Senior Android Engineer
Sysco
Android
Android Reverse Engineer
Hudson IT and Manpower
full-time
Posted on:
Location: California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $35 - $65 per hour
Job Level
JuniorMid-Level
Tech Stack
AndroidJavaKotlinPython
About the role
- Reverse engineer Android applications (APK files) written in Kotlin/Java to identify malware or vulnerabilities
- Analyze obfuscated code to identify malware, vulnerabilities, or other logic issues
- Decompile, inspect, and understand source-level behavior using tools like JADX, Ghidra, or IDA
- Conduct static and dynamic analysis of Android apps
- Provide detailed technical reports outlining findings and recommended mitigations
- Collaborate with security teams to enhance malware detection and threat intelligence
- Contribute to malware detection signatures and threat intelligence platforms (when applicable)
Requirements
- Proven experience reverse engineering Kotlin and/or Java code—either for malware analysis or debugging complex application behavior
- Hands-on with tools like APKTool, JADX, Frida, Ghidra, Burp Suite, IDA Pro, or similar
- Solid understanding of Android internals and the APK structure
- Experience with static and dynamic analysis techniques
- Malware analysis experience specific to Android environments is highly preferred
- Familiarity with smali code is a plus
- Prior experience in security engineering, especially in mobile app security (nice-to-have)
- Experience writing malware detection signatures or working on threat intel platforms (nice-to-have)
- Coding background in Kotlin, Java, Python, or C/C++ (nice-to-have)
- Knowledge of encryption, obfuscation, and sandboxing techniques used in mobile malware (nice-to-have)
- Experience using VirusTotal, ExploitDB, or MITRE ATT&CK for threat research
- 2-3 years of experience in Information Technology
- Authorization to work in the United States; U.S. Citizen or Green Card holder status asked
