
Mobile Developer – Android, Wear OS
Patronus Group
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Berlin • 🇩🇪 Germany
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Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
AndroidFlutteriOSIoTJavaKotlinReactReact NativeSwift
About the role
- Build and improve Android apps that delight users and enhance daily lives
- Develop for Wear OS and Android smartwatches with seamless phone–watch synchronization
- Dive deep into the Android system layer when needed: enabling root-level features, system integrations, and custom device behaviors
- Explore and implement OS-level modifications, such as background services, optimized system processes, or device-specific enhancements
- Optimize for performance, battery, and UX across mobile and wearable platforms
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and engineering to bring high-impact features to life
- Apply best practices for testing, CI/CD, and production monitoring to ensure reliability and scalability
Requirements
- Strong track record in Android development using Java/Kotlin
- Experience building both smartphone apps and smartwatch/Wear OS apps
- Hands-on experience with Android system modifications (AOSP, custom ROMs, OEM integrations, root-level access)
- Solid understanding of low-level Android concepts like permissions models, system services, and background execution limits
- Strong debugging and performance profiling skills — at both the app and system level
- Nice-to-have: iOS (Swift) development experience
- Knowledge of cross-platform frameworks (Flutter, React Native, KMP)
- Strong sense for UX/UI design
- Exposure to health or IoT domains
Benefits
- Urban Sports Club membership for your fitness
- Family & Friends Coupon for the Patronus watch
- 26 vacation days in the first year, 28 days in the second year, and 30 days from the third year onwards
- Annual Learning & Development Budget
- Clearly structured Career Framework for your professional development
- 360-degree feedback sessions for continuous improvement
- Exclusive corporate benefits for your advantage
- Discounts at restaurants near the office
- Freedom to choose your hardware
- Modern office in the vibrant district of Friedrichshain
- Job Ticket for a stress-free daily commute
- Up to 2 days per week of working from home
- Regular company and team events strengthen our sense of community
- Team spirit over elbow mentality – achieving more together
- Quarterly company brunches to connect and celebrate
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
Android developmentJavaKotlinWear OSAOSPcustom ROMsroot-level accessdebuggingperformance profilingcross-platform frameworks
Soft skills
collaborationUX/UI designproblem-solving