Member of Technical Staff - Device Software Engineer

About the role

Domera Labs is building Ami, an AI companion for seniors designed to combat loneliness and isolation through a voice-first, screenless hardware device. As a founding-level engineer, you will own the on-device software architecture, integrating application services with hardware platforms to ensure seamless reliability for non-technical users. You will work directly with founders and ODM partners to take the product from development through mass production.

Responsibilities

• Architect and ship on-device applications and services, including interaction logic and real-time audio streaming.
• Manage device identity, fleet provisioning, and secure key storage systems.
• Develop reliable maintenance channels and field debugging tools via BLE or USB-C.
• Design a screenless, intuitive out-of-the-box network onboarding experience for seniors.
• Implement robust flash and update management, including A/B OTA rollouts and recovery mechanisms.
• Collaborate with ODM and silicon partners on platform integration, audio front-end tuning, and hardware bring-up through EVT, DVT, and PVT stages.

Required skills

• Android
• AOSP
• Kotlin
• Java
• C++
• Embedded Linux
• Python
• Wi-Fi
• BLE
• OTA
• Bootloaders

Nice to have

• Qualcomm platform
• Real-time audio pipelines
• On-device ML inference
• Factory test
• Regulatory certification
• Power optimization
• NLU
• NLP

Qualifications

• Experience shipping a connected consumer device to production
• Experience developing for AOSP-based devices beyond standard smartphone apps
• Experience integrating real-time AI services into a consumer product

Benefits

• Founding-team equity
• Equity incentives

About the Company

Domera Labs builds Ami, the first AI companion for seniors, designed to make technology accessible through intuitive hardware and frontier AI. The company is focused on rethinking human-machine interaction to address loneliness and isolation in older adults.