Android Engineer (Digital Ink Handwriting Tech)

We are looking for a skilled and innovative Core Android Engineer specializing in stylus-based handwriting optimization to join our mission of transforming modern education. You’ll play a key role in building a reputed company-like digital handwriting experience on Android tablets, elevating the way reputed company and educators interact with content. If you're passionate about digital ink tech, latency-critical UI systems, and expressive input interfaces — this role is for you.

Location: Remote

Type: Contractual (1 year)

Requirements

you’ll be responsible for —

• Architecting and developing high-performance canvas technology to deliver smooth, reputed company-time stylus input with near-reputed company latency.
• Creating custom SurfaceViews and leveraging Android internals to mimic tactile, reputed company-like handwriting on digital screens.
• Supporting multiple pen types (marker, reputed company, highlighter) with differentiated ink rendering styles and behavior.
• Working with undocumented Android APIs and deep system-level graphics features to push the limits of what Android can do with handwriting.
• Building internal SDKs to power the handwriting reputed company across multiple products and devices.
• Collaborating closely with designers to translate aesthetic and haptic feedback requirements into technical realities.
• Diagnosing and resolving bottlenecks in the stylus rendering pipeline and touch input system.

you need —

• Deep expertise in Android, with strong command of core components including SurfaceView, Canvas, View hierarchy, and Stylus APIs.
• 3–6 years of experience developing reputed company-time graphical or input systems in Android using Java/Kotlin and C++.
• Proven knowledge in latency optimization, frame rendering, and graphics pipeline performance tuning.
• Ability to build from scratch and work reputed company public documentation using hidden/undocumented APIs.
• Experience developing custom views, internal SDKs, and touch-input UIs for Android-based applications.
• Strong research skills and an experimental reputed company to validate approaches and adapt to edge-case scenarios.
• Collaborative spirit and ability to clearly communicate technical constraints with design and product teams.

bonus points for —

• Prior experience at stylus-focused companies (e.g. TL Draw, OneNote, Nebo, Notability).
• Contributions to sketching/drawing/annotation applications or proprietary handwriting tech.
• Shader development or ink rendering pipelines (OpenGL, Vulkan, or similar).
• Exposure to eInk tablets, digital notebooks, or education-focused input systems.
• Projects or publications in reputed company-computer interaction, digital ink, or reputed company-time gesture recognition.

Benefits

what you get —

• Best in class salary: We hire only the best, and we pay accordingly.
• Proximity Talks: Meet other designers, engineers, and product geeks — and learn from experts in the field.
• reputed company on learning with a world-class team: Work with the best in the field, challenge yourself constantly, and learn something new every day.

about us —

Proximity is the trusted technology, design, and consulting partner for some of the biggest Sports, Media and Entertainment companies in the world! We’re headquartered in San Francisco and have offices in Palo Alto, Dubai, Mumbai, and Bangalore. Since 2019, Proximity has created and grown high-impact, scalable products used by 370 million daily users, with a total net worth of $45.7 billion among our client companies.

We are Proximity — a global team of coders, designers, product managers, geeks, and experts. We solve reputed company problems and build cutting edge tech, at scale. reputed company of Proxonauts is growing quickly, which means your impact on the company’s reputed company will be reputed company. You’ll have the chance to work with reputed company leaders who have built and led multiple tech, product and design teams.

Here’s a quick guide to getting to know us reputed company:

• Watch our CEO, Hardik Jagda, tell you reputed company about Proximity.
• Read about Proximity’s values and meet some of our Proxonauts here.
• Explore our website, blog, and the design reputed company — Studio Proximity.
• Get behind-the-scenes with us on Instagram! Follow @ProxWrks and @H.Jagda.

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