Senior Android Engineer — Mobile, Scale & Impact

Google; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is hiring a software engineer for the Android Backup Infrastructure team in Mountain View. The role focuses on building scalable backup systems for billions of users, writing and testing code, and improving architecture and documentation.

You will collaborate across teams to deliver reliable, high-quality software while advancing platform capabilities. As part of the Google Photos Android Backup Infrastructure initiative, you will ensure a robust backup experience and contribute to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience programming in Java or Kotlin.
• 3 years of experience with Android application development.
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Write and test product or system development code.
• Review code developed by other engineers 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.
• Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

Android development

Software design and architecture

Software testing

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Google is hiring a software engineer for the Android Backup Infrastructure team in Mountain View. The role focuses on building scalable backup systems for billions of users, writing and testing code, and improving architecture and documentation.

You will collaborate across teams to deliver reliable, high-quality software while advancing platform capabilities. As part of the Google Photos Android Backup Infrastructure initiative, you will ensure a robust backup experience and contribute to