Android App Developer

Contracted role with variable hours and workload depending on project phase.

Compensation:

Hourly – rate is based on experience and relevant skill level.

Company Description

Brane Audio, LLC is a sound technology company based in Austin, Texas. Our flagship product, the Brane X wireless smart speaker, has earned widespread acclaim and was named one of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2024 for achieving what’s considered the most significant advancement in audio driver technology in a century.

Our breakthrough Repel-Attract Driver (RAD) technology delivers 10 times the low‑end performance without compromising size or power efficiency. Designed to be fully scalable, RAD has the potential to revolutionize the entire audio industry, from earbuds to concert‑sized speakers, while maintaining a dramatic advantage in size, output, and energy use. Multiple groundbreaking products are in development.

This contracted Android Software Developer will play a role supporting both the Android mobile app and the software that runs on Brane Audio’s next‑generation speaker that is currently in the works.

You will work closely with our product, hardware, and UX teams to ensure our mobile app provides a reliable, intuitive, and high‑performance user experience. This role is ideal for a developer who is excited to work in a fast‑moving startup environment, comfortable working across mobile and hardware systems, and eager to contribute to innovative consumer audio products.

Austin, TX (Onsite)

Work will begin primarily inside the existing Brane Audio Android app. Onboarding and training will initially take place within the Brane X ecosystem, our flagship product.

Hardware interaction will increase in phases as development progresses into firmware‑connected features and new speaker functionality.

On‑site work is required in Austin, TX, especially during early collaboration and any hardware‑integrated development sprints. Long‑term, the role may include hybrid flexibility, depending on project needs.

The contract will support both early development and ongoing iteration as we move toward launch of our next product.

• Maintain and enhance existing app functionality.
• Conduct debugging, testing, and performance optimization across a variety of Android devices.
• Collaborate with firmware engineers to ensure stable app–device communication.
• Write clean, maintainable code with appropriate documentation.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to ongoing architectural improvements.
• Support testing and QA validation for both app‑only and hardware‑integrated features.
• Provide continued sustaining engineering for current and future Brane products.

• 5+ years of professional Android development experience.
• Strong proficiency in Kotlin.
• Proficiency in Android Studio and modern Android development patterns.
• Experience building UI layouts, graphics rendering, screen formatting, and responsive Android UI standards.
• Ability to provide clean, well‑structured source code.
• Hands‑on experience with app publishing, release cycles, and Play Store deployment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent professional experience).

• Track record of launching consumer apps with meaningful adoption.
• Experience with complex mobile‑to‑hardware integrations.
• Familiarity working in a startup or fast‑paced product team environment.
• Understanding of performance tuning, device compatibility, and battery optimization on Android.
• Background or enthusiasm for working on consumer electronics.

• Experience with TCP/IP networking, Wi‑Fi communication flows, and Bluetooth serial/BLE integrations.
• Prior work creating or maintaining BLE‑enabled consumer device apps.
• Experience with local device discovery, onboarding flows, and network pairing.
• Strong problem‑solving ability and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
• Familiarity with embedded systems development.
• Experience writing test automation or implementing mobile QA processes.

• Mid‑Senior level

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