Embedded Software Engineer, Flock Safety

• Experience with Android Open Source Project (AOSP) & Framework
• Bring experience designing versioned service interfaces via AIDL/HIDL to expose device functionality to headless Kotlin apps via a custom SDK
• Have developed production-ready, testable system service implementations in Rust and C++
• Have knowledge of the Android build system and best practices for API design between the kernel and apps
• System App Development: Strong Kotlin/Java development experience for system-level components and privileged apps, including:
• Exposure to coroutines and OS threading concepts such as semaphores, synchronization, and deadlocks
• Familiarity with the Android profiler, memory leak detection, and memory management
• Unit testing using JUnit and MockK, using facades and dependency injection
• Proficiency with:
• Shell scripting experience and init.rc
• Exposure to security and SEPolicy
• Possess strong debugging skills on custom Android hardware
• Have the ability to trace app code through different layers of the stack
• Understand system app development, methodologies, and design patterns
• Have experience with architecture, design, and documentation
• Are skilled in Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, Gerrit, and Git/GitHub

Desirable

• Flock is looking for a system-level engineer to own and develop critical device functionality
• No UI components here! We run on headless, custom Android devices
• Our Engineering team is made up of driven people who are responsible for all the code running on the variety of devices Flock deploys in the real world
• They enable the entire experience by providing Android Applications, Services, and other key components that reliably capture, process, and upload data for years at a time without needing human interaction to keep them running
• Take ownership of a feature or module and deliver it with high quality
• Be responsible for a certain amount of QA and quality of your work
• Write clean, testable, and automatable code
• Document your work and test cases, and collaborate with program, product, QA, and other engineering teams
• Estimate work with reasonable accuracy and communicate adjustments as needed
• Assist in resolving issues reported in the field
• Identify and champion new features that will benefit Flock
• Identify and improve upon deficiencies in our products and processes
• Give tech talks
• The First 30 Days
• Learn as much as possible about Flock's devices, cloud systems, and customer requirements
• Familiarize yourself with members of the Engineering Team
• Understand Flock's device product goals and system design
• The First 60 Days
• Contribute to system app development
• Contribute to system services development
• Improve and expand the tools and services available to other engineers
• 90 Days & Beyond
• Become a key contributor to our system apps and services
• Be a key contributor in developing new products and the next generation of our platform
• Play a central role in streamlining code to ensure it supports multiple platforms