Gaming Developer Relations Engineer

Google Inc.; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 236,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Developer Relations Engineer for Gaming to partner with game developers and engine creators, advocating for the community while influencing product strategy. The role blends hands-on coding with external collaboration across engineering and product teams.

You will work to optimize gaming experiences on Android across billions of devices and help drive adoption of Google technologies, APIs and tools in the gaming ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of work experience in a technical role (e.g., software engineering, solutions consultant, etc.) or equivalent technical experience.
• 2 years of experience in game development based on unity, unreal, or C/C++/C# custom game engines.

Responsibilities

• Work with game developers and game engines in the Americas region to support exciting new product integrations on Android devices.
• Optimize AA/AAA game titles, resolve engineering problems with Google technologies and scale the knowledge to improve the overall gaming ecosystem.
• Advocate for game developers internally and influence Google developer product strategy by working with Product Management, Engineering, Marketing, Business Development, Public Relations, and other cross-functional teams.
• Drive regular, engineering-focused workshops and meetings with developers to optimize the gaming experience and resolve complex technical problems at a scale of millions of users.

Skills

Progress mentoring

Game development

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Renderdoc

Perfetto

Frame Pacing API

SurfaceFlinger

GFX Reconstruct

Android GPU Inspector

Job description

Google is seeking a Developer Relations Engineer for Gaming to partner with game developers and engine creators, advocating for the community while influencing product strategy. The role blends hands-on coding with external collaboration across engineering and product teams.

You will work to optimize gaming experiences on Android across billions of devices and help drive adoption of Google technologies, APIs and tools in the gaming ecosystem.