An on-demand, autonomous ride-hailing company needs an experienced Android Software Engineer to join its In-Vehicle Experience Engineering team to impact the company's service rollout by defining best practices and interfaces across the system.
Requirements
- Extensive experience in Android development, with a strong focus on Kotlin
- Deep understanding of both Android UI and backend mobile development
- Proven track record of building high-quality mobile apps from concept to production
- Strong experience in designing full-stack applications that integrate mobile clients with cloud-based systems
- Background in system observability, performance optimization, and reliability
- Experience with custom/specialized Android devices, smart devices, or other embedded Linux
- Proven leadership in mobile application development
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and development of user-facing applications for Android tablets and embedded systems.
- Set and implement best practices for the Android-based rider interface, built on a custom Android OS.
- Design end-to-end solutions that integrate user interfaces, cloud services, autonomous planning systems, and vehicle firmware.
- Establish best practices for system reliability, performance, and user experience.
- Mentor and provide technical leadership, fostering growth within and beyond your immediate team.
- Drive cross-team and cross-organization initiatives to execute and implement the product roadmap.
- Collaborate with product, design, and engineering leadership to define a technical vision, strategy, and roadmap that enhances the rider experience.
Other
- This role requires a minimum of 3 days per week onsite in Foster City, CA, and it is available to candidates who are local to the Bay Area.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence both product and technical direction
- Demonstrated experience mentoring senior engineers and contributing to team growth
- Meaningful contribution and ownership of a highly popular, heavily downloaded app
- We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. Unfortunately, we are not able to sponsor visas or employ corp-to-corp.
