Senior Mobile Engineer
Cox Automotive Inc. - Carmel, IN
Hiring: Senior Mobile Engineer Company: Cox Automotive Inc. Location: Carmel, IN Job Posted Time: 2026-09-11 11:14:59 Target Skills & Keywords : Android, Digital Transformation, Git, GitHub, Java, Jetpack Compose, Kotlin, New Relic, REST, Spring Boot, Swift, SwiftUI, User Experience, iOS About the job Experience: •Bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 4 years' experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 2 years' experience; a Ph.D. and up to 1 year of experience; or 16 years' experience in a related field •4 years' experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 2 years' experience; a Ph.D. and up to 1 year of experience; or 16 years' experience in a related field Required Skills: •Partner cross-functionally with AI agents and tools to build, test, and deploy native mobile software across the SDLC, providing proper contextual inputs to improve AI understanding and ownership of output quality •Contribute to prompt engineering experimentation and share tool usage insights with the team •Engage in design and development discussions, helping the team conceptualize desired outcomes from an mobile engineering perspective •Assist with feature/element estimation in terms of technical input, resources, time, and anticipated outcomes •Develop and implement unit and system tests for integral code paths, ensuring adherence to secure coding practices at all times •Provide technical support, including troubleshooting and enhancement, for existing and new features within mobile applications and system structures •Use observability tools (crash reporting, logs, metrics, dashboards) to monitor app health, diagnose issues, and validate that changes behave as expected in production •Interface directly with fellow team members to ensure mobile design, development, and execution align with and support adjacencies and adhere to established architectural standards, including Kotlin/Jetpack Compose best practices Qualifications: •AI-Augmented Mindset: Advanced, deliberate use of AI coding assistants across the SDLC, including judgment on when AI assistance is and isn't appropriate. Actively experiments with, defines, and leads the team's adoption of AI-Augmented development and practices. •Problem Solving: Analytical and architectural judgment. Resolves complex, ambiguous problems and anticipates downstream impacts, risks, and dependencies •Native Mobile Development: Demonstrated experience building native mobile applications using Android (Kotlin, Jetpack Compose) and/or iOS (Swift, SwiftUI) technologies. Familiarity with modern mobile architecture patterns, platform development tools, testing frameworks, and performance optimization techniques •Version Control & Collaboration: Fluent with Git workflows and comfortable guiding others on branching, review, and collaborative development practices •Observability: Strong working knowledge of logging, metrics, tracing, and monitoring tools (e.g., New Relic, dashboards, alerts), with the ability to establish or improve observability practices for a system rather than just consume them •Communication & Influence: Clearly communicates technical tradeoffs, risks, and recommendations to management and project team members •This role requires working in the office three days per week in Carmel, Indiana. •Working Software, Every Sprint: Produce working software each sprint that meets the definition of done, delivers expected value, and stays within constraints defined by engineering leadership, with solution complexity broadly understood well enough to drive consistent, meaningful estimates across the team •AI Fluency & Standards: Drive AI-augmented workflows and standards (coding, review, ethical use) that measurably improve team speed and quality. Mentor others in adopting them •Quality Solutions: Deliver maintainable, testable, and performant software that leverages existing patterns, is sufficiently abstract, and meets client needs across adjacent systems Compensation: •$101,500 - $169,100 / year •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!