Google Looking For Software Engineer III, Front-End, Android System UI Engineering at Mountain View, CA Full Time

Note: Google’s hybrid workplace includes remote and in-office roles. By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following:

In-office locations: Cambridge, MA, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA.

Remote location(s): California, USA; Massachusetts, USA.

Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

2 years of experience with data structures or algorithms in either an academic or industry setting.

2 years of experience with software development Java programming languages, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.

Experience with graphical user interface.

Preferred qualifications:
Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.

2 years of experience with front-end frameworks, full-stack development, and/or API development.

2 years of experience with one or more of the following: UI Design, User Experience, Graphical User Experience, Critical User Journeys, Animation, Operating Systems, Mobile, Mobile Interfaces, Kotlin, Android, and/or Android Apps.

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.

With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

Android System UI is the tight-knit but growing team responsible for the overall user experience of the Android OS. We work with our UX and Product Managers counterparts through the entire lifecycle of every feature to craft the essential interactive parts of the operating system itself, including: ambient display, lock screen, authentication, biometric UI, notifications and related APIs and policies, including do-not-disturb, and wallpaper, theming, and customization, notably Material.

We relentlessly pursue performance, robustness, and user delight, because code will end up in the Android Open-Source Project and find its way into devices built by of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) globally.

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

Build Android’s core user experience in Kotlin and Java.

Work with PM and UX to imagine and refine the interactions and surfaces that users live with every day on their devices.

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 also Google’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.