AI First Sr. Android Developer

OPENLANE

3d•$125,000 - $16,000

About The Position

At OPENLANE, we are seeking an AI-first Sr. Software Engineer (Android) to build, evolve, and scale our digital marketplace mobile experiences. This role is for engineers who already treat AI as a first-class development tool. You will use AI to enhance development speed, quality, and efficiency, while applying strong engineering judgment, ownership, and systems thinking. You will work on customer-facing wholesale marketplace apps, collaborating closely with Product, iOS, backend, and platform teams. AI serves as an accelerator, and engineering ownership remains paramount.

Requirements

5+ years professional Android development (or equivalent depth).
Proficiency in Kotlin.
Experience developing and shipping Android apps to the Play Store.
Demonstrated ownership of complex features and cross-cutting concerns.
AI-first mindset and daily use of AI development tools with critical evaluation of outputs.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Experience building and operating production mobile applications at scale.
Strong fundamentals: architecture, concurrency, networking, offline/edge cases, and app performance.
Familiarity with CI/CD, code review, and production observability (crash reporting, analytics, release health).
Kotlin for modern Android (Compose + Material 3 preferred; XML/Fragments/ViewBinding still present in mature codebases).
Multi-module Android apps (app / feature / capability / core patterns).
Dependency injection (e.g. Hilt), coroutines, StateFlow / unidirectional UI, navigation, WorkManager.
Networking and persistence (e.g. Retrofit/OkHttp, Room).
Feature flags and experimentation; product analytics; crash reporting.
Camera / media / device capabilities (e.g. scanning workflows).

Nice To Haves

Jetpack Compose in production at scale.
Experience modernizing legacy Android (XML/Fragments → Compose; Rx → coroutines).
Experience with wholesale, marketplace, auction, or high-volume transactional mobile apps.
Cross-reading iOS/Swift PRs.
Mentoring experience.
BrowserStack or device-farm based UI testing.
Familiarity with hybrid WebView surfaces.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and ship Android features across seller and buyer marketplace experiences.
Lead technical direction on Android, including multi-module boundaries, coexistence of Compose and legacy UI, and shared platform concerns (auth/OIDC, flags, analytics).
Raise the bar on testing (unit, UI, coverage) and CI gates, partnering on Play/Firebase distribution and release hygiene.
Use AI tools to accelerate delivery while mentoring intermediate engineers on judgment and craft.
Partner with the iOS team to ensure product behavior is aligned across platforms.
Apply AI tools to reduce repetitive work and increase engineering leverage.
End-to-end ownership of features from design collaboration through release and follow-up.

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