Ai First Android Developer

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R-255102**Who We Are:**At OPENLANE we make wholesale easy so our customers can be more successful.**We’re a technology company** building the world’s most advanced—and uncomplicated—digital marketplace for used vehicles.**We’re a data company** helping customers buy and sell smarter with clear, actionable insights they can understand and use.**And we’re an innovation company** accelerating the future of wholesale remarketing through curiosity, collaboration, and an entrepreneurial spirit.**Our Values:****Driven Waybuilders**. We pursue challenges that inspire us to build, create, and innovate.**Relentless Curiosity.** We seek to understand and improve our customers’ experience.**Smart Risk-Taking.** We transform risk into progress through data, experience, and intuition.**Fearless Ownership.** We deliver what we promise and learn along the way.## **We’re Looking For:**We’re hiring AI-first Software Engineers (Android) to build, evolve, and scale OPENLANE’s digital marketplace mobile experiences.These roles are for engineers who already treat AI as a first-class development tool, not a novelty. You’ll use AI to move faster, ship higher-quality software, and reduce operational and development toil, while still applying strong engineering judgment, ownership, and systems thinking.You’ll work on customer-facing wholesale marketplace apps, partnering closely with Product, Senior Android engineers, iOS, and backend teams.AI is an accelerator. Engineering ownership still matters.
## **Why OPENLANE:*** Work on real-time, high-value marketplace systems at scale* Be part of a major platform modernization and AI transformation* Use AI as a first-class development tool—not an experiment* Collaborate with experienced engineers, product leaders, and platform teams* Grow in an environment that values learning, ownership, and impact
## **You Are:*** **AI-forward.** You already use AI tools to enhance development speed, quality, and efficiency, and you continuously adapt as tooling evolves.* **Product-minded.** You think beyond code and understand how technical decisions impact customers and business outcomes.* **Ownership-driven.** You take responsibility for systems end-to-end, including reliability and operational health.* **Technically curious.** You enjoy learning new technologies and thoughtfully evaluating emerging approaches.* **Quality-focused.** You value clean, maintainable code, strong testing practices, and production-ready engineering standards.
## **You Bring:****Core Engineering Skills*** Experience shipping production Android features in a team codebase* Solid Kotlin and modern Android UI skills;
willingness to work in a mid-migration codebase* Comfort with CI, tests, and code review* Growing end-to-end ownership of features with guidance from Senior engineers**AI-First Mindset*** Actively uses AI development tools (code copilots, AI debuggers, test generators)* Curious about applying AI to real customer and business problems* Able to critically evaluate AI outputs instead of blindly accepting them* Comfortable learning and adapting in a fast-changing tool landscape**Technical Experience*** Kotlin;
Jetpack Compose and/or XML Views* Coroutines;
basic DI (Hilt);
ViewModels / StateFlow-style UI state* REST networking;
local persistence basics* Familiarity with feature flags and mobile analytics* Unit testing (e.G. MockK, Turbine) and willingness to grow UI/instrumentation testing
## **You Will:*** Implement Android features across seller and buyer marketplace experiences* Ship Compose UI with clear state/events;
touch legacy XML only as needed with support* Write unit tests and meet team CI bars (formatting, coverage)* Use AI tools daily to accelerate coding, tests, and debugging—then verify before merge* Collaborate with Product/design and learn shared platform concerns (flags, analytics, auth) under Senior guidance* Pair with iOS counterparts on shared product behavior
## **How You’ll Use AI in This Role:*** AI-assisted coding and refactoring* AI-generated test coverage and validation* AI-supported debugging and root-cause analysis* AI-assisted documentation and knowledge sharing* Applying AI tools to reduce repetitive work and increase engineering leverage
## **Who You Will Work With:**Reporting to an Engineering Manager (Mobile), this role collaborates closely with Product Managers, designers, backend and platform engineers, QA, Senior Android engineers, and the sibling iOS mobile team on a daily basis.
## **Must Have’s:*** 3+ years professional Android development (or equivalent depth)* Proficiency in Kotlin* Experience shipping at least one production Android app* AI-first mindset and active use of AI development tools with critical evaluation of outputs* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience
## **Nice to Have’s:*** Compose in production* Exposure to Hilt, Room, WorkManager, or CameraX* Marketplace / e-commerce mobile experience* Familiarity with hybrid WebView surfaces**What We Offer:*** Competitive pay* Medical, dental, and vision benefits with employer HSA contributions (US) and FSA options (US)* Immediately vested 401K (US) or RRSP (Canada) with company match* Paid Vacation, Personal, and Sick Time* Paid maternity and paternity leave (US)* Employer-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, life insurance, and AD&D (US)* Robust Employee Assistance Program* Employer paid Leap into Service Day to volunteer* Tuition Reimbursement for eligible programs* Opportunities to expand your skill set and share your knowledge across a publicly traded, global organization* Company culture of internal promotions, diverse career paths, and meaningful advancement**Sound like a match? Apply Now - We can't wait to hear from you!****Compensation Range of**Annual Salary: $90,000.00 - $125,000.00 CAD(Depending on experience, skill set, qualifications, and other relevant factors.)#J-18808-Ljbffr