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 this role, you will design, develop, deploy, and support APIs, tools, and application frameworks used by Google's Android application developers. You will be developing apps for Android users.
The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google’s flagship products. We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These are the essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent experiences for our users and drive the pace of innovation for every developer. We look across Google’s products to build central solutions, break down technical barriers and strengthen existing systems. As the Core team, we have a mandate and a unique opportunity to impact important technical decisions across the company.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop features and frameworks for app developers to use in building quality Android apps in the Dagger dependency injection framework and the first-party Android app framework.
- Design and implement enhancements to our frameworks to make the most of modern Android development tools, including Kotlin, Coroutines, and Jetpack Compose.
- Implement static analysis and other tools to improve the quality of Google's Android apps and the lives of its app developers.
- Work directly with engineers on app development teams to integrate our products and recommended practices.
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of experience with software development in Java or Kotlin, and with data structures/algorithms.
- 2 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
- 2 years of experience developing Android applications, programming in Java/Kotlin.
- Experience with concurrency and multi-threaded apps.
- Experience designing and implementing dependency injection in applications.