Senior Software Engineer, Android (Mobile App)

Leading the future in luxury electric and mobility At Lucid, we set out to introduce the most captivating, luxury electric vehicles that elevate the human experience and transcend the perceived limitations of space, performance, and intelligence. Vehicles that are intuitive, liberating, and designed for the future of mobility.   We plan to lead in this new era of luxury electric by returning to the fundamentals of great design – where every decision we make is in service of the individual and environment. Because when you are no longer bound by convention, you are free to define your own experience.   Come work alongside some of the most accomplished minds in the industry. Beyond providing competitive salaries, we’re providing a community for innovators who want to make an immediate and significant impact. If you are driven to create a better, more sustainable future, then this is the right place for you.

The posted salary range reflects compensation for our Newark, CA office. This role requires employees to be onsite five days a week.

As a Senior Android Platform SW Engineer, you will be a key member of our mobile development team. You will be responsible for building high-quality features and will prototype new features while maintaining and improving existing features. 

Your contributions always include test coverage, and you are constantly looking to improve our application structure, performance, and reliability. 

You regularly contribute constructive feedback in peer code reviews. You understand how to work with and when to compromise with stakeholders to deliver a product that meets and exceeds customer expectations.

• Design and develop high-quality, high-performance software in accordance with industry best practices.
• Support integration of your software into the relevant system and wider vehicle/cloud ecosystem and validate performance.
• Diagnose, analyze, and resolve relevant issues based on testing, and user validation.
• Rigorously validate and verify the software functionality and reliability from the individual unit to the complete system.
• Develop software on a variety of hardware platforms ranging from microcontrollers to high performance processors and cloud-based architectures.

Qualifications:

• Proficiency in Android app development using Kotlin.
• Sound understanding of Android frameworks, design patterns, and best practices.
• 5+ years of experience in building and shipping high-quality, user-friendly Android applications using Kotlin.
• 5+ years of experience experience building high-quality mobile apps from scratch all the way to production and ongoing maintenance.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with a team of engineers, product owners, and designers.
• 5+ years of experience working on large-scale apps with a focus on performance optimization and memory management.
• Effective problem-solving skills and a proactive mindset to identify and resolve issues.
• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written, to communicate ideas and collaborate with team members.
• Experience with version control systems like Git.
• Familiarity with Agile development processes.
• Experience integrating third parties’ frameworks/libraries.

Nice to have:

• Experience with Bluetooth LE, NFC, or UWB
• Android Widgets, Wear OS
• Automotive experience

Salary Range: The compensation range for this position is specific to the locations listed below and is the range Lucid reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for the position taking into account the wide variety of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including job-related knowledge; skillset; experience, education and training; certifications; and other relevant business and organizational factors.   A