Senior Software Engineer (Mobile Platform)

When a drone understands its surroundings, it can respond to a much richer set of input commands, allowing a user with a mobile device to communicate with the drone at a much higher level than before

We’re looking for a Senior Android Engineer who is excited to help architect, develop, and polish native mobile applications for the most powerful real-world tool of our generation

You will own critical subsystems that bridge our C++ autonomy engine with the Android application layer, and mentor other engineers on NDK and systems-level best practices

Architect and build advanced drone control features that integrate low-latency communication between device, drone, and cloud

Design and improve video streaming, augmented reality, and real-time telemetry rendering on Android

Own the JNI/NDK layer that bridges our C++ autonomy libraries with the Kotlin application

Drive technical decisions on performance-critical paths (memory management, threading, GPU utilization)

Work cross-functionally with autonomy, firmware, cloud, and product teams to deliver best-in-class drone control applications

Mentor engineers and raise the bar on native Android and C++ code quality- 3-5+ years professional software engineering experience, with substantial work in both C++ and Android (Kotlin/Java)

Deep experience with the Android NDK and JNI — you’ve built and debugged native libraries that ship in production Android apps

Track record of shipping mobile apps that integrate with hardware, IoT devices, or robots

Previous experience with one or more graphics APIs such as Vulkan, OpenGL ES, or Metal

Proficiency in Kotlin and the modern Android ecosystem (Coroutines, Jetpack/Architecture Components, Gradle)

Proficiency in Linux development environments

Strong debugging and profiling skills across the native/managed boundary (ASan, Perfetto, Android Studio profilers)

Experience with low-latency network communication (UDP, WebRTC, or custom protocols)

Familiarity with video codecs (H.264/H.265), camera pipelines, or real-time media processing

AOSP or Android platform/framework-level experience

Experience with Bazel build system

Have shipped mobile apps that integrate with IoT devices or robots