Audio Experiences Lead, Pixel

Socket.dev; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Google's Pixel team focuses on delivering the world's most helpful mobile experience, shaping the future of Pixel devices and services with advanced AI, software, and hardware.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience programming in C++, Java, Python, Kotlin or Go.
• 5 years of experience with Android application development.
• Experience working with embedded systems, or audio technologies.
• Experience designing business system solutions and prioritizing requirements.
• Experience with cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with ML research, technology development and Product Management teams to define the roadmap of audio features for Pixel devices.
• Implement experiences and features direct, working with codebases throughout the stack from embedded to high level OS application.
• Decomposes projects into sub-components for team members to deliver.
• Designs shippable solutions that fit within extremely constrained compute environments, respecting power, performance latency and user experience tradeoffs.
• Obsesses over Pixel Audio quality, polishing and perfecting product to create delightful audio experiences for users.

Skills

C++

Java

Python

Kotlin

Go

Android

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Embedded systems

Audio technologies

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 8 years of experience programming in C++, Java, Python, Kotlin or Go.
• 5 years of experience with Android application development.
• Experience working with embedded systems, or audio technologies.
• Experience designing business system solutions and partnering with product owners and engineering implementation teams to prioritize requirements and define the delivery roadmap
• Experience with cross-functional collaboration.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
  
• 10 years of experience in delivering consumer electronics products, feature roadmaps, or audio technologies.
• 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• Specialization in Audio processing, system optimization, performance tuning and market delivery.
• Embedded development with strong sense of engineering power, latency, performance tradeoffs.
• Ability to navigate software stacks and frameworks, from embedded systems to higher level applications; connecting software stacks to deliver end-to-end user features.

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.

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.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits.
Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborates with ML research, technology development and Product Management teams to define the roadmap of audio features for Pixel devices.
• Implement experiences and features direct, working with codebases throughout the stack from embedded to high level OS application.
• Decomposes projects into sub-components for team members to deliver.
• Designs shippable solutions that fit within extremely constrained compute environments, respecting power, performance, latency and user experience tradeoffs.
• Obsesses over Pixel Audio quality, polishing and perfecting product to create delightful audio experiences for users.