Google

Staff Software Engineer, Android Hotword

Google · San Francisco, California, United States · $207K–$300K/yr

Software Development · 10,001+ employees

10 h ago
Principal (10+ yrs) Full-time United States
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About the role

Design, develop, test, and maintain large-scale software solutions with a focus on Android Hotword detection. Contribute to full-stack development and the creation of third-party APIs.

What they look for

Android Java Kotlin Software Development API Design System Design Technical Leadership Data Structures Algorithms Hotword Detection Full-stack Development Google Play Services Operating Systems Distributed Computing Information Retrieval

Requirements

Requires a bachelor's degree and at least 8 years of software development experience, including 5 years specifically in Android application development. Candidates should possess strong technical leadership skills and proficiency in Java and Kotlin.

Benefits

Bonus Equity Health Insurance

Full description

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in software development.
  • 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
  • 5 years of experience with Android application development.
  • 5 years of experience in software development using Java/Kotlin.
  • Experience with operating systems, including Android.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
  • 10 years of experience experience Android OS developers working on the Android OS and Google Play services.
  • 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
  • 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
  • Experience developing in Kotlin or Java programming languages.
  • Experience designing and building APIs, designing and building large complex systems.

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. Android is Google’s 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.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google. Responsibilities:

  • Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large-scale software solutions.
  • Builld Android software for Hotword detection.
  • Contribute to the full-stack development.
  • Develop third-party APIs.
  • Work primarily in Java and Kotlin.