Android Growth Systems Lead — App Foundations

Google Inc.; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Google London seeks a Technical Lead for Android Growth Systems and App Foundations to drive technical strategy and cross-team collaboration. You will lead evolution of OS-level entry points, ensuring a cohesive Android experience across launcher surfaces and proactive assistance.

Join a role that blends leadership with hands-on IC work, partnering with Product, UX, and cross-functional teams to weave Search features into the Android ecosystem and impact billions of users globally.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of software development experience.
• 5 years of testing and launching software products.
• 5 years of Android application development experience.
• 3 years of software design and architecture experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects.
• Facilitate alignment across teams on goals, outcomes and timelines.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large-scale software solutions.
• Leverage AI development tools to optimize daily workflows.
• Manage a technical team of 6 engineers while spending 50% of time on IC contributions.

Skills

Outcomes ownership

Decision making

Ambiguity solving

Stakeholder influence

Android development

Testing & launching

Android app dev

System design

Architecture

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master’s degree or PhD (preferred)

Tools

AI development tools

Job description

Google London seeks a Technical Lead for Android Growth Systems and App Foundations to drive technical strategy and cross-team collaboration. You will lead evolution of OS-level entry points, ensuring a cohesive Android experience across launcher surfaces and proactive assistance.

Join a role that blends leadership with hands-on IC work, partnering with Product, UX, and cross-functional teams to weave Search features into the Android ecosystem and impact billions of users globally.