Job Duties and Responsibilities

Candidates must be willing to participate in at least one in-person interview, which may include a live whiteboarding or technical assessment session.

Enterprise Android deployments require robust architecture, reliable playback, and enterprise-grade observability across diverse device fleets. The Principal Android Engineer solves critical scale and stability challenges across the full Android stack, from low-level media playback engines to modular application frameworks. This role establishes technical roadmaps, sets engineering standards, and optimizes release pipelines for mission-critical customer software. By integrating modern Android architectures and AI-assisted engineering workflows, the position ensures operational reliability and continuous system performance across all deployed hardware.

What Success Looks Like (Objectives)

• Lead the technical architecture and long-term roadmap of the enterprise Android application, modularizing the codebase to support rapid feature deployment and system scalability
• Establish a core observability foundation-including real-time metrics, logging, crash telemetry, and field analytics-to improve application reliability across all deployed customer devices
• Drive media playback performance and streaming reliability across the fleet using advanced frameworks, digital rights management, and adaptive protocols
• Integrate AI-assisted development tools and automated workflows into the engineering lifecycle to increase team throughput and elevate code quality standards
• Provide technical leadership and cross-functional alignment across product, backend, and partner engineering teams to meet departmental performance and reliability objectives

Skills, Experience and Requirements

Core Skills and Competencies (What you'll bring)

• Deep expertise in modern Android development standards, including Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, coroutines, and scalable architectural patterns
• Proven critical experience leading production-scale media playback architectures utilizing ExoPlayer/Media3, adaptive streaming protocols (HLS/DASH), and digital rights management
• Strong ability to define technical roadmaps, set code quality standards, and mentor engineering teams across complex technical initiatives
• Proficiency in AI application within software engineering workflows to optimize code review processes, automated testing, and development efficiency
• Demonstrated competency in high-scale Android application quality management, including continuous integration, automated testing strategies, and field telemetry analysis

Additional Qualifications

• Experience with Android TV, embedded Android, or set-top box form factors
• Experience with live television, streaming video, or low-latency media applications
• Experience working with original equipment manufacturers, silicon vendors, or platform integration partners

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• Minimum Experience: 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including significant experience as a technical lead on Android applications
• Required Technical Skills: Must have experience with:
  
  • Kotlin, Jetpack, and modern Android architectural frameworks
  • Media playback frameworks (ExoPlayer or Media3) and streaming protocols
  • System observability, automated CI/CD pipelines, and enterprise application lifecycle management

Salary Ranges

Compensation: $127,050.00/Year - $181,500.00/Year
Benefits

We offer versatile health perks, including flexible spending accounts, HSA, a 401(k) Plan with company match, ESPP, career opportunities, and a flexible time away plan; all benefits can be viewed here: EchoStar Benefits.

The base pay range shown is a guideline. Individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, and competencies; compensation is based on the role's location and is subject to change based on work location.

The posting will be active for a minimum of 3 days. The active posting will continue to extend by 3 days until the position is filled.