Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Android OS Software Engineer focuses on developing innovative hardware and software solutions that enhance user experiences in VR and AR environments. The engineer will work on OS frameworks, collaborating with cross-functional teams to build tools and improve system architecture. Responsibilities include developing APIs, enhancing existing frameworks, and ensuring high product quality through best practices. Candidates should have extensive experience in software development, particularly with Android and related technologies.
Key Responsibilities:
- Understand industry technology trends in computing technology to assess and develop new technologies.
- Enable teams to deliver best-in-class experiences for current and future products.
- Build on OS internals and set technical direction for significant improvements.
- Contribute towards building tools, system architecture, frameworks, and infrastructure for operating systems, kernel development, low-level debugging, system profiling, AOSP, and performance profiling.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and specify interfaces for new software frameworks.
- Develop APIs in the system-level framework layer for compelling and performant use cases.
- Uplift coding and design skills on the team through reviews and the introduction of best practices.
- Model desired behaviors through clean, readable code, upfront debug-ability, and testability.
- Effectively communicate complex features and systems while advocating for higher product quality and engineering efficiency.
Key Skills:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a similar field.
- 6+ years of Software development experience.
- Extensive experience with Android, Linux, or MacOS internals or frameworks services.
- 3+ years of experience in developing Operating Systems, AOSP, NDK, Device management on iOS/Android, Device Security, Android Enterprise.
- Experience with coding in both C++ and Java.
- Extensive experience with Android internals, AOSP, Android SDK, Android NDK, Android JNI, Android IPC mechanisms, Linux OS development.
- Experience with Android performance tools and security models.
- Experience developing software for Mobile platforms (Android/iOS).
- Extensive experience with JUnit tests or any unit testing framework.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Android OS Software Engineers – VR – C++ / Java- multiple roles
Duration: 6 months contract
Pay: Market rate
Location: Remote (United Kingdom)
As an OS Frameworks Engineer, you will contribute to building innovative hardware and software that profoundly redefine how people work, play, and connect.
Responsibilities
- Understand industry technology trends in computing technology to assess and develop new technologies.
- Enable teams to deliver best-in-class experiences for current and future products.
- Build on OS internals and set technical direction for significant improvements.
- Contribute towards building tools, system architecture, frameworks, and infrastructure for any of the following: operating systems, kernel development, low-level debugging, system profiling, AOSP, performance profiling, that will impact VR and AR product lines.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product management, application software engineers, and partners to understand requirements, specify interfaces for new software frameworks, and enhance existing frameworks.
- Develop APIs in the system-level framework layer that enable other layers of the stack to implement compelling and performant use cases.
- Uplift coding and design skills on the team through reviews and the introduction of best practices.
- Model desired behaviors through clean, readable code, upfront debug-ability, and testability when implementing complex components.
- Effectively communicate complex features and systems in detail while advocating for higher product quality and engineering efficiency.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a similar field.
- Experience with cross-functional partnerships, working across functions to drive solutions.
- 6+ years of Software development experience.
- Extensive experience with Android (preferred), Linux, or MacOS internals or frameworks services.
- Alternatively, experience in developing Embedded engineering solutions within a resource-constrained environment.
- 3+ years of experience in developing any of the following: Operating Systems, AOSP, NDK, Device management on iOS/Android, Device Security, Android Enterprise.
- Experience with coding in both C++ and Java.
Preferred Qualifications
- Extensive experience with any of the following: Android internals, AOSP, Android SDK, Android NDK, Android JNI, Android IPC mechanisms, Linux OS development.
- Experience with Android performance tools and security models.
- Experience developing software for Mobile platforms (Android/iOS).
- Experience with Android UI frameworks and services.
- Extensive experience with JUnit tests or any unit testing framework.