Senior Android Engineer (ui Components)

Get to know Okta Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology, anywhere, on any device or app. Our flexible and neutral products, Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform, provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core of business security and growth.

At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences.

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Our vision is to free everyone to safely use any technology. We promise to make identity work for everyone—whether you’re a developer looking to innovate or a security professional looking to mitigate. We are looking for curious, excited, boundary-pushing team members. So, if you’re a big thinker who is nimble and adaptable, Okta may be an ideal place to shine.

Okta’s Customer Identity Cloud (CIC), powered by Auth0 technology, is an easy to implement authentication and authorization platform designed by developers for developers. We make access to applications safe, secure, and seamless for the more than 100 million daily logins around the world. Our modern approach to identity enables this Tier 0 global service to deliver convenience, privacy, and security so customers can focus on innovation.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Work Mode: Hybrid (2-3 days Onsite per week with flexible working hours)

Note: "This role requires in-person onboarding and travel to our Bengaluru, IN office during the first week of employment." We are looking for an experienced software engineer across : Android (Java & Kotlin)

Job Description: You GET developers! You know what they need, how to talk to them, how to make their lives easier, what makes them click, their dissatisfies and their delights. You recognize when a framework, library or product provides a great experience. As an Android engineer, you will use those superpowers to build and maintain UI components, SDKs and libraries, improve our entire onboarding process, SDKs, Quick starts, Docs, and provide direct assistance to developers in our support channels. You will be the internal and external steward of the experience for the technologies that you love working with every day.

Each engineer shepherds one or multiple platforms forward, both internally within Auth0, and externally in the community. You will be working in a cross-functional team alongside the developer evangelist, onboarding, growth, dashboard, community, tooling, and SDK teams to provide the best developer experience for the technologies you own. The most important qualifications for this position are software engineering expertise, empathy, and self-direction.

You will be:

• Building UI Components using Jetpack Compose / XML views from ground up.
• Writing, curating, editing developer resources: tutorials, examples, guides, and documentation.
• Directly shaping and developing our open source UI Components SDKs.
• Championing Auth0 by engaging directly with the community.
• The go-to-expert in the company, internally and externally, providing domain knowledge and reviews for Auth0 in these technologies.
• Sharing your technical expertise at conferences and other tech events.
• Troubleshooting and fixing issues with our libraries.

You'd be a great fit if you:

• 5 + years of expertise in Android development
• 3 + years of expertise in Jetpack Compose
• Seamless implements Figma mocks to Compose
• Have developed Android UI libraries, SDKs or apps
• Have a good understanding of the Android frameworks & ecosystem
• Have rolled out at least 1 android application to play store / maven central
• Understanding of CI platforms such as GitHub Actions or CircleCI
• Understanding of testing mobile applications in a CI environment, expertise in writing UI tests
• You are able to work in a team environment, have good communication skills and understand the value of collaboration
• A deep understanding of writing, running, maintaining and debugging applications.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrable experience authoring developer documentation (tutorials, blog posts, docs).
• The ability to be self-directed and be effective working independently, yet feel equally comfortable contributing in a global team environment.

Bonus points if you have:

• Experience with iOS (Swift & Objective-C))
• Experience working in distributed teams and work environments.
• Created open-source material or have contributed to open-source projects.
• Your own technical blog or published articles on popular Android sites.
• Knowledge in the identity and access management space.

What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee!

• Amazing Benefits
• Making Social Impact
• Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community at Okta

Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live. Find your place at Okta today! https://www.okta.com/company/careers/.

Some roles may require travel to one of our office locations for in-person onboarding.

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