[Remote] Senior Android Engineer (Digital Signage & Media Platforms)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Spectrio is a leader in digital signage and customer engagement solutions, empowering businesses to transform their physical spaces. They are seeking a Senior Android Engineer to develop and maintain Android applications for headless media players and ensure high-performance media playback and device management.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain Android services and apps for headless and non-touch environments, ensuring the application boots instantly and recovers automatically from failures
• Optimize video pipelines using ExoPlayer/Media3 to handle 4K content, seamless looping, and multi-zone rendering without dropped frames
• Implement and tune HLS, RTSP, and Multicast (UDP) streaming capabilities, focusing on low-latency delivery and robust buffer management
• Work directly with device hardware APIs (serial ports, HDMI-CEC, USB-HID) to control screens, sensors, and external peripherals
• Develop logic for Remote Device Management (RDM), including silent background updates, real-time telemetry, and remote screenshot/logging capabilities
• Own 'Always-On' reliability—managing memory leaks, thermal throttling, and offline-first data persistence (Room/SQLite) to survive network outages

Skills

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a strong focus on Android development
• Expertise in Kotlin and/or Java with deep knowledge of the Android SDK
• Experience building and maintaining Android background services, including Services, Broadcast Receivers, and WorkManager
• Strong experience with media playback frameworks such as ExoPlayer or Media3
• Hands-on experience with video streaming protocols, including HLS, RTSP, DASH, or Multicast
• Solid understanding of networking concepts, including sockets, MQTT, and WebSockets
• Experience working with hardware-accelerated video decoding (e.g., H.264, HEVC)
• Experience optimizing application performance using tools such as Android Profiler or similar
• Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve system-level issues (memory, CPU, stability)
• Experience designing and building highly reliable, always-on systems
• SoC Experience: Experience developing for professional displays (e.g., Sony Pro Bravia, Philips/TPV, or specialized Android Media Players)
• AOSP/MDM: Knowledge of Android Enterprise, Custom ROMs, or MDM (Mobile Device Management) APIs
• Web Technologies: Familiarity with the WebView stack and hardware-accelerated Chromium rendering (common in signage)
• CI/CD: Experience with automated deployment to physical device labs

Benefits

• Remote Work: We believe great work happens where you feel most inspired, backed by a culture that prioritizes connection, collaboration, and flexibility.
• Company-provided monthly internet allowance included.
• Vacation/Personal Time: Prorated PTO that accrues per pay period after 30 days of employment.
• 3-5 Years of Service: 17 days per year.
• 5+ Years of Service: 20 days per year.
• Paid Sick Leave: All employees accrue up to 40 hours (5 days) of sick time per year.
• Company Paid Holidays: 10 observed holidays per year
• Medical Insurance: Three plan options (Low HSA, Mid, and High Plans); Dental Insurance: High and Low PPO plan options; and Vision Insurance.
• Basic Life Insurance: $50,000 policy, 100% employer-paid.
• Short-Term Disability: 100% employer-paid; covers 60% of weekly salary for up to 26 weeks.
• Voluntary Benefits: Optional purchase of Voluntary Life/AD&D, Long-Term Disability, Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity.
• Pet Benefits Plan
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Confidential 24/7 support
• Paid Parental Leave
• 401k
• HSA
• FSA
• Dependent Care FSA
• Short and Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• EAP
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Sick Time
• Paid Holidays
• Education Reimbursement

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