Senior Software Engineer, Mobile (Android)

Google Inc.; Kraków; On-site; PLN 364,000 - 373,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Mobile (Android) in Poland to drive Android overview features, improve performance, and mentor junior engineers. You will contribute to large-scale mobile architecture and collaborate across Launcher and Android Platform to push innovative multitasking solutions.

Proficiency in Kotlin, Android development, and MVVM with Jetpack Compose is required. The role emphasizes scalable design, code quality, and cross-team collaboration to deliver high-impact

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of software development experience.
• 3 years testing, maintaining, or launching software products.
• 3 years Android development experience.
• Experience with Kotlin.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and launch new features for the Android Overview experience, such as enhanced drag and drop, pagination, and multi-display support.
• Analyze and improve the performance, responsiveness, and memory footprint of Overview features within Launcher.
• Contribute to the ongoing architectural modernization of Launcher, including adopting MVVM and integrating Jetpack Compose for UI development.
• Investigate, debug, and resolve complex issues related to functionality, performance, and accessibility within Overview.

Skills

Software development

Android development

Kotlin

System design

Testing & maintenance

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

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

Tools

MVVM

Jetpack Compose

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Senior Software Engineer, Mobile (Android)

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• 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.
• Experience in Kotlin programming language.

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.

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.

Android is Google’s mobile operating system powering more than 3 billion devices worldwide. Android is about bringing computing to everyone in the world. We believe computing is a super power for good, enabling access to information, economic opportunity, productivity, connectivity between friends and family and more. We think everyone in the world should have access to the best computing has to offer. We provide the platform for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and developers to build compelling computing devices (smartphones, tablets, TVs, wearables, etc) that run the best apps/services for everyone in the world.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

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.

Android is Google’s mobile operating system powering more than 3 billion devices worldwide. Android is about bringing computing to everyone in the world. We believe computing is a super power for good, enabling access to information, economic opportunity, productivity, connectivity between friends and family and more. We think everyone in the world should have access to the best computing has to offer. We provide the platform for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and developers to build compelling computing devices (smartphones, tablets, TVs, wearables, etc) that run the best apps/services for everyone in the world.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

• Poland: zł364000 - zł373000 (PLN) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

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• Design, implement, and launch new features for the Android Overview experience, such as enhanced drag and drop, pagination, and multi-display support.
• Analyze and improve the performance, responsiveness, and memory footprint of Overview features within Launcher.
• Contribute to the ongoing architectural modernization of Launcher, including adopting model-view-viewmodel (MVVM) and integrating Jetpack Compose for UI development.
• Investigate, debug, and resolve complex issues related to functionality, performance, and accessibility within Overview.
• Collaborate with UX/UI designers, product managers, and engineers across Launcher and Android Platform to define and build innovative multitasking solutions.

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Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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