Android System Internals Engineer

About Parallelz:

Parallelz enables developers to instantly port their existing mobile apps/games to the web, without any SDKs, code changes, or engineering efforts. Developers can improve user acquisition, organic virality, create new revenue channels, and offer new user experiences and capabilities that were not possible before.  

With Parallelz, users can access mobile apps instantly, with lossless quality, at full performance, on any desktop or mobile device. The Parallelz platform enables this by transforming existing native mobile apps into fully-native web apps, in real-time, that can be instantly accessible on any browser.  Developers can now have a new frictionless way to reach their customers, free from the restrictions and taxations of the existing app stores. Through this technology, we’re blurring the boundaries between web, mobile and desktop applications.

Our founding team and advisors are serial entrepreneurs and technologists from Mozilla, MIT, and former founders of high-growth venture-backed startups. The company is joined by top-tier, global venture funds and angel investors.

We prefer to hire locally in Toronto for a hybrid work environment but are open to considering remote candidates, as well.

Responsibilities:

This person will own a core piece of our infrastructure that acts as the backbone behind our groundbreaking technology. Some responsibilities will include:

• Android OS Customization: Design and maintain a highly optimized Android image tailored to our needs, ensuring efficiency and reliability.
• Diagnostics and Debugging: Investigate and resolve faults in complex virtualized environments, tracing issues down to the OS, runtime, or graphics stack level.
• Upgrades and Maintenance: Manage version upgrades across Android, ensuring stability while enabling new capabilities.
• Collaboration on Testing: Partner with the core team to define and implement robust testing strategies for system-level components.

Requirements

This is a technically demanding role that will require a lot of creative problem solving and out-of-the-box thinking. A great candidate will possess at least some of the following:

• Experience developing for Android/Linux
• Strong understanding and prior direct experience with the Android graphics stack
• Bonus: Experience with OpenGL ES, WebAssembly, WebGPU
• Bonus: Experience with custom AOSP development, Android kernel, Android System Services, Android HAL, GMS, and the Android Build System.

Benefits

This is a full-time, remote position. We offer a competitive salary, benefits, and an Employee Stock Option Plan.