Lead Kotlin Engineer (Automotive)

Drivers of change — it’s your time to pave new ways.

Intellias, a leading software engineering provider in the automotive industry, invites you to shape the future of mobility. Join our team and co-create innovative digital products for top-tier global automotive brands.

Project Overview

We are looking for a Lead Android Platform Developer to join an IVI project for a major automotive OEM.You will work on developing Connectivity components within the Android Platform — including HAL and service-layer development.

Responsibilities

• Develop new features for Android Automotive applications, ensuring modularity, reusability, and testability

• Enhance existing functionalities, improving the quality of libraries and tools

• Ensure feature implementation aligns with client expectations

• Participate in requirements analysis and architectural design

• Prepare detailed and component-level designs

• Provide time estimates and evaluate time/performance/quality trade-offs

• Contribute to architectural planning and refactoring

• Perform code reviews

• Report progress, outcomes, and potential blockers

• Participate in technical interviews

• Collaborate effectively with engineers and other stakeholders, sharing knowledge and insights

Requirements

• Strong proficiency in Kotlin and Java, with a solid understanding of Android application architecture

• Strong knowledge of OOAD, design patterns, and API design principles

• Excellent analytical, algorithmic, and optimization skills

• 4–5 years of leadership experience

• Familiarity with Jetpack libraries, including Jetpack Compose

• Proficiency in multithreading and concurrency (Kotlin Coroutines / RxJava)

• Hands-on experience with Android Studio and Gradle

• Strong understanding of Android Automotive platform architecture

• Expertise in HAL and Android Services

• Strong software architecture design skills

• Practical experience with multithreading issues (race conditions, deadlocks, etc.)

• Experience with unit testing and debugging tools

• Strong communication skills (verbal and written) across technical and non-technical teams

• High critical thinking skills and ability to propose solutions aligned with business goals

• Self-motivated, well-organized, detail-oriented, strong team player

• Creativity and high level of independence

• Experience with all phases of the SDLC

• Understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)

• Willingness to visit the office in Munich

• English: Upper-Intermediate (B2)

Nice to Have

• Strong understanding of C++, memory management, STL containers, and algorithms

• Eagerness to learn new technologies independently

• Experience with bug-tracking tools (Bugzilla, Jira, etc.)

• Experience with Git (branching strategies, pull requests, tagging)

• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub)

• Knowledge of build tools (CMake/Make)

• Experience with Python and Bash scripting

• Experience creating technical documentation

• Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

Perks and Benefits:

• Flexible work schedule

• Fixed financial bonus issued upfront on a quarterly basis, covering the average market price of private medical care and sport card - B2B contract

• Present on the occasion of birthday, wedding, child birth

• E-learning accounts for Coursera, O'Relly, Udemy

• Corporate language school