Sr. Software Engineering Manager – Android

• 📍 Location (New Zealand): Chicago, United States 🇺🇸
• 💼 Employment Type: Permanent, Full-time
• 💰 Base (USD): 185k – 210k per annum
• 📅 Start Date: Immediate / Negotiable

🌊 About the Company

We are a global technology team committed to challenging conventions and innovating next-generation systems that transform experiences in marine and embedded systems. We offer exciting career growth opportunities and a collaborative environment where your contributions shape the future of high-performance software development ⚡

🚀 About the Role

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineering Manager (Android Architecture) to lead the design, development, and evolution of a cutting-edge Android platform powering next-generation connected systems 📱⚙️

This is a hands-on technical leadership role where you’ll shape architecture, guide global engineering teams, and influence the future of scalable Android-based platforms built on AOSP.

🧠 What you’ll be doing

✨ Lead the architecture of Android-based platform services and SDKs
🏗️ Define scalable, modular, and future-proof system design patterns
📱 Drive development across Kotlin, Java, C/C++ and Python
🌍 Collaborate with global engineering, product, UX, and hardware teams
⚡ Guide CI/CD, automation, and engineering best practices
🔐 Ensure security, privacy, and performance standards are met
👨‍💻 Stay hands-on with code, reviews, and technical problem solving
📊 Lead a distributed engineering team and grow technical talent

🔧 What we’re looking for

• 10+ years in software engineering/architecture roles
• Strong Android / AOSP / Android SDK experience
• Proven experience leading engineering teams
• Embedded systems / IoT / connected device exposure (nice to have)
• Strong system design and architectural thinking
• Ability to operate in complex, global environments
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

🎁 What we offer

• Competitive benefits including 401(k) with company match and profit sharing, comprehensive medical/dental/vision coverage, and life & disability protection.
• 💪 Wellbeing support through mental health resources, EAP, and wellness programmes.
• 👨‍👩‍👧 Family-friendly policies including parental leave, adoption support, and flexible spending accounts.
• 🎓 Plus tuition reimbursement, employee discounts, and a range of additional perks designed to support your life inside and outside of work.