AI-Powered Android Engineer (Kotlin)

ActAI; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

ActAI in New York is seeking an experienced Android Developer to own the Android client experience for AI-powered features. You will build a production Android app where AI interactions are core to the product, focusing on performance and reliability.

Collaborate with backend and ML engineers, design UX for streaming AI responses, handle partial results and retries, and ensure security and scalability in a production environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of Android development experience using Kotlin.
• Hands-on experience integrating AI features (e.g. LLM, vision, speech APIs).
• Strong understanding of asynchronous programming (Coroutines, Flow).

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain production Android apps using Kotlin.
• Integrate AI-powered features (chat, vision, voice, recommendations) via backend APIs.
• Design UX patterns for AI interactions, including streaming responses, retries, and partial results.
• Optimize performance, memory usage, and responsiveness for AI-heavy flows.
• Implement analytics, logging, and feedback capture to support AI evaluation and iteration.
• Collaborate closely with backend and ML engineers on API contracts and system behavior.
• Ensure app stability, security, and scalability in production environments.

Skills

Kotlin

Coroutines/Flow

REST/gRPC

Performance profiling

Android debugging

Tools

MLKit

TensorFlow Lite

Google Play Console

Job description

ActAI in New York is seeking an experienced Android Developer to own the Android client experience for AI-powered features. You will build a production Android app where AI interactions are core to the product, focusing on performance and reliability.

Collaborate with backend and ML engineers, design UX for streaming AI responses, handle partial results and retries, and ensure security and scalability in a production environment.