OverviewBigBear.ai is seeking an Android Developer to join a mission-focused cyber team supporting critical national security objectives. In this role, you'll build and sustain custom Android capabilities used by operational teams in fast-moving, real-world environments. You'll work side-by-side with end users to understand evolving needs, translate them into technical solutions, and deliver reliable tools that perform under pressure. This is a hands-on engineering position with end-to-end ownership from initial design through development, testing, debugging, documentation, and ongoing enhancements where speed, quality, and mission impact matter.
What you will do- Design and develop custom software tools and techniques for the Android platform
- Own end-to-end development: requirements, design, implementation, testing, and sustainment
- Diagnose and debug issues using COTS/GOTS tools and internal frameworks
- Apply a strong understanding of networking concepts and protocols to tool development
- Produce documentation needed to operate, maintain, and support delivered software
- Mentor and guide junior developers to accomplish mission objectives
- Respond to and solve time-sensitive, real-world cyber problems
What you need to have- Must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret (TS) clearance, Full Scope Polygraph (FSP) or the ability to obtain one
- Must have at least 3+ years of experience
- Experience developing, testing, and debugging in Python and C
- Experience building UNIX applications using makefiles (or similar build environments) on mission-relevant platforms
- Experience developing CNO tools and techniques
- Strong socket programming and packet-level understanding of IP, TCP, and application-layer protocols
- Proficiency tracing execution with debuggers/tools such as WinDbg, gdb, IDA Pro
- Experience reverse engineering native binaries
- Experience developing proof-of-concept exploit software
- Knowledge of OS internals, including topics such as:
- runtime linker/loader concepts
- object file formats (e.g., ELF)
- file system internals (e.g., NTFS, ext2, btrfs)
- access control mechanisms (MAC/DAC)
- process/thread APIs, data structures
- Understanding of modern mitigations (ASLR, DEP, NX), approaches to bypass them, and methods to detect bypass attempts
- Experience with version control (e.g., git, GitLab)
What we'd like you to have- Native-level mobile development experience (Android native/NDK or similar)
- Vulnerability analysis experience
- Assembly familiarity, preferably ARM
- Understanding of mobile security protections (e.g., SELinux, application sandboxing)
- Experience with Objective-C, Swift, C++
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities
