Senior Software Engineer-Android Mobile Developer (5-8 Years)

Position Description
Founded in 1976, CGI is among the largest independent IT and business consulting services firms in the world. With 94,000 consultants and professionals across the globe, CGI delivers an end-to-end portfolio of capabilities, from strategic IT and business consulting to systems integration, managed IT and business process services and intellectual property solutions. CGI works with clients through a local relationship model complemented by a global delivery network that helps clients digitally transform their organizations and accelerate results. CGI Fiscal 2024 reported revenue is CA$14.68 billion and CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB). Learn more at cgi.com.

Position: Senior Software Engineer-Android Mobile Developer
Experience: 5-8 years
Category: Software Development/ Engineering
Shift: 1:00 PM-10:00 PM
Location: Pune/Mumbai/Chennai
Position ID: J1026-2000
Employment Type: Full Time

Education Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field or higher with minimum 5 years of relevant experience.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on Android Mobile Engineer who can work confidently across both Android, understands enterprise mobile architecture, and has practical experience integrating mobile applications with core banking and digital banking ecosystems.
They should be equally comfortable writing code, reviewing architecture, troubleshooting production issues, mentoring developers, and engaging with architects, product owners, and banking stakeholders.
Experience in a Canadian Credit Union or Canadian banking environment is a significant advantage.
The role requires a strong engineering mindset, with the ability to make architectural decisions, mentor developers, troubleshoot complex production issues, and drive engineering excellence across the mobile development lifecycle.

Your future duties and responsibilities
Mobile Application Development
• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of enterprise-grade mobile banking applications for Android.
• Develop high-quality, reusable, maintainable, and testable mobile application components.
• Implement new digital banking features across mobile channels.
• Ensure consistent functionality and user experience across Android.
• Review code and enforce engineering standards, design patterns, and best practices.
• Troubleshoot complex applications, performance, and production issues.
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Android Development
Strong hands-on experience with:
• Kotlin
• Java
• Android SDK
• Jetpack / Android Jetpack components
• Android Studio
• Material Design
• MVVM / MVI / Clean Architecture
• Coroutines and asynchronous programming
• Security, Performance, Accessibility, Reliability, and Scalability
• REST API integration
• JSON parsing
• Secure local storage
• Push notifications
• Deep linking
• Offline capabilities
• Android application lifecycle
• Performance optimization
Experience with modern Android development practices and scalable enterprise application architecture is expected.
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Mobile Architecture & Technical Leadership
• Define and contribute to mobile application architecture and technical standards.
• Design modular, scalable, and maintainable mobile applications.
• Evaluate technical approaches and recommend appropriate design patterns.
• Work with Solution Architects to align mobile architecture with the overall Digital Banking architecture.
• Establish standards for reusable components, libraries, and frameworks.
• Identify and address technical debt.
• Lead technical discussions and provide engineering directions to development teams.
• Participate in architectural reviews and technical design sessions.
• Drive mobile engineering best practices across the team.
• MVVM
• Clean Architecture
• Modular application architecture
• Design patterns
• Dependency Injection
• Reactive / asynchronous programming

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Digital Banking & Core Banking Knowledge
The candidate should have strong understanding of banking and financial services, particularly digital banking and mobile banking.
Knowledge of the following is highly desirable:
• Core Banking systems
• Customer / Member information
• Deposit accounts
• Savings and chequing accounts
• Account balances and transactions
• Funds transfers
• Bill payments
• Interac e-Transfer
• Payment processing
• Loan and mortgage information
• Credit card functionality
• Beneficiaries / payees
• Statements and transaction history
• Alerts and notifications
• Authentication and authorization
• Fraud and transaction controls
The candidate should understand how mobile applications interact with core banking and downstream financial services platforms through APIs and integration layers.
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API & Integration Skills
• Strong experience integrating mobile applications with RESTful APIs.
• Understand API request/response patterns using JSON.
• Work with API gateways and integration services.
• Understand authentication and authorization mechanisms.
• Troubleshoot API and integration issues across mobile, middleware, and backend systems.
• Collaborate with backend and integration teams on API contracts.
• Review Swagger / OpenAPI specifications.
• Understand data mapping and error handling.
• Experience with microservices and distributed systems is preferred.
• REST /
• OAuth 2.0
• OpenID Connect
• JWT
• API Gateway concepts
• Microservices
• JSON

Preferred Security Technologies
• OAuth 2.0
• OpenID Connect
• JWT
• Certificate / SSL pinning
• Multi-factor authentication
• Biometric authentication
• Secure token management
• Encryption
• Secure mobile storage
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Mobile Security
Strong understanding of secure mobile application development within a regulated financial services environment.
Responsibilities include:
• Implement secure authentication and authorization.
• Protect sensitive member and financial information.
• Apply secure coding practices.
• Implement encryption and secure storage.
• Support mobile application security assessments.
• Address vulnerabilities identified through security testing.
• Work with Cybersecurity and Architecture teams on security controls.
• Apply OWASP Mobile Application Security principles.
• Ensure secure handling of credentials, tokens, and financial information.
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Engineering Excellence
• Establish and enforce coding standards.
• Conduct peer reviews and technical reviews.
• Improve application performance and stability.
• Promote automated testing and engineering quality.
• Reduce production defects and technical debt.
• Contribute to engineering standards, guidelines, and reusable frameworks.
• Support continuous improvement of development practices.
• Drive modernization of legacy mobile components where required.
• Git
• CI/CD
• Automated testing
• Unit testing
• Integration testing
• Performance optimization
• Secure coding

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Testing & Quality
• Develop unit and integration tests.
• Support automated mobile testing.
• Collaborate with QA teams on functional, integration, regression, and performance testing.
• Investigate and resolve defects.
• Support SIT, UAT, and production validation.
• Ensure mobile releases meet agreed quality and security standards.
Preferred Testing Tools / Frameworks
• XCTest
• XCUITest
• JUnit
• Espresso
• Mockito / MockK
• Appium
• BrowserStack / Sauce Labs or equivalent
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DevOps & Release Management
• Work with DevOps teams to establish and maintain mobile CI/CD pipelines.
• Automate build, test, signing, and deployment processes.
• Manage Android and iOS build configurations.
• Support release management across development, test, UAT, and production environments.
• Troubleshoot build and deployment failures.
Preferred Technologies
• Git
• GitHub / GitLab / Bitbucket
• Azure DevOps
• Jenkins
• GitHub Actions
• Fastlane
• Firebase
• App Center or equivalent
• CI/CD pipelines
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Agile Delivery
• Participate in Sprint Planning, Refinement, Daily Stand-ups, Reviews, and Retrospectives.
• Work with Product Owners and Business Analysts to understand requirements.
• Provide technical estimates and implementation approach.
• Break technical requirements into development tasks.
• Identify technical dependencies, risks, and constraints.
• Support production releases and post-release stabilization.
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Canadian Credit Union / Banking Experience
Experience working with Canadian banking or Credit Union environments is strongly preferred.
Knowledge of:
• Canadian Credit Union business models
• Member-centric banking
• Digital Banking platforms
• Interac services
• Canadian payment ecosystem
• Authentication and identity services
• Financial services security and compliance
• Banking APIs and integration patterns
Experience with platforms such as Central 1, Forge, MemberDirect, Temenos, Finastra, or comparable banking platforms is an advantage.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role
Must to have skills,

Mobile Application Development

Android Development
Strong hands-on experience with:
• Kotlin
• Java
• Android SDK
• Jetpack / Android Jetpack components
• Android Studio
• Material Design
• MVVM / MVI / Clean Architecture
• Coroutines and asynchronous programming
• Security, Performance, Accessibility, Reliability, and Scalability
• REST API integration
• JSON parsing
• Secure local storage
• Push notifications
• Deep linking
• Offline capabilities
• Android application lifecycle
• Performance optimization
Experience with modern Android development practices and scalable enterprise application architecture is expected.

Good to have skills-

Preferred certifications or training in:
• Mobile Architecture
• Cloud technologies
• Secure Software Development
• Agile / Scrum

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Senior Software Engineer-Android Mobile Developer (5-8 Years)

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