Senior Android Systems Engineer

Job Description

Role: Senior Android Systems Engineer (AOSP / Platform)

Location: Remote (UK)

While the role can operate primarily remotely within the UK, there may be the occasional on-site collaboration at our Liverpool HQ or secure build environment (typically around once per month) may be beneficial, with agreed travel and accommodation support where applicable

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: Competitive + benefits + package

Security Clearance Requirements

Please note that holding a current Security Clearance is not essential at the time of application, but eligibility is required.

This role requires the successful candidate to be eligible for Security Check (SC) clearance. To meet this requirement, applicants must:

• Have the right to work in the UK
• Have lived in the UK continuously for the past 5 years
• Not have spent more than 6 months outside the UK in total during that period
• Be willing to undergo security vetting as part of the onboarding process

About Us

Come and be a part of The Investigo Group (TIG), a dynamic coalition of cutting-edge tech firms specialising in Platform, Software, Data, AI and other bleeding-edge technology solutions. Our innovative prowess spans the globe while proudly hailing from the United Kingdom.

The group is multi-functional with a large portfolio of B2B products and services.

Our ecosystem is made up of:

Voixtel, secure communications and voice platforms for regulated and critical environments.

IIS, Providing secure internet access in both the public and private sectors. Its mission? To deliver world-class secure internet capabilities enhancing productivity across diverse skillsets and organisations.

Vestigo Consulting is our training and consultancy company, tailored around specialist sector-specific knowledge, and provides regular courses and CPD for our community. The Consultancy side concentrates on expert support of our customers as well as specifically assigned individual deployments.

Collaboraite is a bleeding-edge company that provides our Data and AI capability. A collaborative partner for designing user-centred secure data solutions to overcome operational hurdles, delivered through design thinking and agile coaching.

The group provides bespoke, secure, user-centric products fuelled by deep technical knowledge advanced data and analytical skills.

We proudly stand as a global leader in this space, partnering with esteemed entities that require these advanced forward-thinking capabilities. These partnerships have been forged from our understanding of customer challenges, as well as our expertise in developing world-leading enterprise product sets.

Join us at TIG, where innovation knows no bounds, and together, we'll shape the future of technology solutions for a safer, more efficient world.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) are at the heart of The Investigo Group (TIG). We're dedicated to creating a workplace where people from all backgrounds are not only welcome but empowered to excel. We actively seek diverse talent, promote fairness, and foster an inclusive environment where every voice matters, driving innovation and progress in our dynamic tech community.

About You

You’re an experienced Android platform engineer who understands Android beyond the application layer. You’re comfortable working deep within AOSP, Linux systems, and platform internals, and you enjoy solving complex engineering problems that sit across operating systems, infrastructure, performance, and security.

You likely come from an Android platform, embedded systems, cloud streaming, or systems engineering background and have experience taking Android-based platforms from source code through to production deployment.

You think in systems, not silos. You understand the trade-offs between performance, scalability, maintainability, and security, particularly within regulated or high-assurance environments.

You enjoy ownership and technical depth, but you also work collaboratively across engineering teams, helping influence architecture, tooling, and technical direction through expertise and evidence rather than hierarchy.

You’re curious, pragmatic, and motivated by solving difficult engineering challenges at scale.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Senior Android Systems Engineer (AOSP / Platform) to help design, build, and evolve the Android platform underpinning our secure cloud-hosted Android application delivery environment.

This role sits within Platform Engineering and focuses heavily on AOSP image development, Linux systems engineering, Android internals, and containerised Android execution using technologies such as Anbox Cloud.

You’ll play a key role in building and maintaining hardened, reproducible Android platform images optimised for secure streaming, scalability, performance, and operational reliability.

The role is highly hands-on and will involve working closely with cloud, networking, platform, security, and streaming engineering teams across the wider organisation.

This is an opportunity to work on genuinely complex platform engineering challenges across Android internals, graphics, Linux systems, containerisation, performance optimisation, and secure infrastructure delivery.

About the Team

You’ll be joining a growing Platform Engineering function responsible for the foundational platforms that power our products and services.

The team works across secure and regulated environments, building scalable cloud-native platforms, secure infrastructure, internal developer tooling, and advanced Android application delivery capabilities.

This role will work closely with senior technical stakeholders across Platform, Cloud, Security, and Product teams and will have significant influence on the future direction of the platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain custom AOSP images for containerised Android environments
• Own and improve Android build pipelines, tooling, signing, and image lifecycle management
• Develop reproducible, scalable, and secure Android platform builds
• Work across Android framework, HAL, Linux systems, and container runtime layers
• Optimise platform performance including boot time, graphics performance, memory usage, and session density
• Support Android application integration, runtime configuration, and compatibility management
• Contribute to streaming optimisation, input latency reduction, and media performance improvements
• Implement and maintain platform security hardening including SELinux policies, attestation, signing, and verification
• Build tooling for debugging, inspection, automated testing, and operational support
• Collaborate closely with cloud, networking, platform, and security engineering teams
• Contribute to architectural discussions and technical direction across the platform domain
• Produce clear technical documentation and operational runbooks suitable for regulated environments

Success in This Role Looks Like

• A stable, reproducible, and scalable AOSP build pipeline embedded into engineering workflows
• Improved platform performance, scalability, and operational reliability
• Increased confidence in platform security and accreditation readiness
• Reduced latency and improved end-user streaming experience
• Clear ownership and lifecycle management across Android image variants
• Strong collaboration across Platform, Cloud, Security, and Engineering teams
• Improved tooling, debugging capability, and operational visibility
• Recognition as a trusted technical authority within the Android platform domain

Requirements

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for a highly technical Android platform engineer with strong AOSP and Linux systems engineering experience.

This role is well suited to someone who enjoys operating at depth within Android internals and distributed systems, and who is comfortable solving problems that span software, infrastructure, performance, and security domains.

Essential Experience & Skills

• Strong commercial experience working with AOSP and Android platform internals
• Experience building and maintaining custom Android platform images
• Strong Linux systems engineering experience
• Experience with Android internals including framework services, HAL, binder, init, package management, and SELinux
• Experience with containerised Android environments such as Anbox, Anbox Cloud, Cuttlefish, or Waydroid
• Experience with LXC / LXD or comparable container runtime technologies
• Strong understanding of Android build systems including repo, Soong, and Make
• Experience with ARM64 architecture and cross-compilation environments
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and large-scale build environments
• Strong debugging and problem-solving capability across systems boundaries
• Programming experience across C, C++, Java, or Kotlin
• Experience working within secure, regulated, or high-assurance environments
• Eligible for UK SC clearance

Desirable (Not Essential)

• Direct experience with Anbox Cloud, AMS, or Streaming SDKs
• Experience with Kubernetes, OpenShift, or OKD
• Experience with graphics and media technologies such as Vulkan, GLES, Mesa, or virtual GPU environments
• Experience with WebRTC or low-latency streaming technologies
• Experience with observability tooling such as Grafana, Prometheus, or the Elastic Stack
• Experience with Android CTS / VTS testing
• Exposure to GPU passthrough or partitioning technologies
• Experience contributing to AOSP, LineageOS, Anbox, or related open-source projects
• Previous active or recent UK SC clearance

Soft Skills & Behaviours

• Strong ownership mentality with a focus on outcomes
• Clear communicator able to explain complex technical concepts effectively
• Collaborative and team-oriented
• Pragmatic thinker who understands engineering trade-offs
• Structured and methodical problem solver
• Strong documentation discipline
• Comfortable influencing technical direction without relying on formal authority
• Curious and motivated by understanding systems end-to-end
• Calm and effective within secure and regulated delivery environments

Benefits

• Private Medical
• Health Cash Plan
• 4x Life Assurance
• Inclusive Culture: Enjoy an inclusive culture and environment.
• Holiday: Generous holiday allowance.
• Learning: Access to continuous learning and development opportunities.
• Bonus Potential: Bonus potential based on performance and business-related factors.
• Discounts: Discounts on a wide range of products and services.
• Pension: Pension scheme contributions.
• EV Car Scheme
• Regular Pay Reviews
• Visa Sponsorship Available
• Full Travel and Accommodation support for agreed on-site visits where applicable
• More Benefits: Explore additional benefits on our career site.