Google

Software Engineer III, Mobile (Android), Google Photos

Google · Mountain View, California, United States · $147K–$210K/yr

Software Development · 10,001+ employees

6 h ago
Mid (2-5 yrs) Full-time United States
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About the role

The software engineer will design, develop, test, and maintain mobile software solutions for Google Photos. They are also responsible for reviewing code, triaging system issues, and participating in design reviews to ensure high-quality product delivery.

What they look for

Java Kotlin Android Development Software Engineering System Design Debugging Data Structures Algorithms Performance Analysis Code Review Test Engineering Computer Vision Distributed Computing Information Retrieval UI Design Machine Intelligence

Requirements

Candidates must have a bachelor's degree and at least two years of experience in Java or Kotlin and Android application development. Preferred qualifications include advanced degrees and experience with performance analysis, debugging, and large-scale system design.

Benefits

Bonus Equity Health Insurance

Full description

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2 years of experience programming in Java or Kotlin.
  • 2 years of experience Android application development.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
  • 2 years of experience with performance, systems data analysis, visualization tools, or debugging.
  • 2 years of experience with data structures or algorithms in either an academic or industry setting.
  • Experience developing accessible technologies.
  • Proficiency in code and system health, diagnosis and resolution, and software test engineering.

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.

Application Instructions: In most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.

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.

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

US: $147000 - $210000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google. Responsibilities:

  • Write product or system development code.
  • Review code developed by other engineers 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.
  • Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.