Google Looking For Staff Software Engineer, Android, Multimodal Voice Input UI at Mountain View, CA Full Time

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

8 years of experience in software development, and with data structures/algorithms.

5 years of experience testing and launching software products, and 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

Experience with coding using Java and Python.

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

Experience or PhD in Machine Learning and/or Natural Language Processing and/or Human Computer Interaction.

3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.

3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, and/or cross-business projects.

Experience with the architecture and operational aspects of large scale distributed systems and with popular technologies in the machine learning/big data ecosystem (e.g., TensorFlow, Spark).

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.

We are a team of engineers and research scientists dedicated to inventing and crafting the current and future generations of Android and Pixel user interfaces, particularly around interaction methods.

As part of the Android System UI team, you will work closely with Android Framework, Pixel software and hardware engineering, Android UX, and Google Assistant teams.

In this role will, you lead and collaborate with engineers, UX design, and HCI research scientists to focus on next generation multimodal interfaces on phones and tablets. You will be responsible for exploring, creating, prototyping, and evaluating new innovations, and integrating and delivering features in products. The ultimate goal is to fundamentally shape human-computer interaction experience industry wide for the benefit of the user.

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

Collaborate with Engineering, PM, UX, and other teams to work on voice input on phones, tablets, and stylus computers.

Identify UI design and technology innovation opportunities.

Design and prototype multimodal interaction (e.g., voice and touch or stylus) feedback, editing, and error correction features.

Research user journeys of the prototyped features.

Deliver and integrate innovations into production codebase and systems.

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.