Senior Android System Engineer
Straight from New Fire Global’s careers page. Apply on the company site — no recruiter, no middleman.
Senior Android System Engineer
Department: Customer Success
Employment Type: Flexible
Location: Zagreb, Croatia, Croatia, Remote
Newfire Global Partners is a leading technology firm that specializes in building transformative software solutions for some of the world’s most innovative companies. With a presence across four continents, Newfire Global brings deep expertise in digital healthcare, AI-driven analytics, and enterprise technology. The firm’s track record of delivering scalable, high-impact solutions has made it a trusted partner for organizations seeking to drive meaningful change through technology.
We are passionate about the purpose-driven mission to help improve the quality of care for patients and are building a collaborative, innovative, and inclusive culture. We are a fully funded company founded by serial entrepreneurs with a stable client base.
Opportunity for impact
Newfire Global Partners, a leader in developing disruptive healthcare technology, collaborates with Fortune 500 companies and start-ups to drive transformation.
Newfire is seeking a Senior Android System Engineer
Whats the Project?
Joining the team that is building a high-impact clinical software solution designed to modernize real-time communication within busy healthcare environments. Developed as a high-performance interactive application for large-format displays, it replaces traditional dry-erase boards with dynamic, centralized patient data, shift schedules, and key operational insights - running on custom Android devices we build, sign, and manage ourselves. Candidates joining this project will tackle exciting engineering challenges at the intersection of custom AOSP builds, robust device-level integration, and over-the-air fleet management, collaborating closely with hardware/device partners to deliver the privileged, system-level capabilities the application depends on across a fleet of specialized display units.
Your day-to-day activities:
- Build, sign, and maintain custom AOSP images; write patches (e.g., to mainline modules such as NetworkStack) and apply them to the OEMs RK-class tree
- Implement privileged, system-level capabilities: OTA apply via update_engine, remote reset, system log capture, input injection/screen capture, and device identity (mTLS / hardware attestation)
- Evaluate technical tradeoffs (e.g., Privileged App vs. Device Owner strategies, capture/injection approaches) and prototype solutions to inform core roadmap decisions
- Collaborate with hardware partners to implement device-level capabilities, privileged app permissions, and custom OS integrations; verify behavior on real devices
- Help maintain the Kotlin on-device agent and its integration with the MDM and our OTA / remote-management backend
- Participate in active sprint ceremonies, engage in peer code reviews, and work closely with product management and client engineering leads to execute on parallel technical tracks
You’re a perfect match if you have:
- Hands-on experience building and modifying custom Android builds (AOSP) - Soong/Make, platform/AVB/OTA key signing, custom system images, and applying patches to a vendor BSP tree (Rockchip / RK-class SoCs a plus)
- Deep privileged / system-app experience: platform-signed apps, @SystemApi/hidden-API usage, SELinux/sepolicy, Device Owner and Device Policy Manager APIs, and the trade-offs between them
- OTA / firmware update experience: update_engine and A/B (Virtual A/B), AVB, OTA packaging and signing (ota_from_target_files), and rollback behavior
- System-level Android capabilities: remote factory reset, system-level log capture, input injection, screen capture, adbd, and OS-level networking (e.g. DHCP client behavior)
- Proven capability interfacing directly with device OEMs/manufacturers to debug SDKs, system permissions, and hardware-software integration constraints, with a verify-on-device-first instinct
- Track record of driving technical research spikes - evaluating low-level architectural tradeoffs (e.g. Privileged App vs. Device Owner, capture/injection mechanisms) and presenting clear recommendations to stakeholders
- MDM & Fleet Management: experience integrating with a third-party MDM and/or building enrollment, remote-management, and OTA workflows for managed hardware fleets
- Clear, confident verbal and written communication skills to collaborate directly with cross-functional product, application, and OEM stakeholders
- As a Senior team member, you will be expected to actively participate in our hiring processes by serving on interview panels for future roles across the company
Nice to have:
- Healthcare Domain Knowledge: familiarity with clinical environments, EHR integrations, or healthcare compliance standards (HIPAA)
- C/C++ / native, kernel, or U-Boot familiarity
- Strong understanding of REST architecture and OOP principles/design
Please note that employment will be contingent upon providing documentation verifying your legal work authorization in the country of residence, in accordance with applicable law.
Similar remote jobs
All Systems Engineer jobs →

Human Interest
Senior Software Engineer - Mobile
Remote
$190k–$230k✓ From careers page· about 9 hours ago

Wikimedia Foundation
Product Manager, Mobile Apps
Remote
$112k–$173k✓ From careers page· about 10 hours ago

Stitch Fix
Senior Manager, Mobile Experience and Platform
Remote
$152k–$253k✓ From careers page· about 14 hours ago
Discover More than 100,000 Hidden Remote Jobs Before Everyone Else
Unlock All Remote Jobs Today
Simple pricing. Big savings on Quarterly and Yearly.
Monthly Access
$19/month
- Instant access to fresh remote jobs from 500+ companies
- New opportunities added hourly, often 3-7 days before anywhere else
- Advanced filtering by role type, stack, pay, and location
- Priority customer support
Most Popular
Yearly Access
$59/year
- Everything in Monthly
- Save $169 (~74%) vs paying monthly
- Average job search takes ~6 months - get covered for the whole journey
- Less than the cost of one lunch per month for competitive advantage
- Equivalent to just ~$4.92/month