Staff/Senior Android Engineer

About the Company

Ambient combines a decade of operational experience with design and engineering prowess to improve apartment living and management in the most impactful, cost-effective way possible.

The name "Ambient" embodies our vision to create a category-defining platform that seamlessly integrates smart technology into the built environment and transforms the way people live, visit, and work in multifamily communities. Our focus is on increasing the value of multifamily properties by making them more efficient to operate and more comfortable to live in.

Overview

We're looking for a Staff or Senior Android Engineer to take a leading role in shaping the mobile experience for our residents. Our Android app is the primary interface residents use to control smart devices in their communities and their units — lights, locks, thermostats, and more — giving this role a direct and substantial impact on how people live in Ambient-powered communities.

You'll own core parts of the Android codebase and help define our mobile architecture as the platform evolves. While Android will be your primary focus, we value engineers who can flex across platforms when needed — including occasional contributions to iOS for cross-platform alignment.

This is a high-impact, hands-on role for someone who combines deep technical expertise with strong product instincts. We're looking for a strategic thinker and creative problem solver — someone who thrives in a fast-moving environment, collaborates well across disciplines, and consistently pushes for elegant, scalable and clean solutions. You'll work closely with design, product, and backend teams to bring new features to life and continuously improve the quality, performance, code coverage and reliability of our mobile platform.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain core features of our Android applications, with occasional contributions to our iOS app
• Collaborate with product and design to shape intuitive and thoughtful user experiences
• Provide guidance and suggestions to product on newly added features available for the android ecosystem
• Drive coordination with backend teams to define APIs, manage data contracts, and ensure seamless end-to-end feature delivery
• Improve and evolve our mobile engineering practices — including build systems, automated testing, code quality, and release processes
• Define mobile architecture, observability, and security standards to support performance, scale, and device integrations
• Mentor other engineers through code reviews, technical design sessions, and pairing
• Champion clean, maintainable, and well-documented code across the mobile stack

Qualifications

• 8-12 years of experience building and maintaining native Android applications, including 2 years operating at a senior or staff level
• Strong proficiency in Kotlin and deep familiarity with Android fundamentals, including Jetpack Compose and MVVM architecture
• Comfortable working in Swift and contributing to iOS codebases when needed
• Strong grasp of mobile engineering best practices, including modularization, performance optimization, CI/CD, unit testing and app observability
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to define APIs, shape user experiences, and deliver high-quality mobile features
• Familiarity with mobile design systems, custom UI components, and responsive layouts
• A bias for execution, the ability to work independently to solve problems, and a track record of driving projects from design to delivery
• A deep understanding of computer science and software engineering fundamentals
• Ability to quickly iterate without compromising on quality or maintainability
• Nice-to-have: Experience integrating with smart home devices or hardware protocols (e.g., BLE, Zigbee, Z-Wave)

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Ambient Property Technologies Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability or genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.

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