Senior Android Systems Engineer — Device Management & OTA

OpenKrill; United States; Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 254,000; Full time

Job summary

Toast is seeking an experienced Android Systems engineer to own the design and delivery of features across Android system apps in Kotlin and Java, including device policy enforcement, setup flows, and firmware/app updates.

You will write technical designs spanning on-device apps, cloud services, and Toast hardware, lead planning, and build robust background services. You will mentor engineers, collaborate with hardware, QA, and product teams, and apply AI tools to raise velocity and quality.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of Android application development experience.
• Proficient in a modern object-oriented programming language such as Kotlin or Java.
• Deep experience with standard Android architecture patterns & libraries such as Hilt, AndroidX libraries, and Kotlin Coroutines.
• Solid understanding of Android application and service lifecycles, background work, and inter-process communication.
• Experience leading a cross-functional project with multiple engineers, product, QA, & design teams on a project from initial ideation through launch and supporting it in production.
• Proven ability to debug complex issues across the app, framework, and OS layers using tools such as adb, logcat, and bug reports.
• Experience using AI tools throughout the development lifecycle, from design and coding to testing and debugging.
• Clear written and verbal communication, including writing technical designs.
• Strong customer empathy and a drive to build reliable tools that make restaurant operators' lives easier.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and delivery of features across Toast's Android system applications in Kotlin and Java, including device policy enforcement, out-of-box device setup, and firmware and app updates.
• Write technical designs for features that span on-device apps, cloud services, and Toast hardware, and lead effort estimation and planning for your projects.
• Build reliable background services that run on devices with little to no user interaction, and deploy them safely to the Toast fleet using feature flags, staged rollouts, and monitoring for success.
• Lead Android application upgrades in support of new Toast Hardware and Android OS upgrades for our system apps, working closely with Hardware and Firmware partners.
• Raise the quality bar by expanding our end-to-end automated testing on real Toast hardware with Robot Framework, reducing manual regression testing.
• Lead the investigation of complex production issues across the fleet, and partner with Customer Care and pilot customers during device rollouts.
• Mentor engineers on the team through code review, design feedback, and pairing.
• Collaborate with Product Management, Hardware, QA, and other Software teams to build scalable systems, making solid technical decisions with quality, security, and maintainability in mind.
• Leverage cutting edge AI tools to enhance development workflow, improve velocity, and help pioneer new approaches to building, contributing to a culture of innovation and productivity across the team.

Skills

Android

Kotlin/Java

Android architecture patterns

Leadership

Debugging

AI tools

Communication

Customer empathy

Tools

ADB

Logcat

Robot Framework

UIAutomator

Job description

Toast is seeking an experienced Android Systems engineer to own the design and delivery of features across Android system apps in Kotlin and Java, including device policy enforcement, setup flows, and firmware/app updates.

You will write technical designs spanning on-device apps, cloud services, and Toast hardware, lead planning, and build robust background services. You will mentor engineers, collaborate with hardware, QA, and product teams, and apply AI tools to raise velocity and quality.