Software Engineer, Quick Share, Windows, Better Together
Job Summary
Google seeks a Software Engineer to develop and maintain high-performance Windows desktop applications using Flutter and Dart for their Better Together Experience team. This role involves implementing Windows-specific features and APIs, designing user interfaces adhering to Windows UI/UX guidelines, collaborating with cross-functional teams, writing clean and well-tested code, debugging complex issues, and working with industry partners. The team focuses on building core features like Quick Share, enabling seamless file transfers across Windows and Android. Responsibilities include developing, maintaining, integrating, designing, debugging, and collaborating with various teams.
Must Have
- Flutter and Dart experience
- Windows API integration
- UI/UX design implementation
- Debugging and troubleshooting
- High-performance app development
Good to Have
- Rust experience
- Asynchronous programming (C++)
- Master's/PhD in CS
- Proficiency in Dart/Flutter for desktop
Job Description
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Flutter, C++) or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
- Experience with Rust.
- Understanding of asynchronous programming with experience in C++.
- Understanding of Windows platform APIs and integration techniques.
- Proficiency in Dart and Flutter framework for desktop application development.
- Ability to debug and troubleshoot complex issues on the Windows platform and experience with UI/UX design principles and implementation.
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 Better Together Experience team is the leading team behind building seamless Android cross-device experiences with many platforms like Windows and iOS. Our team builds core features like Quick Share and Fast Pair, enabling instant file transfers and effortless device connections across the Windows platform and Android ecosystem.
Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices & Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make our user's interaction with computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the Devices & Services team is making people's lives better through technology.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain high-performance Windows desktop applications using Flutter and Dart.
- Implement and integrate Windows-specific features and APIs into Flutter applications.
- Design and implement user interfaces that adhere to Windows UI/UX guidelines and collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code and debug and resolve complex issues related to performance, stability, and compatibility on Windows.
- Work with industry partners on integration and interoperability.