Sr. Software Development Engineer - Android

Esper; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Esper is hiring a Senior Software Development Engineer (Android) based in Bengaluru, India. The role involves building innovative capabilities in Android agents and SDKs, mentoring junior engineers, and leading initiatives to improve performance and reliability across features.

As a key engineer, you will collaborate closely with Product and Design teams to deliver secure and reliable functionality, contributing to the architecture and engineering standards of the device-management platform.

Qualifications

• 4–8 years of Android development experience.
• Experience building and maintaining production systems.
• Familiarity with testing discipline and modern workflows.

Responsibilities

• Build Android features with robust background work, offline resiliency, and security.
• Collaborate with backend teams on API contracts; contribute to services/APIs.
• Lead or participate in on-call rotations for Android components.

Skills

Android development

Kotlin

Java

CI/CD

API consumption

Tools

Git

AI-assisted development tools

Job description

About the Role

We’re hiring a Senior Software Development Engineer (Android) to build capabilities in our Android agents/SDKs and apps, lead well‑scoped initiatives, and mentor junior engineers. You’ll own end‑to‑end features on Android, collaborate with Product and Design, and ship reliable, secure functionality that powers our device‑management platform.

What You’ll Do

• Build Android features with robust background work, offline resiliency, and security
• Partner with backend teams on API contracts; optionally contribute to services/APIs
• Improve performance & reliability (startup, ANR, jank, crash‑free %) and drive technical debt pay‑down
• Lead or participate in on‑call rotations for Android components; define/enhance SLIs/SLOs
• Contribute to architecture decisions and engineering standards
• Use AI tools to improve velocity while maintaining quality and security

AI‑Native Productivity Integration

• Advanced IDEs: Masterfully apply AI‑first development environments such as Claude Code, AWS Bedrock, OpenAI, among others to dramatically accelerate productivity.
• Context Architecture: Utilize the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to provide AI agents with secure, precise access to local codebase metadata and infrastructure schemas.
• Agentic Systems: Deploy autonomous Multi‑Agent workflows that handle automated testing and full‑stack scaffolding with self‑correcting feedback loops.

Experience

• 4–8 years Android development experience
• Experience building and maintaining production systems

Requirements

• Android (Kotlin/Java), Jetpack; concurrency, background work, networking, storage, permissions
• Testing discipline and CI/CD familiarity; Git and modern workflows
• Understanding of client‑server interactions and API consumption
• Familiarity with AI‑assisted development tools and sound verification practices

Bonus

• Experience with MDM or device management systems
• Android Enterprise; AOSP familiarity
• CI/CD familiarity
• MQTT/Websocket familiarity