Staff Software Engineer, AI Interactions for Android XR

Google Inc.; San Jose, New York (CA, NY); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to lead the AI Interactions for Android XR team in San Jose. You will own the technical road map, drive the delivery of next-generation AR/AI features, and mentor engineering teams across disciplines.

You will partner with UX, product, and research to shape architectures, evaluate technologies, and ensure scalable, low-latency on-device experiences that push XR capabilities forward. Strong leadership and collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 5 years of experience with Android application development.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to own and drive the technical road map, implementation, and delivery of critical features for next-generation Augmented Reality (AR) devices.
• Empower the team to collaborate across organizations and cross-functionally with UX, product, design, research to identify key technologies, establish milestones, and progress solutions from concept to launch.
• Collaborate across product areas to develop, leverage, and de-risk advanced technologies to deliver solutions.
• Evaluate and develop technologies and its product application to help support next generation product features, specifications and system architecture.
• Be responsible for fostering technical excellence and ensure judgement in balancing immediate needs with long-term health. Guide junior engineers in adopting standard procedures for software development and architecture. Drive code quality, testing strategies, and ensure long-term maintainability.

Skills

Android app development

Leadership experience

Decision making

Ambiguity handling

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering/CS or related field

Tools

None

Job description

Staff Software Engineer, AI Interactions for Android XR

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• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 5 years of experience with Android application development.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
• 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.

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.

In this role, you will utilize your creativity and expertise to identify elegant solutions to new problems and help make augmented and virtual reality interactions tractable, intuitive, and engaging! You are passionate about building robust and intuitive experiences that leverage the platform’s strengths and new AI capabilities. Advance Google’s AI capabilities via intelligent eyewear by bringing on-device, low latency solutions. We also work with cross-product areas and external partners so there are many opportunities to make an impact. Our leadership cares about culture, listens to feedback, and is transparent about decision-making. We strive to build different teams.

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: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google .

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.

In this role, you will utilize your creativity and expertise to identify elegant solutions to new problems and help make augmented and virtual reality interactions tractable, intuitive, and engaging! You are passionate about building robust and intuitive experiences that leverage the platform’s strengths and new AI capabilities. Advance Google’s AI capabilities via intelligent eyewear by bringing on-device, low latency solutions. We also work with cross-product areas and external partners so there are many opportunities to make an impact. Our leadership cares about culture, listens to feedback, and is transparent about decision-making. We strive to build different teams.

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: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google .

• Lead a team to own and drive the technical road map, implementation, and delivery of critical features for next-generation Augmented Reality (AR) devices.
• Empower the team to collaborate across organizations and cross-functionally with UX, product, design, research to identify key technologies, establish milestones, and progress solutions from concept to launch.
• Collaborate across product areas to develop, leverage, and de-risk advanced technologies to deliver solutions.
• Evaluate and develop technologies and its product application to help support next generation product features, specifications and system architecture.
• Be responsible for fostering technical excellence and ensure judgement in balancing immediate needs with long-term health. Guide junior engineers in adopting standard procedures for software development and architecture. Drive code quality, testing strategies, and ensure long-term maintainability.

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