Senior Staff Software Engineer — Pixel Audio Innovations

Google Inc.; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 262,000 - 364,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer for Pixel Audio Experiences to lead cross-stack audio feature development on Pixel devices, from embedded code to high-level apps.

You will own multi-year roadmaps, collaborate with senior leadership, product management, and audio research, and balance power, latency, and performance to deliver delightful audio experiences. The role emphasizes architecture and market delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of software development experience.
• 7 years in full-stack development from embedded to high-level apps (C++, Java, Python, Kotlin or Go).
• 5 years in design/architecture and testing/launching software products.
• Experience with audio technologies (audio systems/features/research).

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with senior leadership, product management and research teams to define the roadmap of audio features for Pixel devices.
• Implements experiences and features across the stack from embedded to high level OS applications.
• Leads multi-year engineering efforts across sub-component teams, owning strategy and architectural improvements.
• Designs architectures that balance power, performance, latency and user experience tradeoffs.
• Holds teams accountable for Pixel Audio quality and delivers polished product experiences.

Skills

Software development experience

Full stack development (embedded to高‑?

Design & architecture experience

Audio technologies

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master’s degree or PhD (preferred)

Tools

C++

Java

Python

Kotlin

Go

Job description

Google is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer for Pixel Audio Experiences to lead cross-stack audio feature development on Pixel devices, from embedded code to high-level apps.

You will own multi-year roadmaps, collaborate with senior leadership, product management, and audio research, and balance power, latency, and performance to deliver delightful audio experiences. The role emphasizes architecture and market delivery.