Principal Engineer – Android

Company Description

Launched in 2007 by Aloke Bajpai & Rajnish Kumar, ixigo (Le Travenues Technology Limited) is a technology company focused on empowering Indian travellers to plan, book and manage their trips across rail, air, buses and hotels. ixigo assists travellers in making smarter travel decisions by leveraging artificial intelligence. The ixigo, ConfirmTkt and AbhiBus apps allow travellers to book train tickets, flight tickets, bus tickets, hotels, and cabs, and provide travel utility tools and services developed using in-house proprietary algorithms and crowd-sourced information. With over 54 crore Annual Active Users in Fiscal 2025, ixigo is the leading OTA for Next Billion Users in India.

For more information, please visit http://www.ixigo.com

Job Description

As a Principal Engineer - Android, you will be involved in all aspects of development, playing a critical role in the design, planning, development, and deployment and helping develop best practices for future development. You will be part of a young and multicultural team that builds a cutting-edge travel consumer-facing product.

We are looking for a self-driven individual to join us in an individual contributor role who embodies task ownership, accountability, and the ability to drive results independently.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Developing, releasing, and maintaining native Android Applications and overseeing mobile application development efforts
• Deliver across the entire app life cycle, design, build, deploy, test, release to app stores and support
• Working directly with developers and product managers to conceptualise, build, test and release products
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance.
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency
• Optimising performance for the apps and keeping up to date on the latest industry trends in mobile technologies

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• At least an undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Engineering
• 5+ years of experience at cutting-edge organizations or startups
• Extensive experience in developing mobile apps using Android SDK, with proficiency in Core Java and design patterns
• Experience with e-business/e-commerce applications and business environment is a must
• Any experience with internet companies or the travel industry will be a plus

Must Have:

• Deep understanding of Android development SDK and strong problem-solving skills
• Good understanding of Kotlin/Core Java, Android Architecture Components, Dagger 2/Hilt, MVVM architecture
• Good grasp of algorithms, design patterns, memory management, network interaction, debugging, concurrency and multi-threading in Android
• Understanding of complete application development, continuous integration & testing, deployment, app distribution infrastructure and maintenance
• Hands on experience with Android’s debugging, unit testing, app security and performance optimisation tools
• Great people skills and strong passion for Programming in general

Additional Information

Responsible for safeguarding sensitive company data against unauthorized access, use, or disclosure, and for reporting any suspected security incidents in line with the organization's ISMS (Information Security Management System) policies and procedures.