Senior Staff Software Engineer, Infotainment (Android Applications & Frameworks)
About The Position
Scout Motors is looking to revolutionize the electric pick-up truck & rugged SUV marketplace. As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you will design and implement extensible, maintainable, and performant Kotlin-based Android/AOSP/AAOS apps, frameworks, and SDKs. You will deliver new features, enhancements, and bug fixes at a high velocity, leveraging test-driven development principles to maximize code quality. You will actively contribute to code quality by participating in code reviews, authoring design documentation, technical specifications, and delivery plans, and defining roadmaps. You will embrace and refine team coding standards and processes, track and leverage new Android/AOSP/AAOS technologies, software engineering best practices, and design patterns. You will also collaborate with cross-functional teams, including UX Design, product, and other main systems engineering partners, and provide technical leadership within the engineering org.
Requirements
- BS/MS degree in computer science or related field
- Extensive understanding of Android OS, AOSP app optimization, performance, and frameworks
- Exceptional software development skills with Kotlin, Java, and Android Studio
- Extensive knowledge of software architecture, design patterns, and software development best practices
- Highly productive and motivated, able to work independently with minimal direction; able to transform ambiguity into actionable deliverables
- 10+ years of Android application software development experience
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent collaborative skills, ability to provide and receive guidance
- Effective problem-solving skills, able to consider alternative options and select the optimal solution
- Thoughtful, pragmatic approach that considers tradeoffs (e.g.: future proofing vs. over-engineering)
- Embraces software engineering KPIs, including delivery velocity, quality, planning
Responsibilities
- Design and implement extensible, maintainable, and performant Kotlin-based Android/AOSP/AAOS apps, frameworks, and SDKs
- Deliver new features, enhancements, and bug fixes at a high velocity
- Leverage test driven development principles to maximize code quality
- Actively contribute to code quality by participating in code reviews
- Author design documentation, technical specifications, and delivery plans; define roadmaps
- Embrace and refine team coding standards and processes
- Track and leverage new Android/AOSP/AAOS technologies, software engineering best practices, and design patterns
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including UX Design, product, and other main systems engineering partners
- Provide technical leadership within the engineering org
Benefits
- Competitive insurance including: Medical, dental, vision and income protection plans
- 401(k) program with: An employer match and immediate vesting
- Generous Paid Time Off including: 20 days planned PTO, as accrued
- 40 hours of unplanned PTO and 14 company or floating holidays, annually
- Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave for biological and adoptive parents of all genders
- Paid leave for circumstances related to bereavement, jury duty, voting time, or military leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
