Senior Software Engineer, Search, Mobile (Android)

Google; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Google London is seeking software engineers to work on next-generation technologies at scale. You will join a team responsible for critical Google projects and have opportunities to switch teams as you grow in a fast-paced environment.

In this role, you will design and implement features for the Android Search App, evolve architecture for maintainability, and test across environments while leveraging AI tools to optimize daily workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
• 3 years testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with large-scale application design and architecture.
• 3 years of experience with Android application development.

Responsibilities

• Work in collaboration with cross-functional partners to design and improve front-end experiences for the Android Search App.
• Implement features end-to-end, evolving existing architecture to improve maintainability.
• Test features across various environments.
• Leverage AI development tools to optimize daily workflows.

Skills

Software development

Android app development

Testing and launching software

Large-scale architecture design

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science

Tools

AI development tools

Job description

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with large-scale application design and architecture.
• 3 years of experience with Android application development.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with large-scale application design and architecture.
• 3 years of experience with Android application development.

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.
• User-facing product development experience.

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.

In Google Search, we’re reimagining what it means to search for information - any way and anywhere. To do that, we need to solve complex engineering challenges and expand our infrastructure, while maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on. In joining the Search team, you'll have an opportunity to make an impact on billions of people globally.

Responsibilities

• Work in collaboration with cross-functional partners to design and improve front-end experiences for the Android Search App.
• Implement features end-to-end, evolving existing architecture to improve maintainability.
• Test features across various environments.
• Leverage AI development tools to optimize daily workflows.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .