Android Developer

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop middleware and Android background services for platform-level functionality
• Debug and reverse-engineer complex issues directly from Android Open Source Project (AOSP) source code
• Own overall Android platform stability and reliability
• Resolve Android upgrade and integration issues across releases
• Diagnose and fix bugs in system_server components (Activity Manager, Window Manager, Package Manager, etc.), Car Service, and SurfaceFlinger
• Investigate and resolve black screen, boot failure, and ANR (Application Not Responding) issues
• Resolve and provide technical direction and root-cause analysis for unknown or hard-to-reproduce issues
• Address and resolve compliance test failures across CTS, VTS, ATS, and STS

Skills Required

• Kotlin - Write and maintain Kotlin-based Android background services and middleware components, comfortable working within Kotlin code in the Android framework/system_server layer
• C++ - Hands-on experience debugging and modifying native Android components (e.g., SurfaceFlinger, HAL layers, vendor partition code)
• Java - Read, debug, and modify Java-based Android framework code (system_server internals such as Window Manager, Activity Manager) to diagnose and resolve issues like ANRs, boot failures, and black screens

Experience Required

• 3+ years of hands-on Android platform/framework development experience
• Proven experience in designing and developing middleware and Android background services (long-running/foreground service) that expose feature-rich interfaces (AIDL/Binder, APIs) to applications
• Demonstrated track record of resolving complex, low-level Android stability issues
• Experience contributing to or modifying AOSP source code
• Proven experience working across the full Android stack (framework, native services, vendor layers)

Experience Preferred

• Experience with Android Automotive OS (AAOS) and Car Service
• Familiarity with HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) and vendor integration
• Experience with CTS, VTS, ATS, and STS compliance frameworks
• Knowledge of Android graphics stack and display subsystems
• Experience with native debugging tools (gdb, lldb, perfetto, systrace, logcat analysis)
• Familiarity with Android build systems (Soong/Make) and partition architecture
• Experience working with SoC/silicon vendors on platform bring-up

Education Required

• Bachelor's Degree

Education Preferred

• Master's Degree

Listed salary ranges may vary based on experience, qualifications, and local market. Also, some positions may include bonuses or other incentives.

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About Stefanini Group The Stefanini Group is a global provider of offshore, onshore and near shore outsourcing, IT digital consulting, systems integration, application, and strategic staffing services to Fortune 1000 enterprises around the world. Our presence is in countries like the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and more than four hundred clients across a broad spectrum of markets, including financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications, chemical services, technology, public sector, and utilities. Stefanini is a CMM level 5, IT consulting company with a global presence. We are a CMM Level 5 company.