Senior Software Engineer, Platform

About Aura: Build a world where people feel closer to their loved ones every day.  Aura turned the digital frame into a private social network for more authentic, real-world connection between our closest loved ones. Instantly share photos and videos from anywhere in the world to your loved ones' homes through our easy-to-use apps, beautifully displayed on premium Wi-Fi frames.

Aura is the most recommended digital frame by independent reviewers, and the only digital frame recommended by The New York Times Wirecutter. With frames and apps used by millions from around the world, Aura continues to innovate with new products, software features, and new market expansion, fueling profitable growth. 

Our engineering team delivers rapid innovation across the entire stack from hardware to machine vision.  We're constantly building new software and hardware products while improving our existing ones.  

Overview: Aura is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Frame Platform Team, responsible for the Android-based software experience that powers our connected frame products. In this role, you will primarily work on the platform application — the core system app that defines the Aura product experience — as well as the services that keep our devices up to date and running reliably in the field. You'll work within a vendor-customized Android environment, collaborating closely with product, firmware, and backend teams to deliver a polished, resilient platform. The ideal candidate is a strong Android engineer who is equally comfortable architecting user-facing platform features and building the robust background services that support them, as well as not afraid to dive deeper in the Android system to debug platform issues.

What you’ll do:

• Develop and evolve the core platform application —  from architecture through delivery.


• Design and implement Android system services and background processes that support device lifecycle management, including OTA update delivery, installation orchestration, and rollback handling.


• Work within a vendor-customized AOSP environment, understanding how platform-level configurations and system app permissions shape application behavior.


• Collaborate with firmware and hardware teams to integrate new device capabilities into the platform app and associated services.


• Drive quality through thorough testing practices — unit, integration, and end-to-end — and establish patterns that raise the bar across the team.


• Lead technical design discussions, write clear design documents, and participate in code reviews to maintain high engineering standards.


• Mentor and support other engineers on the team, contributing to a culture of craft, curiosity, and continuous improvement.

Requirements:

• 7+ years of Android development experience


• Strong proficiency in Java and Kotlin


• Solid understanding of the Android platform — application lifecycle, inter-process communication (Binder/AIDL), system services, and permissions model.


• Experience building and owning background services, including WorkManager, foreground services, broadcast receivers, and related Android primitives.


• Demonstrated ability to own large, complex features end-to-end across design, implementation, testing, and production monitoring.


• Strong communication skills; comfortable driving technical discussions and writing design documentation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience shipping software for Android-based consumer hardware products 


• Exposure to AOSP build system (Soong), system app development, and platform-signed APK integration.


• Experience with device management or fleet operations concepts — staged rollouts, forced update policies, device health monitoring.


• Comfort reading and navigating AOSP source to understand platform behavior, even if not actively modifying it day-to-day.


• Experience with backend integration for device services — REST/gRPC APIs, push messaging, or device telemetry pipelines.


• Prior experience in a startup or fast-paced hardware/software product environment.

Because You Matter: We believe in creating a happy and supportive work environment, so you can both excel at your job and actually enjoy coming into work each day. Compensation for this role will be in the $160,000 - $220,000 range.

For full-time, US-based employees. Benefits may differ for part-time or international roles.

• 📈 Generous stock option program - begins vesting after 1 year


• 🏥 Comprehensive health plans - Aura pays 100% of the premium for employees and 50% for families. 


• 💰 401(k) with match - Aura fully matches the first 4% of your salary contributed


• 🌯 Lunch and snacks - In SF & NY Offices


• 💪 $150 monthly fitness allowance - gym, coaching, etc


• 🏝 Flexible time off - and you’re required to take at least 10 days off each year

Aura Home Inc. All rights reserved, Aura is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives to apply.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.