AI First Android Developer

** Who We Are: **

At OPENLANE we make wholesale easy so our customers can be more successful.

** We’re a technology company ** building the world’s most advanced—and uncomplicated—digital marketplace for used vehicles.

** We’re a data company ** helping customers buy and sell smarter with clear, actionable insights they can understand and use.

** And we’re an innovation company ** accelerating the future of wholesale remarketing through curiosity, collaboration, and an entrepreneurial spirit.

** Our Values: **

** Driven Waybuilders ** . We pursue challenges that inspire us to build, create, and innovate.

** Relentless Curiosity. ** We seek to understand and improve our customers’ experience.

** Smart Risk-Taking. ** We transform risk into progress through data, experience, and intuition.

** Fearless Ownership. ** We deliver what we promise and learn along the way. **

We’re Looking For:**

We’re hiring AI-first Software Engineers (Android) to build, evolve, and scale OPENLANE’s digital marketplace mobile experiences.

These roles are for engineers who already treat AI as a first-class development tool, not a novelty. You’ll use AI to move faster, ship higher-quality software, and reduce operational and development toil, while still applying strong engineering judgment, ownership, and systems thinking. You’ll work on customer-facing wholesale marketplace apps, partnering closely with Product, Senior Android engineers, iOS, and backend teams. AI is an accelerator. Engineering ownership still matters.

### Why OPENLANE:

• Work on real-time, high-value marketplace systems at scale

• Be part of a major platform modernization and AI transformation

• Use AI as a first-class development tool—not an experiment

• Collaborate with experienced engineers, product leaders, and platform teams

• Grow in an environment that values learning, ownership, and impact

### You Are:

• AI-forward. You already use AI tools to enhance development speed, quality, and efficiency, and you continuously adapt as tooling evolves.

• Product-minded. You think beyond code and understand how technical decisions impact customers and business outcomes.

• Ownership-driven. You take responsibility for systems end-to-end, including reliability and operational health.

• Technically curious. You enjoy learning new technologies and thoughtfully evaluating emerging approaches.

• Quality-focused. You value clean, maintainable code, strong testing practices, and production-ready engineering standards.

### You Bring:

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

### You Will:

• 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

### How You’ll Use AI in This Role:

• AI-assisted coding and refactoring

• AI-generated test coverage and validation

• AI-supported debugging and root-cause analysis

• AI-assisted documentation and knowledge sharing

• Applying AI tools to reduce repetitive work and increase engineering leverage

### Who You Will Work With:

Reporting to an Engineering Manager (Mobile), this role collaborates closely with Product Managers, designers, backend and platform engineers, QA, Senior Android engineers, and the sibling iOS mobile team on a daily basis.

### Must Have’s:

• 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

### Nice to Have’s:

• Compose in production

• Exposure to Hilt, Room, WorkManager, or CameraX

• Marketplace / e-commerce mobile experience

• Familiarity with hybrid WebView surfaces

** What We Offer: **

• 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

** Sound like a match? Apply Now - We can't wait to hear from you! ** **

Compensation Range of**

Annual Salary: $85,000.00 - $125,000.00 USD (Depending on experience, skill set, qualifications, and other relevant factors.)