Staff Software Engineer, Framework Foundations

Overview

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Java, Kotlin, Swift, Objective-C).
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role; overseeing projects, with 2 years of experience in a people management, supervision/team leadership role.

• Experience writing applications in Android or working with the Android OS.
• Experience in creating, characterizing and evolving the architecture of complex systems.
• Experience mentoring and growing technical talent.
• Experience in C++.
• Experience using performance analysis tools (tracing, profiling) or debugging tools.
• Knowledge of the Linux Kernel.

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.With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.
Android is Google’s open-source mobile operating system powering more than 3 billion devices worldwide. Android is about bringing computing to everyone in the world. We believe computing is a super power for good, enabling access to information, economic opportunity, productivity, connectivity between friends and family and more. We think everyone in the world should have access to the best computing has to offer. We provide the platform for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and developers to build compelling computing devices (smartphones, tablets, TVs, wearables, etc) that run the best apps/services for everyone in the world.

Responsibilities

• Use tracing, stack sampling and metrics tools to learn about how applications and platform subsystems are using core OS constructs.
• Improve, scale and optimize core OS components to make them resilient.
• Work with various product teams, first-party apps and Android verticals (Wear, TV, Auto) to design and build new features for them, while keeping the solutions generic and flexible enough to benefit multiple form factors and apps.
• Be part of and contribute to our engineering practices (e.g., design reviews, code reviews, team discussions, etc.).
• Identify anti-patterns in applications and work with application developers to improve them.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See alsoGoogle's EEO Policy andEEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing ourAccommodations for Applicants form.