At a glance
- Experience
- 6+ years experience
- Workplace
- Remote
- Location
- Remote
About the role
- As a member of the Android Systems team, you will bridge the gap between hardware and software to build the foundational platform for Toast POS devices.
- You will own the design and delivery of features across Toast's Android system applications in Kotlin and Java, including device policy enforcement, out-of-box device setup, and firmware and app updates.
Responsibilities
- Own the design and delivery of features across Toast's Android system applications in Kotlin and Java, including device policy enforcement, out-of-box device setup, and firmware and app updates.
- Write technical designs for features that span on-device apps, cloud services, and Toast hardware, and lead effort estimation and planning for your projects.
- Build reliable background services that run on devices with little to no user interaction, and deploy them safely to the Toast fleet using feature flags, staged rollouts, and monitoring for success.
- Lead Android application upgrades in support of new Toast Hardware and Android OS upgrades for our system apps, working closely with Hardware and Firmware partners.
- Raise the quality bar by expanding our end-to-end automated testing on real Toast hardware with Robot Framework, reducing manual regression testing.
- Lead the investigation of complex production issues across the fleet, and partner with Customer Care and pilot customers during device rollouts.
- Mentor engineers on the team through code review, design feedback, and pairing.
- Collaborate with Product Management, Hardware, QA, and other Software teams to build scalable systems, making solid technical decisions with quality, security, and maintainability in mind.
- Leverage cutting edge AI tools to enhance your development workflow, improve velocity, and help pioneer new approaches to building, contributing to a culture of innovation and productivity across the team.
Requirements
- 6+ years of Android application development experience.
- Proficient in a modern object-oriented programming language such as Kotlin or Java.
- Deep experience with standard Android architecture patterns & libraries such as Hilt, AndroidX libraries, and Kotlin Coroutines.
- Solid understanding of Android application and service lifecycles, background work, and inter-process communication.
- Experience leading a cross-functional project with multiple engineers, product, QA, & design teams on a project from initial ideation through launch and supporting it in production.
- Proven ability to debug complex issues across the app, framework, and OS layers using tools such as adb, logcat, and bug reports.
- Experience using AI tools throughout the development lifecycle, from design and coding to testing and debugging.
- Clear written and verbal communication, including writing technical designs.
- Strong customer empathy and a drive to build reliable tools that make restaurant operators' lives easier.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience developing Android software for devices domain accounting for offline mode, battery impact, background services, etc.
- Experience with the Android framework, AOSP, system services, or system apps written in Kotlin or Java.
- Experience with Android Device Owner / Device Policy Controller APIs.
- Understanding of mobile device management (MDM) concepts and enterprise device management platforms.
- Experience shipping software to a large fleet of devices (e.g., OTA updates, staged rollouts).
- Experience writing automated tests using Robot, UIAutomator or other testing frameworks.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and benefits programs
- Cash compensation (overtime, bonus/commissions if eligible)
- Equity
Workplace
- Remote; USA
- Embraces a hybrid work model that fosters in-person collaboration while valuing individual needs
Skills
- Android
- Kotlin
- Java
- Hilt
- AndroidX
- Kotlin Coroutines
- Adb
- Logcat
- Robot Framework
- UIAutomator
- AWS
- React
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