Senior Software Engineer, Android, Wear OS
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience with software development in one or more system programming languages (Java, C/C++, Rust, Python, Go or similar).
Preferred qualifications:
- 5 years of experience with data structures or algorithms.
- Experience with Android or other mobile platforms.
- Experience with Android framework development.
- Experience building full-stack Android applications, ranging from building user interfaces to low-level Android libraries.
- Experience with microcontroller or embedded systems architectures.
- Familiarity with software engineering and system design.
About the job
Wear/WatchSW powers millions of smartwatch devices from partners including Pixel, Samsung, Oppo, Xiaomi, Mobvoi, and others. The wearables market is growing quickly and has excellent potential for health and fitness, AI, and similar use cases. The Wear SysUI team owns many of the core UI experiences on watches, including notifications, app grid, tutorial, charging screen, settings, tiles, and quick settings. We drive the fundamental technical and visual direction of the watch, including investigation and the option of new technologies such as Compose. We handle not only the UI but underlying business logic, power and performance optimization, APIs, and app integration. The Wear SysUI Big Picture team's goal is to raise the quality of the core user experience by investing in long-term architectural health and developer efficiency. We identify and work on the most impactful pain points not only for SysUI but for the broader WatchSW organization. Areas of investment include AI-powered developer tools, modernization and large-scale migration of code to the latest platforms and technologies, scaling our release and automation, and making components self-service to app teams.
The Platforms and Devices team encompasses Google's various computing software platforms across environments (desktop, mobile, applications), as well as our first party devices and services that combine the best of Google AI, software, and hardware. Teams across this area research, design, and develop new technologies to make our user's interaction with computing faster and more seamless, building innovative experiences for our users around the world.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $166,000-$244,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
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Responsibilities
- Contribute to the development of new features.
- Develop code for significant components within the Wear OS SysUI team.
- Enhance the notifications stack components to better integrate with Android Open Source Project (AOSP).
- Build accompanying tools, tests, utilities and telemetry.
- Improve the quality, functionality and security of Wear OS SysUI by fixing bugs found during development, user trials and field use.
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