Software Engineer III, Mobile (iOS), Google Photos Monetization

Google; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Google seeks a software engineer for the Photos Monetization team to enhance iOS experiences and optimize storage journeys within Google Photos. You will help drive revenue strategies and manage user storage workflows affecting billions of memories.

Collaborating with PMs, UX, QA, and cross‑functional partners, you will design scalable solutions, mentor iOS engineers, and coordinate with Android/Backend teams to ensure cohesive experiences across platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development in the Swift programming language.
• 2 years of experience with iOS application development.

Responsibilities

• Build delightful experiences that advance the Storage Monetization mission goals inside within Google Photos.
• Collaborate with product managers (PMs), user experience (UX) designers, quality assurance (QA) engineers, and other cross-functional partners to define requirements and design engineering solutions to user problems.
• Partner with engineering leads on other platforms (Android, Backend) to achieve consistent experiences while maintaining platform specific nuances.
• Provide technical guidance and mentor iOS software engineers on the team.

Skills

Swift

iOS development

Objective-C

Data structures & algorithms

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, or a related technical field

Job description

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development in the Swift programming language.
• 2 years of experience with iOS application development.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development in the Swift programming language.
• 2 years of experience with iOS application development.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 2 years of experience with the Objective-C programming language.
• 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms in either an academic or industry setting.
• Experience in code and system health, diagnosis and resolution and software test engineering.

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.

As a part of the Photos Monetization team, you will focus on optimizing revenue strategies for the Photos App. You will manage vital user storage journeys that are central to our business growth.

Your mission is to create and enhance experiences that drive the expansion of Google Photos and its integration with Google One. You will assist users throughout their storage life-cycle, helping them monitor usage and find the best solutions to keep their digital memories secure and accessible. You will work on globally-scaled features that shape how millions of users manage their digital legacies.Google Photos is a photo sharing and storage service developed by Google. Photos is one of the most sought after products at Google and is looking for both client-side (web and mobile), with server-side (search, storage, serving) and machine intelligence (learning, computer vision) Software Engineers. We are dedicated to making Google experiences centered around the user.

US: $147000 - $210000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

• Build delightful experiences that advance the Storage Monetization mission goals inside within Google Photos.
• Collaborate with product managers (PMs), user experience (UX) designers, quality assurance (QA) engineers, and other cross-functional partners to define requirements and design engineering solutions to user problems.
• Partner with engineering leads on other platforms (Android, Backend) to achieve consistent experiences while maintaining platform specific nuances.
• Provide technical guidance and mentor iOS software engineers on the team.

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 .