Android Developer
Android Platform Engineer (AVF/Linux Integration) – Fully Remote (Europe) Radley James is working with an innovative healthcare technology company developing a next-generation Mobile Gateway platform for a connected medical device ecosystem. The team is looking for an experienced Android Platform Engineer to help design and deliver a new architecture that integrates Linux-based gateway software within Android's Virtualization Framework (AVF). This is a highly technical role focused on Android internals, Linux integration, virtualization, security, and system-level development within a regulated environment.
Responsibilities
- Integrate existing Linux-based software into Android's Virtualization Framework (AVF).
- Configure and optimise Linux virtual machines running within Android environments.
- Design communication between Android host systems, Linux guest environments, and cloud services.
- Support Android system architecture and platform-level development.
- Develop secure communication mechanisms between Android and Linux environments.
- Review security architecture, performance, resource management, and system reliability.
- Contribute to technical documentation and key architectural decisions.
Requirements
- 5+ years of Android platform development experience.
- Strong experience with Android system-level software and architecture.
- Hands-on experience with Android Virtualization Framework (AVF).
- Deep understanding of Linux system programming, containers, and virtualisation.
- Experience with AOSP, Binder IPC, Android HAL, SELinux, and Android security.
- Strong C/C++ and Java/Kotlin development skills.
- Experience debugging Android kernel and user-space interactions.
- Familiarity with Android Enterprise environments and deployments.
Nice to Have
- Experience with Microdroid, crosvm, KVM, or Android Protected VM.
- Embedded Linux experience.
- Docker or OCI containerisation.
- Secure Boot, TPM, and hardware-backed security.
- Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE).
- Medical device or other regulated software environments.
- Qualcomm Snapdragon platforms and Android Enterprise devices.
What's on Offer
- Fully remote role – open to candidates located anywhere in Europe.
- Opportunity to work on cutting-edge Android and Linux platform engineering challenges.
- Significant influence over architecture and technical direction.
- Exposure to next-generation connected medical device technology.
- Work on a security-critical platform with real-world impact.
- Collaborative international engineering environment.
Key Technologies: Android, AVF, AOSP, Linux, C/C++, Java, Kotlin, Binder IPC, SELinux, Microdroid, Docker, Virtualisation, Embedded Systems.