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Senior Software Engineer, Java and Kotlin Ecosystem

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Senior Software Engineer, Java and Kotlin Ecosystem

2 Days ago • 5 Years + • Mobile Development • Full Stack Development

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Job Description

The Senior Software Engineer will be part of the Java and Kotlin Ecosystem team at Google, implementing and maintaining crucial libraries and tools for Java and Kotlin development. The role involves writing and testing code, conducting code reviews, contributing to documentation, debugging issues, and participating in design reviews. The team focuses on enabling first-party app developers to leverage Kotlin multiplatform for code sharing across Android, iOS, web, and servers, and developing core libraries. Responsibilities include building and maintaining internal tools, focusing on testing, logging, and collections. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in software development, testing, and design, with a strong understanding of data structures and algorithms. Experience with Kotlin and Java is essential.

Must have:

5+ years software development experience
Java/Kotlin expertise
Experience with data structures/algorithms
Testing, maintaining, launching software
Software design and architecture experience

Good to have:

Master's degree in CS
Technical leadership experience
API design experience
Developer tooling experience
IoT platform experience
Open-source contributions
Android/iOS development knowledge

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, and with data structures/algorithms.
3 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.
1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
Experience designing APIs.
Experience building developer tooling, working on an IoT developer platform, and contributing to open source projects.
Knowledge of Android or iOS development.

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.

The Java and Kotlin Ecosystem team implements and maintains key libraries and tooling for Java and Kotlin development at Google. The team focuses on enabling first-party flagship App developers to use Kotlin multi-platform to multiply their impact by sharing code across Android, iOS, Web, and Servers. The team provides internal Kotlin specific development, build, and review tools and develops core libraries such as testing, logging, and collections.

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

Write and test 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 on available technologies.

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