Developer Relations Engineer, Android Adaptive Apps

Google; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 156,000 - 229,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a passionate Developer Relations Engineer for Android Adaptive Apps. The role involves advocating for developers, providing feedback on Google products, and creating resources to enhance the developer experience with Android technologies. Candidates should have a strong technical background with experience in Kotlin and user interface development.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in a technical role.
• Experience building user interfaces with Jetpack Compose.
• Experience in developer relations or similar.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product teams to provide feedback on APIs/libraries.
• Create resources like blog posts and sample code for developers.
• Drive community engagement through advocacy.

Skills

Kotlin

Java

User Interface Development

Developer Advocacy

Technical Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

Developer Relations Engineer, Android Adaptive Apps

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• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of work experience in a technical role (e.g., software engineering, solutions consultant, etc.) or equivalent technical experience.
• Experience building user interfaces with Jetpack Compose.
• Experience in Kotlin or Java programming languages.
  
  

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of work experience in a technical role (e.g., software engineering, solutions consultant, etc.) or equivalent technical experience.
• Experience developing Android Applications.
• Experience building user interfaces with Jetpack Compose.
• Experience in Kotlin or Java programming languages.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience writing blogs, articles or interacting with developer communities.
• Experience working with external partners, such as app developers, SDK developers or OEMs.
• Experience in developer relations, technical consulting, professional services or program management.
• Ability to take ownership of solutions and exert influence without authority.
• Ability to give speeches in a public forum.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  
  

About The Job

Passionate people are everywhere at Google. In Developer Relations, we get excited to collaborate and connect with the communities that love technology as much as we do. Part community manager and part developer advocate, Developer Relations Engineers collaborate with developers at conferences and online, and advocate for developers interests internally at Google. Not afraid to be hands-on, you write sample code and client libraries as well as participate in developer forums and support queues to troubleshoot and debug coding problems developers encounter. Internally, you work with product engineering teams to improve our products by conveying feedback from developers, reviewing API designs and testing new features. Chrome, Android, App Engine, HTML5 as well as our core Google Apps and Ads APIs are just some of the platforms you promote and support.

With your technical expertise, you drive strategy around fostering a community of developers who work with Google technologies. An ardent advocate for these developers, you represent their voice internally to our Product Managers and serve as their Google support in application development and technology implementation.

Android Developer Relations team mission is to drive Android ecosystem success by making it easier and more valuable for developers to build high quality, responsible apps across devices.

Android Developer Relations creates guidance that makes it easier for Android developers to be successful with Android and Google technologies, and we work with Google product and engineering teams to build better products for developers. By helping developers build better products with technology, we enable amazing user experiences on the Android platform.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $156,000-$229,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities

• Understand how the community is using Compose and other Jetpack libraries and what bottlenecks are slowing down developers’ work, elevate these issues to appropriate stakeholders and drive resolution on them.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to provide feedback on APIs/libraries, influence the product roadmap, and craft the most relevant narrative for how developers can maximize their return on investment when building for Android.
• Work with developers and internal stakeholders to identify opportunities and land changes in tooling, libraries, and guidance that will boost productivity when building, debugging, testing, and releasing Android apps.
• Create scalable developer resources (blog posts, sample code, codelabs), and opinionated guidance on how developers can more effectively leverage Jetpack libraries.
• Capture compelling case studies of how development teams were able to maximize developer productivity to establish best practices.
  
  
  

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 .

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology and Engineering

• Industries

  Information Services and Technology, Information and Internet

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