Android Framework Engineer

Flock Safety is looking for an Android Framework Engineer to join our Device OS Team. To be clear: this is an Embedded Systems role, not a Mobile App role. We build on headless, custom AOSP builds-meaning there are no UI components, no Fragments, and no Play Store. You will be responsible for the "guts" of the device, developing the system services, IPC interfaces (AIDL), and hardware abstractions that allow our AI-driven cameras to capture and process data autonomously in the field for years. If you enjoy working at the intersection of the Android OS and custom hardware, this is your playground., We are a results-oriented culture and believe job descriptions are a thing of the past. We prescribe to 90 day plans and believe that good days, lead to good weeks, which lead to good months. This serves as a preview of the 90 day plan you will receive if you were to be hired as an Android Framework Engineer at Flock Safety.

• Bring experience designing versioned service interfaces via AIDL/HIDL to expose device functionality to headless Kotlin apps via a custom SDK
• Have developed testable service implementations in Rust/C++
• Bring knowledge of the android build system and best practices for API design between kernel and apps
• Have strong Kotlin/JAVA development experience such as but not limited to

• Exposure to coroutines & OS threading concepts such as semaphores, synchronization, deadlocks
• familiar with android profiler & memory leaks/management, etc.
• Unit testing, CTS/VTS.
• Power and performance optimizations, profiler, perfetto, tracing

• Have exposure to or interest in AOSP development:

• Including shell scripting experience & init.rc
• Exposure to security and SE Policy
• Possess strong debugging skills on custom Android HW.
• Ability to trace app code through different layers of the stack
• OTA update experience
• Reliability / self-healing
• Network / connectivity
• Tombstone / bugreport analysis

• System app development, methodologies, design patterns, etc.
• Have experience with architecture, design, and documentation.
• Skilled in JIRA, Confluence, Jenkins, Gerrit, Git/GitHub.

Nice to Haves:

• C/C++ skills and expertise with lower levels of the stack such as kernel, services, bootloaders etc.
• Linux kernel driver development experience
• Experience working on Linux platforms, including Embedded Linux
• Familiarity with tools like perfetto used for debugging and performance
• Familiarity with Qualcomm based Android devices
• Experience with Qualcomm Camera Stack
• Have the ability to write automation shell scripts to improve self productivity and share such helper scripts with the team to boost overall productivity.

Reposted 12 Hours Ago Remote Hiring Remotely in USA 130K-160K Annually Mid level Remote Hiring Remotely in USA 130K-160K Annually Mid level The Android Framework Engineer will develop system services and hardware abstractions for AI-driven cameras, focusing on embedded systems rather than mobile apps. The summary above was generated by AI Who is Flock?

Every community deserves to be safe, it's a fundamental right. Our mission is simple - to build technology that reduces crime and protects privacy. Flock partners with cities, businesses, schools, and neighborhoods to help protect where people live, work, and play. Last year, Flock technology supported over 1 million criminal investigations. We've also helped solve approximately 20% of reported crimes in areas where we're deployed, and have played a role in locating more than 10,000 missing people.

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• Familiarize yourself with members of the Engineering Team
• Understand Flock device product goals and system design

The First 60 Days

• Contribute to system apps development
• Contribute to system services development
• Expand the use and accessibility to engineers

90 Days & Beyond

• Be a key contributor to system apps and system services.
• Be a key contributor in developing the new products and the next generation.
• Play a central role in streamlining the code to ensure it supports multiple platforms

Salary & Equity

In this role, you'll receive a starting salary of $130,000-$160,000 as well as Flock Stock Options.

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Flexible PTO: We seriously mean it, plus 11 company holidays.

️Fully-paid health benefits plan for employees: including Medical, Dental, and Vision and an HSA match.

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WFH Stipend: $150 per month to cover the costs of working from home.

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