Google

Senior Software Engineer, Android, XR Camera Experiences

Google · San Jose, California, United States · $174K–$252K/yr

Software Development · 10,001+ employees

6 h ago
Senior (5-10 yrs) Full-time United States
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About the role

The engineer will guide the development and optimization of next-generation Android Glasses applications and build high-performance image processing pipelines. They will also drive cross-functional collaboration to deliver critical user journeys and resolve low-level system challenges for hardware-software cohesion.

What they look for

Kotlin C++ Android Development Image Processing Concurrency Software Architecture Technical Leadership Data Structures Algorithms XR Camera Systems System Design Testing Performance Optimization API Development

Requirements

Candidates must have a bachelor's degree and at least 5 years of experience in software development with Kotlin or C++. Additionally, the role requires 3 years of experience in Android application development, image processing, and concurrency.

Benefits

Bonus Equity Health Insurance

Full description

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience with software development in Kotlin or C++.
  • 3 years of experience with Android application development and Android camera.
  • 3 years of experience with image processing.
  • 3 years of experience with concurrency.
  • 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with large scale application design and architecture.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
  • 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
  • 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
  • Experience developing accessible technologies.
  • Experience with iOS development .

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.

Glasses provide a unique first-person perspective, with a goal serving as one of the strongest cues about the user’s focus. We are the XR Vision team, with the objective to develop and enhance Glasses experiences that leverage this camera imagery perspective. Specifically, our team's impact is through establishing and delivering applications that primarily use the camera sensor as a key input, investigating and pioneering novel experiences that integrate camera images, and furnishing solutions and tools aimed at elevating camera and image quality for other Glasses experiences.

For decades, the computing revolution has reshaped our world driven by breakthroughs in compute, connectivity, mobile, and now, AI. Google's XR team is at the forefront of the next major leap – the convergence of AI and XR. This is more than just new devices – it's about reimagining how we interact with the world around us. We're building a future where lightweight XR devices like smart glasses and headsets pair with helpful AI to augment human intelligence, offering personalized, conversational, and contextually aware experiences.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $174000 - $252000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google. Responsibilities:

  • Guide the development and optimization of next-generation Android Glasses applications.
  • Develop robust concurrency models and high-performance, privacy-compliant pipelines for image processing.
  • Establish robust testing, monitoring, and infrastructure frameworks to guarantee exceptional product quality.
  • Drive alignment across cross-product (xPA) and cross-functional (xFN) teams to deliver critical user journeys for milestone dogfoods and launches.
  • Build foundational camera features alongside the Glasses Platform team, resolving low-level system challenges to optimize hardware-software cohesion.