AI First Sr. Android Developer

Openlane; Canada; Hybrid; CAD 125,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

RRSP matching

Paid vacation

Job summary

OPENLANE is seeking an AI-first Sr. Android Developer to build and scale our digital wholesale marketplace mobile experiences.

You will own Android features end-to-end, collaborating with Product, iOS, backend, and platform teams while embracing AI as a driver of speed and quality. You will lead architecture decisions, elevate testing and CI practices, and mentor engineers in a fast-evolving AI-enabled development landscape.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional Android development.
• Proficiency in Kotlin and modern Android tools.
• Experience shipping Android apps to the Google Play Store.
• AI-first mindset and ability to evaluate AI outputs critically.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and ship Android features for seller and buyer experiences.
• Lead technical direction on Android architecture and multi-module boundaries.
• Improve testing (unit/UI) and CI gates; ensure reliable releases.
• Mentor engineers on judgment, craft, and AI tools usage.

Skills

Kotlin

Android development

AI tools usage

Testing & QA

CI/CD

Jetpack Compose

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Retrofit

OkHttp

Room

StateFlow

Hilt

Jetpack Compose

Job description

## AI First Sr. Android DeveloperApply: Remote: Remote, Canada: Remote, United States: Full time: Posted Today: R-255107**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 Sr. Software Engineer (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 spanning seller and buyer experiences, partnering closely with Product, iOS, backend, and platform 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 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)* End-to-end ownership of features from design collaboration through release and follow-up**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 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) ## **You Will:*** Design, build, and ship Android features across seller and buyer marketplace experiences* Lead technical direction on Android: multi-module boundaries, Composelegacy UI coexistence, and shared platform concerns (auth/OIDC, flags, analytics)* Raise the bar on testing (unit, UI, coverage) and CI gates; partner on Play / Firebase distribution and release hygiene* Use AI tools to accelerate delivery while mentoring Intermediate engineers on judgment and craft* Partner with iOS so product behavior stays aligned across platforms ## **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, and the sibling iOS mobile team on a daily basis. ## **Must Have’s:*** 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 ## **Nice to Have’s:*** Jetpack Compose in production at scale* Experience modernizing legacy Android (XML/Fragments → Compose; Rx → coroutines)* 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**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: $125,000.00 - $16,000.00 CAD(Depending on experience, skill set, qualifications, and other relevant factors.)