Senior Software Engineer, Android, XR Camera Experiences

Google; Town of Montana (WI); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

Google's XR Vision team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for Android XR Camera Experiences in San Jose, CA. You will develop and optimize Glasses applications, focusing on camera-driven experiences and high-performance image pipelines.

The role emphasizes concurrency, testing, and cross‑functional collaboration to deliver robust software for next‑generation devices. A Bachelor's degree plus 5 years in Kotlin or C++, and 3 years Android camera experience are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in Kotlin or C++.
• 3 years of Android application development and Android camera.
• 3 years of image processing experience.
• 3 years of concurrency experience.
• 3 years of testing, maintaining, or launching software products.
• 1 year of large-scale design and architecture experience.

Responsibilities

• Guide the development and optimization of next-generation Android Glasses applications.
• Develop robust concurrency models and high-performance image processing pipelines.
• Establish robust testing, monitoring, and infrastructure frameworks to guarantee product quality.
• Drive alignment across cross-product and cross-functional teams to deliver critical user journeys.
• Build foundational camera features with the Glasses Platform team.

Skills

Kotlin or C++

Android development

Image processing

Concurrency

Software testing

Large-scale design

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Senior Software Engineer, Android, XR Camera Experiences

Location : San Jose, CA, USA

Experience Level : Mid

Note : In most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in Kotlin or C++.
• 3 years of experience with Android application development and Android camera.
• 3 years of experience with image processing.
• 3 years of experience with concurrency.
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with large scale application design and architecture.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
• Experience developing accessible technologies.
• Experience with iOS development.

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design, and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google's needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities, and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full stack as we continue to push technology forward.

Glasses provide a unique first-person perspective, with a goal serving as one of the strongest cues about the user's focus. We are the XR Vision team, with the objective to develop and enhance Glasses experiences that leverage this camera imagery perspective. Specifically, our team's impact is through establishing and delivering applications that primarily use the camera sensor as a key input, investigating and pioneering novel experiences that integrate camera images, and furnishing solutions and tools aimed at elevating camera and image quality for other Glasses experiences.

For decades, the computing revolution has reshaped our world driven by breakthroughs in compute, connectivity, mobile, and now, AI. Google's XR team is at the forefront of the next major leap - the convergence of AI and XR. This is more than just new devices - it's about reimagining how we interact with the world around us. We're building a future where lightweight XR devices like smart glasses and headsets pair with helpful AI to augment human intelligence, offering personalized, conversational, and contextually aware experiences.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US Salary: $174,000 - $252,000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities:

• Guide the development and optimization of next-generation Android Glasses applications.
• Develop robust concurrency models and high-performance, privacy-compliant pipelines for image processing.
• Establish robust testing, monitoring, and infrastructure frameworks to guarantee exceptional product quality.
• Drive alignment across cross-product (xPA) and cross-functional (xFN) teams to deliver critical user journeys for milestone dogfoods and launches.
• Build foundational camera features alongside the Glasses Platform team, resolving low-level system challenges to optimize hardware-software cohesion.

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