AI First Android Developer

## AI First Android DeveloperApply: Remote: Remote, Canada: Full time: Posted Today: R-255102Who 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 engineersAI-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 landscapeTechnical 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 t