AI First Sr. Android Developer

OPNC OPENLANE Canada Inc; Toronto; On-site; CAD 125,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Medical, dental, vision benefits

RRSP/401K match

Paid vacation, personal & sick time

Parental leave

Life insurance & disability

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

OPENLANE Canada Inc. is seeking a senior Android Software Engineer to design, build, and ship features across seller and buyer marketplace experiences. You’ll lead Android direction for multi-module apps, balance Compose with legacy UI, and collaborate with product, iOS, and backend teams.

AI-first mindset and proactive testing are essential. You will mentor engineers, oversee CI gates, and contribute to platform modernization while delivering production-ready code and high-quality mobile

Qualifications

• 5+ years professional Android development (or equivalent depth).
• Proficiency in Kotlin and Android app deployment to Play Store.
• Experience owning features end-to-end with reliability and quality.
• AI-first mindset with daily use of AI development tools and critical evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and ship Android features for seller and buyer experiences.
• Lead technical direction on multi-module Android apps and shared platform concerns.
• Improve testing coverage and CI gates; collaborate on distribution and release hygiene.
• Mentor engineers on judgment and craft; coordinate with iOS and product teams.

Skills

Kotlin

Android development

AI-first mindset

Ownership of features

Team collaboration

Play Store deployment

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Jetpack Compose

Retrofit/OkHttp

Room

Hilt

BrowserStack

Job description

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, Compose vs legacy 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

Compensation Range of Annual Salary: $125,000.00 - $16,000.00 CAD (Depending on experience, skill set, qualifications, and other relevant factors.)

OPENLANE makes wholesale easy so our customers can be more successful. Our end‑to‑end platform serves the remarketing needs of the world’s largest OEMs, dealers, fleet operators, rental companies and financial institutions. We’re a technology company delivering next generation tools to accelerate and simplify remarketing. We’re an analytics company leveraging data to inform and empower our customers with clear, actionable insights. And we’re an auction company powering the world’s most advanced digital used vehicle marketplaces. In 2021, OPENLANE sold nearly 2.6 million vehicles valued at over $40 billion through our auctions and generated approximately $2.3 billion in revenue. Our integrated digital marketplaces and vehicle logistics centers reduce risk, improve transparency and streamline the experience for customers in about 75 countries.

OPENLANE continues to make investments in innovation, strategic acquisitions and integrations to better serve our customers. Headquartered in Carmel, Indiana, OPENLANE has about 5,000 employees and maintains business units across North America, Europe, the Philippines and Uruguay. Together, the OPENLANE brands provide a complete remarketing solution for our customers.

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OPENLANE is an equal opportunity employer and a drug‑free workplace.