Staff Software Engineer, Pixel GPU

WeAreTechWomen; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech organization in the United Kingdom is seeking a seasoned software engineer to join their Pixel Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) team. The role demands 8+ years of software development experience and a proven track record in technical leadership to drive GPU projects. Responsibilities include advising leadership on software performance, facilitating alignment across teams and developing cutting-edge GPU technologies. The ideal candidate will possess strong skills in C++, embedded programming, and graphics software. This role offers an exciting opportunity to shape the future of mobile technology.

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience in software development, including tech leadership.
• Experience with GPU and mobile GPU.
• Familiarity with data structures and algorithms.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on graphics software projects.
• Coach a distributed engineering team.
• Define GPU requirements for future product designs.

Skills

Software development

Technical leadership

C++

GPU drivers

Embedded programming

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Vulkan

LLVM

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
• Experience with Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) and mobile GPU.
• Experience with GPU drivers and embedded programming in C.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• Experience in C++ and Kernel drivers.
• Experience with Vulkan, SPIR‑V, Low Level Virtual Machine (LLVM), and graphics pipelines.

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.

Pixel Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) software enables everything from simple low power animations to rich UI, high‑end games, and on‑device image processing to make the best use of the GPU in Pixel phones. Our team works in Pixel devices from SoC conception all the way to field deployment and beyond. We work closely with multiple teams at Google, including Android, Pixel camera, display, video and power.

As a member of Pixel’s core GPU driver team, you will share ownership of the kernel GPU driver and the user space graphics driver stack. You will be involved in developing new features, devising performance improvements, bringing silicon up, debugging problems and in identifying future requirements for both software and hardware in Pixel products.

The Google Pixel team focuses on designing and delivering the world’s most helpful mobile experience. The team works on shaping the future of Pixel devices and services through some of the most advanced designs, techniques, products, and experiences in consumer electronics. This includes bringing together the best of Google’s artificial intelligence, software and hardware to build global smartphones and create transformative experiences for users across the world.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on projects and advise Android and Pixel leadership on performance and feature opportunities in graphics software, and scope solutions with partner teams inside and outside Google.
• Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
• Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines, such as work with product and engineering teams to define the role and requirements of the GPU in future product designs.
• Develop GPU graphics and compute technologies spanning the full GPU software stack.
• Evaluate and bring‑up devices and work with product and engineering teams to define the role and requirements of the GPU in future product designs.

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.