Sr. Android Engineer (Mobility)

Who We Are:

At Platform Science, we’re working to connect everything that moves.

Founded in 2015, we are an open IoT platform that partners with innovative fleets, application developers, vehicle manufacturers, and equipment providers in the transportation industry to deliver revolutionary solutions to supply chain professionals across the globe.

Our employees are an engaging, diverse group of people who believe in the power of great ideas. We hire people with different experiences and perspectives to build a company culture that fuels growth through innovation.

We value thoughtful actions and empathy for others.  We approach challenges with resiliency and creativity, while encouraging transparency because, no matter our backgrounds or responsibilities, we are one team.

About the Team:

Our Mobility Team builds our core Android framework that lets mobile applications utilize the edge capabilities of our connected vehicle platform.  We own our core mobile SDK and driver framework, the connection management between the vehicle and tablet, our Mobile Device Management (MDM) and Mobile App Management (MAM) solutions, and everything else in between that helps to provide a distraction-free driving interface for our drivers. 

Since we sit at the heart of our Android platform, we often get to solve unique problems as we build out a powerful and flexible framework that supports other Platform Science developer teams and third-party developers alike. If you’re excited by the idea of solving complex Android challenges and working with an incredibly talented team, then this is the position for you!

Our engineering teams are classic agile “two pizza teams” of 3-10 developers and SDETs, plus Product Owner and Scrum Master. With Platform Science well-funded and in hyper-growth, our teams need to build, fork and specialize to deliver on that promise. This leads to equally rapid opportunities for careers to develop with them.

The Right Fit For You:

Platform Science is a rapidly growing company with a lot of teams working on different areas. If you like what you see, but aren’t sure you’re a perfect fit for this one role, please contact us anyway - we may have an even better match for you.

We are dedicated to a transparent interview process. If selected for an interview, we will have a candid discussion to assess which level and/or position you would thrive in most at Platform Science.

About the Role:

We are looking for a qualified Senior Software Development Engineer to join our team in San Diego, CA. You will be hired to help enhance our mobile applications within our existing and new SaaS product offerings.

Our stack is wide, diverse, and evolving.  As a Senior Software Development Engineer, you are eager to take on multiple languages, frameworks, and contribute to future architecture decisions.  You are versed in Agile/Scrum methodologies and are comfortable with giving and taking technical direction.

Some of our Android applications are still Java based and being transitioned, but all new code is written in Kotlin. We’re making use of tools like MVVM, Kotlin Flows and Coroutines, and Android Jetpack libraries like Room and Hilt. Our mobile apps are driven by backend APIs written in PHP and JS/TS on Node.js so if you have experience there, that’s a plus!

What we’re looking for:

• 5+ years experience in Android development
• Experience working with: Kotlin/Java
• Experience with Room or SQLite DBs
• Experience working with RESTful and/or GQL APIs
• Good knowledge of MVVM, Dependency Injection, Flows, and Coroutines
• Experience writing unit tests, integration tests, and e2e test for Android apps
• A solid portfolio of experience building mobile applications
• Good technical foundation with ability to pick up new skills and adapt quickly
• Loves to troubleshoot and solve complex problems
• Desire to learn new technologies while supporting existing ones
• A commitment to software craftsmanship and things like unit testing, code review, design patterns, etc
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience

What will make you stand out (not required):

• MDM / MAM experience, particularly Android Enterprise
• Experience building and maintaining mobile SDKs
• Jenkins
• CI/CD
• Agile/Scrum Methodologies
• System Architecture Design
• Hardware development
• Linux administration
• Big Data
• PHP, Node, JS, TS, Python, or Golang
• Cloud native development in to AWS

Platform Science Benefits Highlights:

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits (some plans for employees are 100% covered by Platform Science)
• Generous paid time off and company holidays
• 401k matching 
• Investment in your professional growth in the company

At this time we only consider candidates in these states: AL, AR, AZ, CA, FL, GA, ID, IL, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NV, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, and WI. In the future we plan to add more states.