Senior Android Cuttlefish Platform Engineer Remote Europe

Driving advanced mobile operating system virtualization, Android Cuttlefish platform engineering, and cloud-native device farm infrastructure across the United Kingdom and Europe, Sky waves Rise is actively seeking an accomplished Senior Android Cuttlefish Platform Engineer for a 6-month contract professional engagement (FTE / FTC options available). In this vital technical role, you will take full operational, tactical, and technical ownership of Android Open Source Project (AOSP) internals, Cuttlefish virtual device orchestration, Linux KVM/QEMU hypervisors, and automated CI/CD pipeline integration.

Bringing 5+ years of progressive professional experience in embedded Android development, virtualization, and Dev Ops engineering, you will empower global technology enterprises to achieve uncompromised virtual device scalability, robust automated testing frameworks, and high-performance mobile cloud infrastructure. This prestigious career opportunity offers competitive remuneration, high technical autonomy, and professional growth within a premier international talent acquisition and recruitment enterprise.

As a Senior Android Cuttlefish Platform Engineer supporting Sky waves Rise on a 100% remote basis across the UK and Europe for a 6-month contract duration, you will take full operational, tactical, and technical ownership of Android virtualization platforms, Cuttlefish build provisioning, containerized test execution environments, and cloud deployment pipelines. Your day-to-day responsibilities include configuring Android Cuttlefish instances, optimizing Linux KVM and QEMU hypervisors, managing Docker and Kubernetes container workloads, authoring automation and debugging scripts in Python, C++, and Bash, maintaining multi-platform CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Git Hub Actions, Git Lab CI, Azure Dev Ops), collaborating with global mobile engineering squads, and interacting directly with talent acquisition specialists like Vidya

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• Architect, design, configure, deploy, and maintain enterprise Android Cuttlefish virtualization platforms and cloud-based device farms.
• Build, customize, and optimize Android Open Source Project (AOSP) source code, system images, and kernel configurations.
• Administer Linux KVM, QEMU hypervisors, and hardware virtualization parameters to ensure high-performance virtual device execution.
• Deploy and scale containerized Cuttlefish environments utilizing Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Author clean, maintainable, and highly efficient platform automation scripts, test harnesses, and debugging utilities in Python, C++, and Bash.
• Build, maintain, and optimize robust CI/CD pipelines across Jenkins, Git Hub Actions, Git Lab CI, and Azure Dev Ops platforms.
• Execute rigorous Android debugging, logcat analysis, adb troubleshooting, and crash dump investigations across virtual devices.
• Ensure strict adherence to mobile security baselines, virtualization compliance standards, and high-availability uptime SLAs.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 5+ years of progressive professional hands-on experience in Android platform engineering, AOSP development, and systems virtualization.
• Strong, demonstrable operational expertise in Android Cuttlefish virtualization, device farms, and Android Debug Bridge (adb) diagnostics.
• Comprehensive working knowledge and practical proficiency in Linux kernel administration, KVM hypervisors, and QEMU emulation.
• Deep practical experience in containerization technologies (Docker) and container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes).
• Solid practical programming proficiency in Python, C++, and Bash scripting for automation and system integration.
• Extensive hands-on experience implementing multi-platform CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Git Hub Actions, Git Lab CI, Azure Dev Ops).
• Mandatory legal work authorization and reliable home-office infrastructure for 100% remote professional operations across the UK and Europe.

• Professional cloud certifications (AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Dev Ops Engineer Expert, or Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect).
• Prior professional working experience in top-tier multinational mobile handset…