Sr. Software Development Engineer - Android

esper.io; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

esper.io is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer focused on Android to build capabilities in Android agents/SDKs and apps, lead initiatives, and mentor junior engineers. You will own end‑to‑end features on Android, collaborate with Product and Design, and ship reliable, secure functionality powering our device‑management platform.

You will improve performance, participate in on‑call rotations, and contribute to architecture and engineering standards.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Android development

Kotlin/Java

Jetpack

Background work

API integration

Testing & CI/CD

Git workflows

AI tools

Security

On-call / SLI/SLOs

Tools

Android Studio

CI/CD tools

AI development tools

Job description

Sr. Software Development Engineer - Android

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