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Embedded Software Application Engineer Android & Kotlin- Automotive
Göteborg
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Executive opportunity brief
The decision in one screen
A compact evidence-first read of compensation, flexibility, mobility and what still needs verification. No universal quality score is used.
Fast read
Opportunity DNA
What stands out most is that the application route looks comparatively direct. The biggest counterweight is that the pay picture is incomplete.
A financial comparison will need the approved compensation range.
Regular physical-location attendance is part of the advertised arrangement.
The listing does not make the minimum education or experience threshold clear enough yet.
Sponsorship and relocation support are not clear from the current listing.
The visible path is straightforward and no additional mandatory step is stated in the available listing text.
At least one recent enabled source can still renew this vacancy.
This fingerprint summarizes what is clear, constrained or still unanswered in the current listing. It is a reading aid, not an overall job score.
Decision evidence check
4 of 5 core facts stated
This checks whether the listing states the facts that commonly change an employment decision. It measures disclosure completeness, not whether the opportunity is good or bad.
Facts already stated
- Work arrangement
- Advertised location
- Application closing time
- Employment type
What to verify next
- Compensation: What is the approved compensation range, and what portion is guaranteed base pay rather than variable compensation?
Advertised location is not proof of work authorization, sponsorship, or legal eligibility. Unknown information is not a negative score; verify those questions separately.
Decision levers
What could make or break the fit?
Reasons to look closer
- The application route looks comparatively direct: The primary route points through an employer, an employer-authorized hiring source or an official employment source, and no extra mandatory step is stated in the listing text.
Trade-offs to weigh
- The pay picture is incomplete: No usable salary range is stated, so a meaningful financial comparison is not possible yet.
- Location rules could change the fit: Regular physical-location attendance is part of the advertised arrangement.
Questions worth asking before you invest more time
- Ask for the approved compensation range before comparing this opportunity financially.
- Confirm whether a degree is actually required, preferred, or replaceable with equivalent experience.
- Confirm the actual minimum experience requirement rather than assuming preferred background is mandatory.
- Ask whether visa sponsorship is available before investing significant time in the application.
These questions come from details the listing leaves open. An unanswered point is not treated as a disadvantage.
Salary transparency context
Is pay disclosure typical for this kind of role?
This listing does not state usable structured compensation, and the current role sample is still too small for a reliable disclosure-rate comparison.
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Employer-level comparison is withheld until enough current employer listings are available.
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The approved base-pay range is not established in the listing.
Variable compensation is mentioned; verify amount, formula, target and eligibility.
Equity or long-term incentive language is mentioned; verify grant type, vesting and valuation basis.
Retirement or pension benefits are mentioned; verify employer contribution and vesting.
Health-benefit language is mentioned; verify coverage, dependants and employee cost.
Paid-leave language is mentioned; verify the exact entitlement and carry-over rules.
A work-arrangement signal is available; verify schedule details before relying on it.
Relocation support not established
Sponsorship not established
A review cycle is mentioned; verify timing and whether compensation can change at that review.
Questions worth taking into the offer conversation
- What is the approved base-pay range for this role?
- Is there a bonus, commission or other variable-pay component, and how is it calculated?
- Does the package include equity or another long-term incentive, and what are the vesting terms?
- What retirement or pension contribution does the employer provide?
- What health coverage is included and what costs remain with the employee?
- How much paid leave is provided and what are the carry-over or blackout rules?
- If relocation is relevant, what expenses, timing and repayment conditions are covered?
- What exact sponsorship or work-authorization conditions apply to this role?
Skill bridge
What does this role connect to?
The listing contains useful skill signals, while the current occupation sample is still too thin for a broader comparison.
Skills named in this listing
Shared with the current career sample
The occupation sample is still too thin for a reliable shared-skill comparison.
Application edge
- If these skills match your background, prepare one concrete example that shows how you used Agile, Kotlin, and Scrum rather than relying on a keyword-only claim.
Skill signals come from explicit text mentions. A mention is not automatically a requirement, and absence from the current top-skill list does not make a skill rare or unimportant.
Application Decision Lab
Turn the listing into a preparation plan
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Agile
This skill or technology is explicitly mentioned in the available listing text. A mention is not automatically a mandatory requirement; prepare a concrete example only if it is relevant to your experience.
Kotlin
This skill or technology is explicitly mentioned in the available listing text. A mention is not automatically a mandatory requirement; prepare a concrete example only if it is relevant to your experience.
Scrum
This skill or technology is explicitly mentioned in the available listing text. A mention is not automatically a mandatory requirement; prepare a concrete example only if it is relevant to your experience.
Questions worth resolving before you rely on the opportunity
- Compensation: What is the approved compensation range, and what portion is guaranteed base pay rather than variable compensation?
- Work authorization / sponsorship: If sponsorship or work authorization matters to you, what exact immigration or employer-sponsorship conditions apply to this role?
- Application process: What interview, assessment, portfolio, reference or screening stages are part of the hiring process?
Decision analysis
What the listing really tells you
A closer look at Embedded Software Application Engineer Android & Kotlin- Automotive at Göteborg points most strongly to the location rules are clear enough to judge, the application route gives a few useful clues, and the listing can be traced to a current source. Those signals shape the practical upside and the questions still worth asking.
The location rules are clear enough to judge
The work-location pattern is “Primarily location-bound”, with Remote Freedom at 18/100. One practical limit to notice is regular physical-location attendance is part of the advertised arrangement..
The application route gives a few useful clues
More direct application path. The external application may contain additional steps that are not visible from the listing itself.
The listing can be traced to a current source
1 recent enabled source can currently renew this vacancy across 1 source classes. That improves traceability, although it does not verify the employer itself.
How this analysis is assembled
The brief pulls together the parts of the vacancy that can be compared reliably today. Gaps in the listing remain visible instead of being filled with assumptions.
Analysis evidence coverage
How much analysis can the current evidence support?
This title does not yet fit a reliable comparison family, so a pay percentile is not shown.
Measures observable location flexibility and explicit restrictions; it does not determine whether remote work is personally desirable.
Missing compensation is not treated as negative evidence; this dimension simply remains unavailable.
The source posting date is today.
The vacancy has recent enabled provenance through a comparatively direct source lane. This strengthens traceability, not employer verification.
There is no universal opportunity score because pay, flexibility and access matter differently to different people. Compare Jobs lets you weight the evidence around your own priorities.
Decision checklist
What is supported, uncertain or worth checking?
This checklist separates supported strengths, visible cautions and missing evidence. It is not an overall recommendation or guarantee that the job is suitable for you.
Supported strengths
- Recent provenance includes a comparatively direct source lane, improving traceability.
- The current provenance provides a comparatively direct application route.
Visible cautions
- Regular physical-location attendance is part of the advertised arrangement.
- The description appears to mention an advanced degree requirement or preference.
Still unknown
- There is not enough comparable salary evidence to establish this job’s current pay position.
- Visa sponsorship is not established by the available listing data.
Pay vs. barriers
Opportunity Efficiency not assessed
The current pay position is not reliable enough to weigh compensation against the stated barriers.
1 explicit Remote Freedom restriction signal is present and is shown separately from qualification requirements.
- Current comparable pay position is unavailable.
- Education requirement is not established.
- Required prior-experience level is not established.
This section weighs pay context against clearly stated barriers without collapsing unlike requirements into one universal score. Degree, experience, licensing, clearance and location limits remain separate, and missing qualification details stay unknown.
Beyond the headline
Not enough evidence for a hidden-value finding
Potential hidden value appears only when several distinct non-pay advantages are actually supported. Missing requirements or benefits are never counted as positives.
Hidden Value is an experimental evidence summary, not an investment-style score or guarantee of employability. It only uses explicit current listing evidence and does not infer that an unmentioned qualification is unnecessary.
Compensation intelligence
How competitive is this pay?
This title does not yet fit a reliable comparison family, so a pay percentile is not shown.
Why this analysis?
- This title does not yet fit a reliable comparison family, so a pay percentile is not shown.
- Salary confidence: Not available. No disclosed salary can currently be normalized for comparison. Missing compensation is not treated as low-quality salary evidence.
- Range quality: No disclosed range.
Employer compensation communication
Pay transparency at Göteborg
Limited current pay transparency
This score uses the employer’s current visible listings and combines how often pay is disclosed with how useful those ranges are. Bonus, equity and benefit mentions are shown separately and do not raise the score.
This pattern comes from the employer’s current visible vacancies. It describes hiring and pay transparency in those listings, not employee satisfaction or a permanent judgement of the employer.
Current employer intelligence
Göteborg — current opportunity snapshot
Employer Evidence Profile
How often this employer’s current visible sampled vacancies state decision-critical information. These percentages describe evidence coverage, not employer quality.
Current sampled listings with advertised compensation evidence.
Current sampled listings whose work arrangement is clearer than unknown.
Current sampled listings with a supported country signal.
Current sampled listings with an explicit closing time.
Current sampled listings with a usable posting date.
Current sampled listings that explicitly indicate confirmed, possible or unavailable sponsorship evidence.
Current sampled listings with an explicit relocation signal.
Low coverage means the current visible listings state the information less often. It does not prove that the employer lacks the policy, benefit or support.
Common current occupation families: Software engineering (14) · Product (3) · Data & AI (3)
Visible seniority mix: Senior / lead (16)
Current employment-type mix: Full time (68) · Part time (2)
Most visible hiring countries in this sample: Sweden (70)
Other current roles from this employer
Embedded Software Product Owner - Automotive
GÖTEBORG, Västra Götalands län, Sverige
Seniority not clearly specified · On-site / hybridDevOps Engineer CI/CD & Embedded Systems
GÖTEBORG, Västra Götalands län, Sverige
Seniority not clearly specified · On-site / hybridAI Adoption & Artificial Intelligence Specialist Defense
GÖTEBORG, Västra Götalands län, Sverige
Seniority not clearly specified · On-site / hybridSenior Data Analyst Data Engineering, Automotive & Power BI
GÖTEBORG, Västra Götalands län, Sverige
Senior / lead · On-site / hybridThese are other current vacancies visible from the same employer, not endorsements or evidence of future hiring plans.
There are not yet five current disclosed salaries in one currency, so an employer pay median would be too thin to be useful.
Questions worth asking this employer
- What compensation range applies to this role, and which parts of total compensation are fixed versus variable?
- If work authorization matters to you, what sponsorship policy applies to this specific role and location?
- If a move is required, is relocation assistance available for this position?
These questions are prompted by missing or thin evidence in the employer’s current visible vacancies. Missing evidence is not treated as a negative judgement.
This employer snapshot uses the employer’s current visible listings. Remote and sponsorship rates use only vacancies with explicit evidence, while missing information stays unknown. Salary medians are shown separately by currency and need at least five disclosed salaries. Zero confirmed sponsorship means none was explicitly found in this sample, not that sponsorship is unavailable.
This snapshot describes the employer’s current visible vacancies—things such as pay disclosure and work arrangement. It is not an employee-satisfaction or hiring-quality rating, and different currencies stay separate.
Work-location intelligence
Remote Freedom
Primarily location-bound
Why this score?
- The listing is on-site or hybrid rather than location independent.
Location restrictions detected
- Regular physical-location attendance is part of the advertised arrangement.
Remote Freedom measures observable location flexibility only. Unknown work-location information remains unscored. Timezone wording is penalized only when it appears restrictive; general collaboration across time zones is not treated as a restriction. A score does not guarantee legal work eligibility, payroll availability or visa sponsorship.
International applicant intelligence
Visa & relocation signals
Sponsorship status is shown only when the listing provides clear enough wording. Employer history or headquarters location is not used to guess an answer.
The available listing details do not contain a clear enough sponsorship statement.
The available listing details do not contain a clear enough relocation statement.
Tradeoff check
What’s the catch?
These are visible conditions worth checking before treating the headline compensation as the whole story:
- The description appears to mention an advanced degree requirement or preference.
Application-path intelligence
What can we see about the application process?
More direct application path
The primary route is a direct-employer, employer-authorized hiring or official government source. That can reduce intermediary steps, although the external form may still be lengthy.
Current destination: www.hykmann.com · HTTPS
No additional required application step is clear in the available listing text. This does not mean the external application is one-click or friction-free.
Application effort is estimated from visible listing and source details. Optional steps are kept separate from mandatory ones, and the external form may contain additional requirements that are not visible here.
Application safety context
Application safety check
Basic application-safety context available
The current application destination has a basic transport-safety signal such as HTTPS. This does not verify the employer, vacancy, recruiter or application process.
Evidence checked: Source provenance · Application destination · Listing wording
Observable transport-safety signals
- The available application destination uses HTTPS.
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Original listing details
The section below comes from the listing source. The decision sections above use the job’s structured pay, location, qualification, mobility and application details to give you additional context.
🚀 We’re Hiring: Embedded Software Application Engineer – Specialist | Android & Kotlin
Company: Hykmann Global Business Solutions AB
Role: Embedded Software Application Engineer – Specialist
Specialisation: Android Platform Development | Kotlin | Embedded Software | Android Applications
Experience: 5+ years of relevant experience
Type: IT Consulting Assignment
About the Role
Hykmann Global Business Solutions AB is looking for an experienced Android Platform Developer to contribute to the development of next-generation Android applications, software platforms and connected services.
You will work in a technically advanced and collaborative engineering environment, developing high-quality, scalable and maintainable Android applications using Kotlin.
The role involves working across the complete software development lifecycle, from feature design and implementation to testing, code reviews, integration and production delivery.
You will collaborate closely with software architects, Agile Product Owners and cross-functional engineering teams to deliver innovative Android solutions with a strong focus on performance, quality and customer experience.
Key Responsibilities
1. Android Application & Platform Development
- Design, develop and maintain high-quality Android applications using Kotlin.
- Implement scalable, reliable and maintainable software solutions following agreed design patterns and architectural principles.
- Develop new application features and functionalities based on product requirements.
- Contribute to the evolution and development of Android software platforms.
- Ensure application performance, reliability and quality throughout the development lifecycle.
- Take end-to-end ownership of the applications and software components developed.
2. Software Testing & Quality Assurance
- Develop and execute appropriate software tests, including V1, V2 and V3 testing activities.
- Implement unit tests and automated integration tests.
- Ensure software quality through systematic testing and validation.
- Identify, investigate and resolve software defects and technical issues.
- Support integration activities and ensure readiness for production delivery.
3. Agile Development & Collaboration
- Collaborate with Agile Product Owners, software architects and development teams.
- Translate requirements, features and user stories into effective technical solutions.
- Participate in Scrum ceremonies and Agile development activities.
- Take ownership of assigned development tasks and ensure timely delivery.
- Communicate technical progress, challenges and solutions to relevant stakeholders.
4. Code Reviews & Engineering Excellence
- Conduct and participate in code reviews in accordance with established engineering standards.
- Follow software development best practices and agreed coding guidelines.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of development methodologies and technical solutions.
- Share technical knowledge within the team and across engineering functions.
- Explore new technologies, frameworks and development practices.
5. Technical Leadership & Knowledge Sharing
- Demonstrate ownership and accountability for technical deliverables.
- Support and guide other developers through knowledge sharing and technical collaboration.
- Contribute to team development and encourage engineering best practices.
- Take initiative in identifying opportunities for innovation and technical improvements.
- Help drive positive change within the engineering organization.
Required Skills & Experience
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electronics Engineering or an equivalent technical discipline.
- Minimum 5 years of professional software development experience.
- Strong hands-on programming experience in Kotlin.
- Solid experience in Android application development and Android platform technologies.
- Good understanding of Android application architecture, design patterns and software development practices.
- Experience with TradeFed.
- Practical experience with Android development and engineering tools, including:
- Android Studio
- Gerrit
- Jenkins
- Jira
- Artifactory
- Experience in unit testing and automated integration testing.
- Understanding of software quality assurance and continuous integration workflows.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to take ownership of technical tasks and drive development activities independently.
Meritorious Experience
Experience in the following areas will be advantageous:
- Android Automotive platform development.
- Android platform architecture and system-level software development.
- Development of connected services and infotainment applications.
- Navigation system development and integration.
- Android frameworks and advanced application services.
- Automated testing and software integration frameworks.
- Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD).
- Working with distributed international engineering teams.
- Technical mentoring, coaching and knowledge sharing.
What We’re Looking For
We are looking for a passionate and committed Android developer who enjoys building innovative software solutions and working with modern technologies.
The ideal candidate should combine strong technical capabilities with excellent communication and collaboration skills. You should be comfortable explaining complex technical concepts, taking ownership of deliverables and contributing to the success of the wider engineering team.
We particularly value professionals who are proactive, adaptable, eager to learn and capable of inspiring others through technical knowledge sharing and collaboration.
Interested in This Opportunity?
Are you an experienced Android Developer with strong Kotlin and Android platform development skills?
We would be happy to hear from you!
Apply directly through our careers page:
🌐 https://www.hykmann.com/careers
Company: Hykmann Global Business Solutions AB
🌐 https://hykmann.com
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Listing provenance
Where did this job come from?
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The vacancy has recent enabled provenance through a comparatively direct source lane. This strengthens traceability, not employer verification.
- Continuity
- One recent renewable source
- Source-class independence
- One renewable source class
- Last source observation
- Observed today
This records when High Paid Job last observed the vacancy in source evidence. It confirms source presence, not that the employer edited the vacancy at that time.
- 1 enabled source recently observed this vacancy.
- At least one recent enabled source is a direct-employer, employer-authorized or official public source.
Source confidence is about traceability and continuity. It is separate from application safety and should not be read as an employer reputation rating.
This vacancy is supplied through an official public employment service. The source identifies where the listing was published; it is not an employer endorsement.
Listing source: Arbetsförmedlingen. Destination: www.hykmann.com. The application opens in a new tab so you can keep this report open.