Junior Android Engineer

About Us:

• Based in Lebanon, Anghami is the leading music service venture created by seasoned entrepreneurs, funded with over 30 million$ by leading firms in the Middle East, with the aim to change the way music is discovered and listened to.
• Since its launch public launch in January 2012, Anghami has over 50 million users and growing throughout the Middle East and the world.
• We're bringing back cool into music by allowing you to listen to all the music you love, on any device - by redefining what’s possible in the Middle East, and evolving how music is consumed. We move quickly and carefully, and we want passionate people to be part of the journey.
• We’re looking for people willing to work hard and grow in a best of breed startup environment in a company that is undergoing tremendous success.
• We work to maintain a healthy balance of strong senior engineers and smart junior engineers eager to develop their skills. 
• We believe Anghami is a place to come and deliver career-defining achievements.

Details:

• We are looking for experienced Android developers to help architect, build, iterate and manage our mobile application
• We are looking for self-starting engineers with strong experience developing sophisticated applications on the Android phone, Android Wear, Android Wear and Chromecast !
• Contribute best-in-class programming skills to develop highly innovative, consumer-facing mobile products
• Continually offer thought-leadership and dependable execution ability in a high-paced environment characterized by ongoing iteration and product pushes
• Implement custom native user interfaces using the latest Android programming techniques
• Build reusable software components for interfacing with the Anghami platform
• Analyze and optimize UI and back-end application code for efficiency and performance

Requirements:

• 2 years of experience in Android development. Maybe you even have some nice Android apps in the Play Store that you can show us.
• Fluent in writing well-documented code. You love to explain and show off your awesome new code snippet you just did to those around you, and you can do so in fluent English.
• A degree in Computer Science or similar is a plus, but not required.
• Being able to write and debug code that is suitable for mobile constraints. 
• Solid understanding of the intricacies of the mobile platforms
• Familiar with source-control management
• Demonstrated expertise with the Android SDK
• Experience using RESTful APIs to integrate mobile applications to server side systems
• Proficient in :
  • Multi-Threading and memory management specific to mobile devices
  • Understanding of caching and streaming mechanisms
  • Extensive experience with UI layouts
  • Design data models and create database schemas using SQLite
  • Ability to understand and debug large and complex code bases
  • Experience designing clean and maintainable APIs
  • Experience writing unit tests and testable code
• Knowledge of SDK performance tools and optimization techniques

Benefits:

• We offer very competitive salaries, potential stock options, paid vacations, training and development, team building and social events, plus an attractive benefits package including health insurance. 
• We also offer startup perks including unlimited coffee, Friday events every other week and an exciting office in Jal el Dib ☺ 
• If you are interested in joining a team of passionate, extremely talented industry veterans in the mobile space, who like to work hard and play hard, we look forward to hearing from you soon!