Open Source Android Engineer: AOSP & Community Leadership

Fairphone; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 holidays per year

Hybrid model with home office support

Laptop and devices

Pension scheme

Lunch & coffee

Transport & bike allowances

Learning budget & Udemy access

Gym and wellbeing services

Job summary

Fairphone is seeking an Open Source Software Engineer to shape our strategy for collaborating with open source contributors on Android devices. You will drive upstreaming toward AOSP and community projects, working with partners like LineageOS, Murena, CalyxOS, and Nura, and report to the OS Longevity Tech Lead.

You will collaborate with senior engineers across the Android/Linux stack to strengthen our open source engagement, ensure high-quality code, and help extend device longevity while

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on Android ecosystem experience.
• 5+ years of open-source development experience.
• Strong knowledge of core Android stacks and languages (C/C++, Rust, Java, Kotlin).
• Software quality driven with unit/integration testing and CI.
• Proficient with GNU/Linux and scripting (shell, Python).
• Fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement a strategy for engaging with open source communities on Android devices.
• Lead ongoing open sourcing activities focused on device source trees.
• Engage with open source partners and contributors to share sources and solutions.

Skills

Android ecosystem

Open-source dev

C/C++

Rust

Java

Kotlin

Shell

Python

Git

GNU/Linux

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Fairphone is seeking an Open Source Software Engineer to shape our strategy for collaborating with open source contributors on Android devices. You will drive upstreaming toward AOSP and community projects, working with partners like LineageOS, Murena, CalyxOS, and Nura, and report to the OS Longevity Tech Lead.

You will collaborate with senior engineers across the Android/Linux stack to strengthen our open source engagement, ensure high-quality code, and help extend device longevity while