABLOY Group brand. HID Global has is the trusted source for secure identity solutions for millions of customers and users around the world. In India, we have two Engineering Centre (Bangalore and Chennai). Global Engineering Team is based in Chennai and one of the Business Unit Engineering team is based in Bangalore. Check us out: www.hidglobal.com and https://youtu.be/23km5H4K9Eo

Physical Access Control Solutions (PACS):

HID Physical Access Control Solutions (PACS) is at the forefront of securing spaces with advanced, reliable access control solutions. From cutting-edge readers, credentials and controllers to mobile and biometric technologies, HID PACS empowers organizations worldwide to protect their people, property and assets with scalable, high-quality solutions. This is more than just a job – it’s your chance to join an industry leader to drive innovation in access control and make a real impact on global security solutions. Are you ready to make a difference? Join us and help shape the future of security. 

Are You Ready to Join the Team?
Our company is committed to finding the best and the brightest talent to help us reach the top. If you are a dynamic, highly skilled, experienced Cloud engineer and technology enthusiast, and you enjoy working in a rapid pace within a rapidly growing business environment, then you will want to consider this position. If you excel at communication, collaboration, and unrelenting innovation, we want to talk to you. And if you bring dedication, positive energy and integrity to the table, you just might be the right fit for our team.

Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Roles & Responsibilities (Other duties may be assigned)

Mandatory (Strong design, admin and development skills):

• Strong knowledge of iOS SDK, different versions of iOS, and how to deal with different screen sizes.
• Must have cross-platform Mobile application development experience with Xamarin forms, Net6 /. Net7/.Net8 & MAUI etc.
• Strong knowledge of Native bindings, platform dependency services and creating /utilizing NuGet packages on Xamarin forms and MAUI.
• Should be familiar with VS studio for mac.
• Should have mobile apps in the playstore / appstore should have published mobile apps.
• Familiarity with REST & JSON to connect Android applications with remote back-end services.
• Strong knowledge of iOS UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
• Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning.
• Experience in handling the BLE/NFC handshakes.
• Experience working with embedded systems is an added advantage.
• Should be familiar with various cryptographic & key management API’s for securely storing and transferring the user data.
• Ability to design applications around natural user interfaces and controls such as “touch.”
• Familiarity with the use of additional sensors, such as gyroscopes and accelerometers
• Knowledge of the open-source Android ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements.
• Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications
• A knack for benchmarking and optimization
• Understanding Google Android design principles and interface guidelines.

Other – Desired experience: 

• Helping evaluates emerging cross platform frameworks
• Good grasp of Cloud Technology Stack, Preferably Amazon Web Services
• Good knowledge on Agile Methodologies like Scrum, Kanban and XP Practices
• Exposure to CI tools like Jenkins is highly desirable and SCM like GitHub, bitbucket etc.
• Previous experience in TDD, BDD practices is preferred.
• Comfortable to learn new technology stack as per the business needs

Technical Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience working with installing, maintaining and developing mobile apps.

• Desire and Ability to learn and work effectively and contribute as part of a fast moving technical and business unit team.

• Experienced in full SDLC (Software development life cycle) which includes System / Information Engineering, Software Requirements gathering, Systems Analysis and Design, Code Generation, Testing, implementation, deployment, maintenance and documentation.
   

Experience and/or Education Qualification:  

• An undergraduate degree from a recognized university in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent, Desired master’s degree in computer science or Equivalent

• Minimum requirement of 5+ years of experience in software development with a minimum of 3+ years of experience in Product development environment.
• Deep analytical and problem-solving skills
• Broad exposure / experience across Mobile APP development, SOA, Contemporary Web channel solutions, large scale distributed systems design and implementation
• Demonstrated experience in Design and code for Secure, Scale, Speed, and reliability.
• A desire for learning and understanding security discipline.

       Why apply? 

• Empowerment: You’ll work as part of a global team in a flexible work environment, learning and enhancing your expertise. We welcome an opportunity to meet you and learn about your unique talents, skills, and experiences. You don’t need to check all the boxes. If you have most of the skills and experience, we want you to apply.
• Innovation: You embrace challenges and want to drive change. We are open to ideas, including flexible work arrangements, job sharing or part-time job seekers.
• Integrity: You are results-orientated, reliable, and straightforward and value being treated accordingly. We want all our employees to be themselves to feel appreciated and accepted.

This opportunity may be open to flexible working arrangements.

HID is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer – Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation.