Senior Android Engineer — Lead Mobile, Scale & Impact

Google LLC; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

Google's software engineers build next-generation technologies used by billions to connect, explore, and interact with information. This Senior Software Engineer, Mobile, Android role is based in Mountain View, CA, with in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.

You will work on Android apps at scale, using Java, Kotlin, or C++, contributing across the full stack and potentially switching teams as needed. Compensation in the US ranges from $174k to $252k plus bonus and equity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience programming in Java, Kotlin, or C++.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Write and test product or system development code.
• Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
• Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
• Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

C++

Android development

Software testing

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's or PhD (preferred)

Job description

Google's software engineers build next-generation technologies used by billions to connect, explore, and interact with information. This Senior Software Engineer, Mobile, Android role is based in Mountain View, CA, with in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.

You will work on Android apps at scale, using Java, Kotlin, or C++, contributing across the full stack and potentially switching teams as needed. Compensation in the US ranges from $174k to $252k plus bonus and equity.