Software Engineer, Android, Photos

17 Hours ago • 1-1 Years • Full Stack Development

Job Summary

Job Description

Google Photos is seeking a Software Engineer (Android) to contribute to their photo sharing and storage service. Responsibilities include writing and reviewing code, participating in design reviews, contributing to documentation, debugging issues, and collaborating with cross-functional teams (UX, Product). The ideal candidate will have at least one year of software development experience (languages like Python, C, C++, Java, JavaScript), experience with data structures and algorithms, and familiarity with Android application development. The role involves working on a critical project with opportunities for growth within the fast-paced Google environment. This early-career position offers a chance to contribute to one of Google's most popular products.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • 1 year software development experience
  • 1 year experience with data structures/algorithms
  • Android app development experience
  • Code writing and review
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams
Good to have:
  • Experience with accessible technologies
  • Experience refining feature ideas

Job Details


Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 1 year of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, C, C++, Java, JavaScript).
  • 1 year of experience with data structures or algorithms.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience working with cross-functional partners such as UX and Product, refining feature ideas into practical engineering tasks and driving progress.
  • Experience with Android application development.
  • Experience developing accessible technologies.

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.

Google Photos is a photo sharing and storage service developed by Google. Photos is one of the most sought after products at Google and is looking for both client-side (web and mobile), with server-side (search, storage, serving) and machine intelligence (learning, computer vision) Software Engineers. We are dedicated to making Google experiences centered around the user.

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.

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