Software Engineer III, Android Studio, Intelligent Eyewear Tooling

United States Digital Space LLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC in London is seeking a software engineer with strong Android experience, Kotlin, and Jetpack Compose to join our Platforms and Devices team. You will help build scalable Android applications across multiple form factors and contribute to devices and services that blend AI, software, and hardware.

You will review code, triage issues, implement features in Android Studio, and improve tooling to deliver high-quality UI experiences while navigating deadlines and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience required.
• 2 years of software development experience in one or more programming languages, or 1 year with an advanced degree.
• Experience in building Android applications using Kotlin.

Responsibilities

• Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices.
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing sources of issues and impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.
• Build and expand features within Android Studio to support modern developer workflows and frameworks.
• Improve Jetpack Compose tooling to provide great developer experiences for shipping high-quality applications across form factors.
• Work on projects that solve complex technical and UX challenges.

Skills

Android development experience

Data structures & algorithms

Kotlin language proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Android Studio

Jetpack Compose

Job description

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

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
• Experience in software development building Android applications using Kotlin.

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• Familiarity with Jetpack Compose application development.
• Passion for working on new form factors and deliver high quality developer experiences.
• Comfortable integrating AI in your development workflow.

About the job

the company'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 the company’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.

The Platforms and Devices team encompasses the company's various computing software platforms across environments (desktop, mobile, applications), as well as our first party devices and services that combine the best of the company 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.

Responsibilities

• Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
• 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.
• Build and expand features within Android Studio to support modern developer workflows and frameworks.
• Improve Jetpack Compose tooling to provide great developer experiences that help Android developers ship high quality applications and eases the workload of delivering UIs across different form factors.
• Work on projects that solve complex technical and UX challenges.

the company 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 the company'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.