AI First Android Developer

OPENLANE

About The Position

At OPENLANE, we are seeking AI-first Software Engineers for Android development to build, evolve, and scale the company's digital marketplace mobile experiences. These roles are designed for engineers who already leverage AI as a primary development tool. You will utilize AI to enhance development speed, improve software quality, and reduce operational and development toil, while applying strong engineering judgment, ownership, and systems thinking. The work involves customer-facing wholesale marketplace applications, requiring close collaboration with Product teams, Senior Android engineers, iOS, and backend teams. AI serves as an accelerator, and engineering ownership remains paramount.

Requirements

3+ years professional Android development (or equivalent depth)
Proficiency in Kotlin
Experience shipping at least one production Android app
AI-first mindset and active use of AI development tools with critical evaluation of outputs
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience
Core Engineering Skills: Experience shipping production Android features in a team codebase
Solid Kotlin and modern Android UI skills; willingness to work in a mid-migration codebase
Comfort with CI, tests, and code review
Growing end-to-end ownership of features with guidance from Senior engineers
AI-First Mindset: Actively uses AI development tools (code copilots, AI debuggers, test generators)
Curious about applying AI to real customer and business problems
Able to critically evaluate AI outputs instead of blindly accepting them
Comfortable learning and adapting in a fast-changing tool landscape
Technical Experience: Kotlin; Jetpack Compose and/or XML Views
Coroutines; basic DI (Hilt); ViewModels / StateFlow-style UI state
REST networking; local persistence basics
Familiarity with feature flags and mobile analytics
Unit testing (e.g. MockK, Turbine) and willingness to grow UI/instrumentation testing

Nice To Haves

Compose in production
Exposure to Hilt, Room, WorkManager, or CameraX
Marketplace / e-commerce mobile experience
Familiarity with hybrid WebView surfaces

Responsibilities

Implement Android features across seller and buyer marketplace experiences.
Ship Compose UI with clear state/events; touch legacy XML only as needed with support.
Write unit tests and meet team CI bars (formatting, coverage).
Use AI tools daily to accelerate coding, tests, and debugging—then verify before merge.
Collaborate with Product/design and learn shared platform concerns (flags, analytics, auth) under Senior guidance.
Pair with iOS counterparts on shared product behavior.

Benefits

Competitive pay
Medical, dental, and vision benefits with employer HSA contributions (US) and FSA options (US)
Immediately vested 401K (US) or RRSP (Canada) with company match
Paid Vacation, Personal, and Sick Time
Paid maternity and paternity leave (US)
Employer-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, life insurance, and AD&D (US)
Robust Employee Assistance Program
Employer paid Leap into Service Day to volunteer
Tuition Reimbursement for eligible programs
Opportunities to expand your skill set and share your knowledge across a publicly traded, global organization
Company culture of internal promotions, diverse career paths, and meaningful advancement