Software Engineer III and Mobile Engineer, Android Studio

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
• 2 years of experience Android application development.
• Experience with Software Development, Android and Python.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 2 years of experience with performance, systems data analysis, visualization tools, or debugging.
• 2 years of experience with data structures or algorithms in either an academic or industry setting.
• Experience developing accessible technologies.
• Experience in code and system health, diagnosis and resolution, and software test engineering.
• Experience in Kotlin, Code Analysis, Static Code Analysis, Test Automation Framework and Docker.

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.

Android Studio is the Google official IDE for Android application development. Over 1.2 million 7-day active developers use Android Studio to build over 4 million apps that run on over 2 billion devices. You are welcome to contribute to that growth, and be a part of this fast-evolving and critical element of the Android ecosystem.

The team culture encourages and rewards Product Excellence work (refactoring, testing, reducing complexity, improving key Customer User Journeys). We were also the first adopters of the Kotlin programming language, with many tens of thousands of lines of code written. Using Kotlin for new code is strongly encouraged, while converting existing Java code to Kotlin is also part of daily refactoring work.The Platforms and Devices team encompasses Google's various computing software platforms across environments (desktop, mobile, applications), as well as our first party devices and services that combine the best of Google AI, software, and hardware. Teams across this area research, design, and develop new technologies to make our user's interaction with computing faster and more seamless, building innovative experiences for our users around the world.

Responsibilities

• Write product or system development code.
• Review code developed by other engineers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
• Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.
• Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.