Staff Software Engineer, Android Growth Systems and App Foundations

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects while coaching a distributed team of engineers. Design, develop, test, and maintain large-scale software solutions while ensuring alignment across cross-functional teams.

Requirements

Requires a bachelor's degree and at least 8 years of software development experience, including 5 years in Android application development. Candidates should possess strong technical leadership skills and experience in complex, matrixed organizational environments.

Skills

• Android Development
• Software Architecture
• Kotlin
• Jetpack Compose
• Material Design
• Technical Leadership
• Data Structures
• Algorithms
• Distributed Computing
• Large-scale System Design
• Information Retrieval
• Networking
• Data Storage
• Security
• Artificial Intelligence
• Natural Language Processing

About this role

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

* Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

* 8 years of experience in software development.

* 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.

* 5 years of experience with Android application development.
* 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

* Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related
technical field.
* 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
* 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams
and setting technical direction.
* 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving
cross-functional, or cross-business projects.
* Experience with modern Android development: Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Material
Design.

ABOUT THE JOB:

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change
how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one
another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend
well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from
all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale
system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence,
natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is
growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project
critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as
you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be
versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new
problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

In Google Search, we're reimagining what it means to search for information –
any way and anywhere. To do that, we need to solve complex engineering
challenges and expand our infrastructure, while maintaining a universally
accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on. In
joining the Search team, you'll have an opportunity to make an impact on
billions of people globally.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects.
* Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
* Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and
timelines.
* Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
* Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large-scale software
solutions.

About Google

Software Development · 10,001+ employees · headquartered in Mountain View, CA