Gaming DevRel Engineer: Build, Advocate & Enable

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

Job summary

Google in Mountain View seeks a Developer Relations Engineer who blends community advocacy with hands‑on coding. You will write sample code, engage with game developers, and advocate for developers internally by feeding feedback to Product Management and Engineering.

You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams to improve APIs and platform features, run engineering‑focused workshops, and help scale 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

Game development (Unity/Unreal/C/C#)

Programming in C/C++/C#

Cross‑team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Renderdoc

Perfetto

Frame Pacing API

SurfaceFlinger

GFX Reconstruct

Android GPU Inspector

Job description

Google in Mountain View seeks a Developer Relations Engineer who blends community advocacy with hands‑on coding. You will write sample code, engage with game developers, and advocate for developers internally by feeding feedback to Product Management and Engineering.

You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams to improve APIs and platform features, run engineering‑focused workshops, and help scale the gaming ecosystem.