Technical Lead, Android Growth Systems & App Foundations

Google; Greater London; On-site; GBP 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Google in London is seeking a Technical Lead for Google Search on Android to guide architecture and delivery of high-impact features across the Android ecosystem. You will work with Product, UX, and cross-functional teams to weave Search into Android, leading a 6-engineer team while dedicating half your time to individual contributions.

The role focuses on leveraging AI development tools, optimizing daily workflows, and evolving OS entry points like the Quick Search Box into a cohesive access

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years software development experience.
• 5 years testing and launching software products.
• 5 years Android application development.
• 3 years software design and architecture experience.
• Masters or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
• 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional or cross-business projects.
• Experience with modern Android development: Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Material Design.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects.
• Facilitate alignment and clarity 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 individual contributor responsibilities.
• Drive the technical strategy for Google Search across the Android ecosystem.
• Lead the evolution of OS-level entry points, including the Android Quick Search Box, into a cohesive access system.
• Ensure features feel like visually rich extensions of the Android launcher.
• Pioneer proactive assistance using native surfaces like lockscreen and widgets.
• Partner closely with Product, UX, and cross-functional teams to weave Search into Android.

Skills

Leadership

Android development

Kotlin

Jetpack Compose

Material Design

Data structures and algorithms

Cross-functional

AI tools

Software architecture

Team management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Masters degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

Kotlin

Jetpack Compose

Material Design

Fabric

Job description

Salary: £160,000 - 200,000 per year

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 5 years of experience testing and launching software products.
• 5 years of experience with Android application development.
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
• Masters degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
• 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional or cross-business projects.
• Experience with modern Android development: Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Material Design.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects.
• Facilitate alignment and clarity 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 individual contributor responsibilities.
• Drive the technical strategy for Google Search across the Android ecosystem.
• Lead the evolution of OS-level entry points, including the Android Quick Search Box, into a cohesive access system.
• Ensure features feel like visually rich extensions of the Android launcher.
• Pioneer proactive assistance using native surfaces like lockscreen and widgets.
• Partner closely with Product, UX, and cross-functional teams to weave Search into Android.

Technologies:

• AI
• Android
• Kotlin
• Mobile
• Security
• UX UI Design
• Fabric
• Web

More:

We are Google Search, reimagining what it means to search for information anywhere and in any way. Our software engineers build next-generation technologies that help billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information. We work on large-scale systems across search, distributed computing, networking, data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design, and mobile. As part of our fast-paced team, you will work on a critical project with opportunities to grow and switch teams as our business evolves. In this Technical Lead role, you will help make Google Search an omnipresent, instantly callable, and proactively helpful companion across the Android ecosystem, with an opportunity to make a global impact.

last updated 37 week of 2026