Software Engineer III, Android System UI

3 Days ago • 2 Years + • Mobile Development

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Software Engineer III on Google's Android System UI team, you'll engineer core Android OS experiences and systems. You'll tackle challenges in application launching, navigation, personalization, and implementing components like wallpapers and notifications. Your work will focus on delivering a fluid, intelligent, and adaptable UI, prioritizing technical quality, performance, and user experience. Responsibilities include developing features in core system applications, contributing to Android Framework components, and improving developer experiences for Android app developers. This role requires writing and reviewing code, participating in design reviews, contributing to documentation, debugging system issues, and adhering to company policies.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • 2 years software development experience
  • 2 years experience with data structures/algorithms
  • Java and Android development experience
  • Code writing, review, and debugging
  • Design review participation
Good to have:
  • Master's/PhD in CS
  • Experience with accessible technologies
  • Software product testing/maintenance/launch experience

Job Details

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 with data structures or algorithms.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
  • Experience developing accessible technologies.
  • Experience in testing, maintaining, or launching software products.
  • Experience with software development in Java.
  • Experience with Android application 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.

As a Software Engineer on the System UI team, you will have the opportunity to engineer the core experiences and underlying systems of the Android OS. You will manage technical challenges in areas like application launching, navigation, and personalization features, and the implementation of components like wallpapers, notifications, widgets and shortcuts. Your work will work on delivering a fluid, intelligent, and adaptable UI, emphasizing technical quality, performance, and the overall user experience. This involves developing features in core system applications, contributing to the Android Framework components that support them, and improving the developer experiences for applications developers that build for Android.

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

  • Write product or system development code. Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
  • Review code developed by other developers 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.
  • Comply with all company health and safety policies, procedures, and legal requirements.

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