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Job Title: Senior Android Developer / Lead Engineer (Java | Kotlin | Android)

Experience Required

• 10+ years of overall software development experience
• Strong hands-on expertise in Java, Kotlin, and Android development

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Android Engineer with deep expertise in Android OS internals, system-level development, and strong hands-on coding ability. The role demands strong technical leadership, architectural thinking, and the ability to design and build scalable, high-performance Android applications with system-level integrations.

This is a hands-on technical role (not people management) with focus on architecture, design, and complex problem solving.

Key Responsibilities

1. Android Application Development

• Design, develop, and maintain advanced Android applications using Java and Kotlin
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code with strong adherence to OOP principles
• Participate in hands-on coding, debugging, and code reviews

2. Android Framework & System-Level Development

• Work with Android OS-level APIs including:
• Services
• Binder IPC
• AIDL
• System services
• Understand and implement system-level integrations

3. Low-Level & Hardware Interaction

• Exposure to Kernel / Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL)
• Work on device-level integrations such as:
• Sensors
• Bluetooth
• Other hardware peripherals

4. Performance & Stability Engineering

• Identify and resolve performance issues including:
• ANR (Application Not Responding)
• Memory leaks and optimization
• Ensure application stability and efficient resource usage

5. Concurrency & Multithreading

• Build robust multi-threaded applications
• Strong understanding of:
• Concurrency models
• Synchronization mechanisms
• Thread safety and race condition handling

6. System Design & Architecture

• Design scalable, modular, and maintainable Android applications
• Define architecture patterns and enforce best practices
• Contribute to system-level design decisions

7. Technical Leadership (Hands-on)

• Provide technical direction and mentorship to engineering team members
• Guide design and implementation decisions
• Conduct architecture and code reviews
• Remain actively involved in coding and technical problem solving

Preferred / Good to Have

• Exposure to IoT domain
• Exposure to HVAC systems or related embedded domains

Must-Have Skills Summary

• 10+ years Android development experience
• Strong Java, Kotlin, Android expertise
• Deep knowledge of Android internals and system APIs
• Strong OOP and coding skills (coding assessment required)
• Experience with performance tuning and memory management
• Strong understanding of multithreading and concurrency
• System design and architecture expertise
• Hands-on technical leadership

Job Overview:

We are seeking a talented Android Framework Engineer to join our development team at Primebook. As an android framework developer, you would be responsible for development, coding, testing and debugging of system features and system apps of PrimeOS, driving technical excellence, and shaping the direction of our products. You will work closely with our CTO to create cutting-edge features that meet user needs and business goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Understand product requirements and translate them into technical requirements.
• Create secure and high-quality production level code that runs well with different android versions and devices with different screen sizes.
• Development and debugging of android framework components like SystemUI, PhoneWindowManager, Settings database etc.
• Should be capable of developing applications from scratch, debug and fix issues quickly when they are found.
• Collaborate with various teams (Product, Design & Testing) to develop and ship new features.
• Should be able to write scalable and efficient code for handling the load of 100k+ users.
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the application, good knowledge of threads in android is necessary.
• Excellent debugging skills, including identifying memory leaks, performance bottlenecks, and using tools like ADB, proguard, etc

Qualifications:

• A “Bring It On” attitude; bias for action; self-driven, end-to-end ownership; entrepreneurial approach; focus on operational excellence; ability to work with ambiguity.
• B.tech degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• 3-5 years of experience with portfolio of work to show the skill set
• Should have developed at-least 2-3 android apps from scratch
• Experience in compiling AOSP and solving common build errors is a must have
• Should have experience working with SystemUI and android framework_base
• Excellent knowledge of Java, Kotlin, MVVM architecture
• Experience with popular libraries (Jetpack, Retrofit, Glide, OkHttp, Gson etc.)
• Experience with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to backend services
• Must be good at building logics and working with data structures

Perks and Benefits:

Job type: On-site, 5 days a week

Industry Type: Computer Hardware Manufacturing

Functional Area: Testing And Development

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

Salary: Upto 20 Lacs (depends on skill)

Bringing up Android on custom hardware 

•  Android OS modifications, HAL interface definition language (C++ and Java)
•  Android, JNI and Android application performance optimization 

 Preferred Skills and Experience:

•  Experience in Java or Kotlin development (preferably Android) 
•  Experience in C/C++ with deep understanding of Object-Oriented Analysis, Design and Programming. 
•  Experience with GIT or similar repository management and version control tools. Familiarity with software configuration management tools, defect tracking tools and Agile methodology. 
•  Development in a Linux environment with emphasis on Unit testing alongside functional integration testing. 
•  Android-For-Work, Android Enterprise features and EMM/MDM management solutions 

8+ years of experience  Excellent skills in C/C++/Java programming in embedded domain 

Strong experience  in the area of Automotive, Android Embedded development and Connectivity Technologies
Strong experience on Android architecture, HAL, BSP, customize driver in Android HAL, Android boot up sequence
Familiar with Android Build System and procedure and able to provide ideas to improve continuous build and integration

Experience in Hardware peripherals like Ethernet, CAN, DMA, I2C, SPI, UART, Hardware Accelerator, AFE , LCD, backlight, touchcontroller

Experience with design/ modification to Hardware Abstraction Libraries (HAL) for Android support of low-level device features.
Experience in debugging on a wide range of Linux Kernel drivers and Android framework HALs e.g. Audio/Video, USB, Bluetooth, WiFi

  Fluent in industry standard software development tools: HSW/HE debuggers, code revision control systems (GIT, Perforce), IDEs and build tools
Exposure/experience in Automotive Embedded Software Development is a plus

Experience in Camera ISP pipeline 

• Experience on Image Signal Processing techniques, image quality metrics, measurement techniques, and optimizations.
• Familiarity with image quality test programs 
• 3A algorithm improvement and troubleshooting 
• Knowledge of 3A algorithms, tuning experiences 
• Experience in Camera HAL 
• Experience in Camera Framework and Camera 2.0 API 
• Experience in Camera Device Drivers 
• Familiarity with ISP and Image Quality 
• Experience with Bringup of Camera Sensor on Any of chipset (QCOM, MTK)
• Strong knowledge of Linux Android Camera Stack. 
• Strong knowledge of Camera Application architecture in Android

Minimum Qualifications 

• B.E./B.Tech./M.Tech./MCA Computer Science or related fields 
• 2+ years Software Development Experience 
• 2+ years of experience with Imaging and Camera development, Programming Language such as C, C++, Python, etc