Lead Kotlin Engineer for Automotive OEM

Drivers of change, it’s your time to pave new ways. Intellias, a leading software provider in the automotive industry, invites you to shape the future of driving. Join the team and co-create digital products for the world’s top-tier brands.

What project we have for you

Intellias is looking for a Lead Android Platform Developer for IVI development for major automotive OEM.

Project will be focused on development of Connectivity components in Android Platform which will include development HAL and service layer components.

What you will do

• Develop new features in Android Automotive applications including the design of interfaces and implementation to support reusability, testability, and modularity in accordance with the agreed plans and quality standards
• Enhance existing features and improving the quality of the libraries and tools
• Ensure that feature implementation meets client expectations
• Participate in the requirements analysis, architecture
• Undertake detailed design and component-level design
• Provide time estimates and time/performance/quality trade-offs to management and other teams
• Contribute to architectural planning and refactoring
• Perform code reviews
• Report the status, results, and roadblocks
• Conduct an interviews
• Collaborate effectively with engineers and other team members, transfer knowledge and insights

What you need for this

• Strong Kotlin and Java development skills with a solid understanding of Android application architecture
• Good knowledge of OOAD, architecture and design patterns, and API design principles
• Excellent analytical, algorithmic, and optimization skills
• At least 4–5 years of leadership experience
• Familiarity with Jetpack libraries, including Jetpack Compose
• Proficiency in multithreading and concurrency using Kotlin Coroutines and/or RxJava
• Strong experience with Android Studio, gradle
• Good understanding of Android Automotive platform architecture
• Strong expertise in HAL and Android services
• Software architecture design skills
• Hands-on experience with multithreading, including race conditions, deadlocks, etc.
• Practical experience with unit testing
• Experience with debugging tools
• Ability to communicate effectively, both written and verbal, with technical and non-technical multi-functional teams
• High critical thinking skills to evaluate alternatives and present solutions that are consistent with business objectives and strategy
• Self-motivated, well-organized, detail-oriented, and a strong team player
• Creativity and high level of independence
• Experience with all phases of the software development life cycle
• Understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and engineering practices
• Willingness to visit the office in Munich
• English level: Upper-Intermediate (B2)

Will be a plus:

• Strong understanding of C++, memory management, STL containers, and algorithms
• Aptitude and desire to independently learn new technologies
• Experience with bug-tracking tools like Bugzilla, Jira, etc.
• Experience with code versioning tools such as Git (pull requests, branching strategies, tags, etc.)
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub)
• Familiarity with the build process management tools such as CMake/Make
• Experience with Python, bash scripting
• Experience in documentation creation
• Experience with containers (Docker, Kubernetes)