Work from home Internship – Software Development – Knowafest
A work from home Software Engineering & Android Application development internship opportunity with Knowafest. The last date to apply is 20th December, 2012– hurry!
About Knowafest: – Knowafest (knowafest.com) is a one stop portal of all the college festivals in India. This includes both national and international fests. It is first of its kind and a one stop solution for accessing even minuscule of information about the fests. Since its inception, Knowafest has partnered with more than 500 campus festivals, has 900+ campus ambassadors and 15,00,000 unique visitors.
About Internship: – The intern will work as a mobile application developer to lead the design, development and maintenance of Android Application. The intern will be responsible for:
- Working closely with other mobile app developers
- Delivering across the entire app life cycle – concept, design, build, deploy, test, release to app stores and support
- Working directly with developers and product managers to conceptualize, build, test and realize products
- Gather requirements around functionality and translate those requirements into elegant functional solutions
- Build prototypes at tech scoping stage of projects
- Working along the web developers to create and maintain a robust framework to support the apps
- Working with the front end developers to build the interface with focus on usability features
- Create compelling device specific user interfaces and experiences
- Optimizing performance for the apps
- Keeping up to date on the latest industry trends in the mobile technologies
- Explaining technologies and solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Number of internships: – 2
Who can apply: – The students should have;
1. Software Development skills:
- Relevant experience in desktop or mobile software development
- Excellent knowledge in information architecture, human computer interaction and usability design principles
- Ability to use analytic data and user testing to inform design decision
- A passion for new consumer technology and the emerging media landscape
- Ability to multi task and good time management skills
- Ability to work on their own and as a part of the team
- Excellent scoping and estimation skills
- Excellent testing/ QA skills
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) to liaise with various people.
2. Android skills:
- Strong Object Oriented design and programming skills in Java (J2EE/ J2ME)
- Familiarity with the Android SDK
- Knowledge of SQLite, MySQL or similar database management system and understanding of other compiled languages
- Experience on web service integration (SOAP, REST, JSON, XML)
- Experience of development using web technologies like HTML5, JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax and PHP
- Experience building web and native apps
- Experience using social media APIs Ads integration using a 3rd party ad server
- Using version control (e.g. SVN. Not yet implemented. So, optional for now).
- Excellent debugging, optimization and problem solving skills
Location: – Work from home
Duration: – 2 months
Start date: – December, 2012
Stipend: – Performance based + a certificate and letter of recommendation will be provided on completion of internship.
How to apply: – If all set, go ahead and apply here. The last date for applications is 20th December, 2012 – Hurry!
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