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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** ApTask
- **Location:** Burlingame, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $196,955.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Android Software Development, Systems Engineering, C++ (Programming Language), Software Debugging, Mobile Application Software, Machine Learning, Performance Tuning, Software Engineering, System Programming, Multithreading, Large Language Models, Concurrency, Reliability of Systems, Backend, Kotlin, Event Driven Architecture, Low Latency, Asynchronous Programming, Wearables
- **Published:** September 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/704eebe4-d83b-42da-b801-b66e1d225a11

## About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Mobile Systems Engineer with extensive client-server experience to design and implement software systems spanning wearable devices, mobile applications (iOS/Android), and distributed backend services. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of concurrency, performance optimization, and system reliability., * 10+ years of relevant experience

 * Experience building mobile products in Kotlin/Swift with distributed backends
 * Experience in multithreaded, event-driven systems
 * Strong background in system engineering, including architecture design, performance optimization, and system reliability improvements
 * Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Desired skills:

 * Experience building wearable products (glasses, watches, MR headsets, etc)
 * Proficient system programming in either C++ or Rust
 * AI/ML Engineering experience, including LLM prompt tuning, evaluation, tool calling, and agent workflows

## Description

* Design and implement software systems spanning wearable devices, iOS/Android mobile applications, and distributed backend services
 * Utilize proficiency in Kotlin or Swift and asynchronous programming
 * Manage memory, resource ownership, race conditions, and deadlock preventions
 * Debug race conditions, thread-safety issues, and complex concurrency issues
 * Optimize CPU, memory, latency, and system reliability


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