Android Full-Stack Engineer at IPS Technology Services
Dearborn, MI
$104,000
Jul 13, 2026
Dearborn, MI
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A platform stability engineering role focused on diagnosing and resolving deep Android system issues across the full stack — from framework internals like Activity Manager, Window Manager, and SurfaceFlinger to native vendor and HAL layers. Day-to-day work involves debugging AOSP source code, developing middleware and background services, and owning platform reliability across Android version upgrades. Best suited to engineers with hands-on Android platform or framework development experience in Kotlin, Java, and C++.
Senior level · 3+ years · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI · Bachelor's required
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 190 people in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 55–290
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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What the occupation pays Median $133,635 (middle half $104,090–$156,640).
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The title 'Android Full-Stack Engineer' carries no seniority level word, so advertised seniority is Unspecified; however, the 3+ years of hands-on Android platform/framework experience requirement combined with the depth of ownership (platform stability, root-cause analysis, cross-stack debugging) supports a Senior classification.
CTS, VTS, ATS, and STS appear in both the required responsibilities section (resolving compliance test failures) and the preferred experience section (familiarity with the frameworks). They are marked preferred because the preferred section explicitly frames them as experience to have, while the responsibilities section describes the work output rather than a candidate gate.
AIDL and Binder are treated as a single required skill (AIDL) since Binder is the underlying mechanism and AIDL is the named interface definition tool; both appear together throughout the required skills section.
A Master's Degree is listed as preferred education only; the hard minimum is a Bachelor's Degree.
No compensation range is stated in the posting.
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