Remote Android AI Engineer (Kotlin, On-Device ML)

Protingent; Washington; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Protingent Staffing seeks an Android Software Engineer to own the Android client experience, including AI interactions on mobile. You will build a production Android application where AI features are core to performance, reliability, and clarity.

The role requires 3+ years of Kotlin Android development, experience with AI features, and strong debugging and performance skills. This is a direct-hire, fully remote position with market-rate compensation.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of Android development using Kotlin.
• Experience integrating AI features (LLM, vision, speech APIs).
• Strong understanding of asynchronous programming (Coroutines, Flow).
• Familiarity with REST or gRPC APIs and structured data formats.
• Strong debugging and performance profiling skills.
• Comfort with latency, partial failure, non-deterministic behavior.
• Experience with MLKit or on-device inference.
• Published apps on Google Play Store.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain production Android apps using Kotlin.
• Integrate AI-powered features 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.
• Stable, smooth, and reliable real-world use android applications.
• Performance is optimized: responsive, low-latency, and efficient on memory and CPU.
• Production issues are detected early, monitored effectively, and resolved with clear root-cause analysis.

Skills

Android Kotlin

AI features

Coroutines/Flow

REST/GRPC

Debugging

Performance profiling

Latency tolerance

MLKit

Published apps

Job description

Protingent Staffing seeks an Android Software Engineer to own the Android client experience, including AI interactions on mobile. You will build a production Android application where AI features are core to performance, reliability, and clarity.

The role requires 3+ years of Kotlin Android development, experience with AI features, and strong debugging and performance skills. This is a direct-hire, fully remote position with market-rate compensation.