Senior Android Kotlin Engineer

### Responsibilities - Refactor, optimize, and maintain existing navigation and maps functionality within Android/AOSP/AAOS IVI systems. - Improve architecture, modularity, and code structure of Kotlin-based navigation components. - Work with Google Maps / Navigation APIs to ensure correct integration, performance, and automotive compliance. - Address technical debt, performance bottlenecks, and stability issues in legacy navigation codebases. - Ensure smooth interaction between navigation, system UI, media, voice, EV features, and vehicle controls. - Perform root-cause analysis of navigation-related issues across software layers. - Implement targeted enhancements, bug fixes, and platform adaptations while maintaining high development quality. - Apply test-driven development principles and contribute to automated test coverage. - Participate in code reviews, ensuring adherence to coding standards and best practices. - Produce and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and refactoring guidelines. - Collaborate closely with UX designers, product owners, QA, and system engineers to ensure usability, safety, and consistency of navigation behavior. - Support performance tuning and system validation in embedded/automotive environments. - Continuously monitor and adapt to updates in Android Automotive, AAOS, and Google Maps platforms. - Contribute to engineering KPIs such as code quality, delivery predictability, and system stability. - Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other engineers when required. ### Requirements - BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field. - 5+ years of professional experience in Android application development. - 8+ years of overall software development experience. - Strong proficiency in Kotlin (Java as a plus). - Hands-on experience with: Android OS, AOSP, and/or Android Automotive (AAOS). - Experience with Navigation and map-based applications and Google Maps SDK / Google Navigation APIs or equivalent. - Experience working with existing or legacy codebases, including refactoring and modernization. - Solid understanding of Android architecture, application lifecycle, threading, and memory management. - Experience optimizing applications for performance-critical and embedded systems. - Strong knowledge of software architecture, design patterns, and scalable system design. - Proficiency with Android Studio, Gradle, and modern Android tooling. - Experience with unit testing, integration testing, and CI/CD pipelines. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess trade-offs and propose pragmatic solutions. - Excellent verbal and written communication skills. - Ability to collaborate effectively in cross-functional and distributed teams. - Self-driven, accountable, and comfortable working independently. - High attention to quality, stability, and maintainability in safety-relevant systems.