Technical Lead, Messages, Android Wear

Google Google · Big Tech · Kraków, Poland

Software Engineer role on the Google Messages team for Android Wear, focusing on building and optimizing features for wearable devices. Responsibilities include full-stack development, collaboration with product managers and designers, and influencing platform API design. Requires experience in Android development, Kotlin/Java, and large-scale application design.

What you'd actually do

  1. Collaborate with product managers and UX designers to scope and build new features.
  2. Architect the full application stack, including UX, database, and system performance.
  3. Influence the design of new APIs by collaborating with the Wear OS platform team.
  4. Build solutions for carrier and Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) partner requirements through direct interaction.
  5. Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices.

Skills

Required

  • software development
  • large-scale application design and architecture
  • Android application development
  • Kotlin
  • Java

Nice to have

  • data structures
  • algorithms
  • technical leadership
  • accessible technologies

What the JD emphasized

  • 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages
  • 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with large-scale application design and architecture
  • 3 years of experience with Android application development
  • 3 years of experience writing code in Kotlin or Java
  • 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role