About the role
About PayJoy PayJoy, a Public Benefit Corporation, is a mission-first credit provider dedicated to helping under-served customers in emerging markets to achieve financial stability and success. Our patented technology for secured credit provides an on-ramp for new customers to enter the credit system. Through PayJoy’s point-of-sale financing and card offerings, customers gain access to a modern quality of life. PayJoy’s credit also allows our customers to seize opportunities as micro-entrepreneurs, and acts as insurance for tough times. Through our cutting-edge machine learning, data science, and anti-fraud AI, we have served over 18 million customers as of 2025 while achieving solid profitability for sustainable growth. This role This is not a conventional Android app development role (building applications for the Play Store) . We are seeking a specialized systems engineer focused on the heart of the operating system: AOSP (Android Open Source Project) and the TEE (Trusted Execution Environment) . In this role, you will bridge the gap between high-level Android features and low-level hardware integration, ensuring our proprietary security mechanisms—which protect our assets at the OS level—are robust, performant, and tamper-proof . \n
Responsibilities Framework Engineering: Develop and maintain custom modifications within the Android Framework (AOSP) and Hardware Abstraction Layers (HAL). OEM Integration: Partner with global smartphone manufacturers and chipset vendors to integrate PayJoy’s proprietary technology into factory firmware. Cross-Border Collaboration: Work daily with our China-based engineering team to align on technical specifications and manufacturing
requirements. Feature Development: Implement new locking features that interact with system-level services for example Telephony, Power Management, and Device Policy Manager, etc… R&D & Debugging: Use deep chip-level knowledge to troubleshoot integration issues across different silicon providers (Qualcomm, MediaTek, etc.). Process Automation: Contribute to OTA (Over-the-Air) updates and global device testing.
