Lead Software Engineer (Android)

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 are seeking a Lead Android Software Engineer with experience in modern Android architecture, Kotlin development, and team leadership. You will be part of a Mobile Engineering team responsible for building and maintaining high-performance mobile experiences. You will be involved in leading architectural decisions, mentoring developers, and driving major codebase improvements. In this role, you will have the opportunity to use your experience in mobile development, performance optimization, and team mentorship. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of Android experience, with at least 2 years in a leadership or mentorship role.

• Technically Insightful. You make strategic architecture decisions and understand how to evolve a codebase over time.

• Mentorship-Focused. You grow your teammates through code reviews, pair programming, and knowledge sharing.

• Detail-Oriented. You ensure code quality through best practices, testing, and documentation.

• Collaborative. You thrive in cross-functional teams and value alignment with product and design partners.
   

• Lead technical decisions and establish architecture standards and Android best practices.

• Mentor team members to promote skill growth and increase team capability.

• Orchestrate the migration of legacy code from Java to Kotlin to modernize the codebase.

• Maintain high code quality via peer reviews, documentation, and test automation.

• Collaborate with Product, Design, and Backend teams to ensure timely and aligned feature delivery.

• Identify and resolve technical bottlenecks while improving overall development workflows.
   

• Reporting to the Software Development Manager, this role will collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, Backend Engineers, and QA on a daily basis.

• Frequent collaboration with Engineering Leadership to shape long-term technical strategies.

• Occasional interaction with DevOps and Infrastructure teams to ensure robust CI/CD and release processes.
   

• 5+ years of professional Android development experience.

• 2+ years of demonstrated leadership and/or mentoring responsibilities.

• Expert-level proficiency in Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and Android architectural patterns like MVVM and Clean Architecture.

• Hands-on experience with Dagger/Hilt, Coroutines, and consuming RESTful APIs.

• Strong skills in performance optimization, debugging, and code refactoring.

• Experience establishing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and utilizing efficient GitFlow practices.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with a commitment to mentoring and growth.
   

• Experience working with legacy Android technologies (e.g., Java, XML-based UI, older SDKs).

• Contributions to open-source Android projects or public technical writing.

• Familiarity with mobile analytics, A/B testing frameworks, or Firebase.

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!
 

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