Senior Software Engineer, Mobile, Android

Google; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus target

Benefits

Job summary

Google is hiring software engineers to build next‑generation technologies used by billions. You will work on projects critical to Google’s needs, with opportunities to switch teams as the company grows. Expect in‑person interviews and a role that spans full‑stack responsibilities across distributed systems and AI enablement.

Individual pay is determined by job-related skills, experience, and education. US: $174000 - $252000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits.

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.
• Review code and provide feedback to ensure best practices.
• Contribute to documentation and adapt content to updates.
• Triage issues and debug to assess impact on system operations.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

C++

Android development

Software testing

Large-scale system design

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

Android SDK

Job description

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

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Raleigh, NC, USA; Durham, NC, USA.

Minimum 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.

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a 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.

About the job

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.

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

US: $174000 - $252000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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• 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.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .