Staff Software Engineer, Mobile (Android)

Google LLC; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC in Mountain View seeks a Senior Software Engineer to lead the Gemini App on Android, architecting modern, modular, scalable systems and delivering high-quality user experiences for billions of users.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with UX designers, and translate DeepMind research breakthroughs into intuitive Android applications, shaping multi-quarter roadmaps and ensuring engineering excellence.

Qualifications

• Experience in mobile systems engineering including app software development, release management, OS, hardware integration.
• Designing and operating large-scale distributed systems with emphasis on scalability and reliability.
• Technical leadership experience managing a team of engineers.
• Strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and software design.
• Experience optimizing software on hardware, accelerators, or mobile ML software.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical strategy and client architecture for the Gemini App, designing modular, high-performance systems.
• Collaborate with UX designers to craft responsive interfaces and intuitive interactions for Android.
• Translate DeepMind research breakthroughs into intuitive Android user experiences.
• Navigate ambiguity to align engineering, product, UX and research across multi-quarter roadmaps.
• Mentor engineers, promote code-review practices, and foster a strong technical culture.

Skills

Mobile systems

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

CS fundamentals

ML on mobile

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Experience in mobile systems engineering (e.g., mobile application software development, mobile release management, mobile operating systems, software/hardware integration (e.g., SDK/frameworks, embedded software layers, devices).
• Experience in designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems, with a focus on scalability, fault tolerance, and reliability.
• Experience in a technical leadership role, managing a team of engineers.
• Experience with computer science fundamentals (e.g., data structures, algorithms, software design).
• Experience in software optimizations on hardware, accelerators, or mobile Machine Learning software development.

Preferred qualifications:

• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages. Experience with Android mobile app development (Kotlin, Java).
• 3 years of experience with mobile app development on Android and front end development.
• Experience in developing or optimizing Android frameworks/products.
• Experience in Android UI prototyping or development.
• Experience in Android application development, tools, and release processes.
• Experience in software optimizations on hardware, accelerators, or mobile Machine Learning software development.

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. Artificial intelligence will be one of humanity's most transformative inventions. At Google DeepMind, we are a pioneering AI lab with exceptional interdisciplinary teams focused on advancing AI development to solve complex global challenges and accelerate high-quality product innovation for billions of users. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, ensuring safety and ethics are always our highest priority.

We are pushing the boundaries across multiple domains. Our global teams offer diverse learning opportunities and varied career pathways for those driven to achieve exceptional results through collective effort.

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 .

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical strategy and client architecture for the Gemini App, designing modern, modular, and performant systems.
• Partner with UX designers to craft fluid, highly responsive conversational interfaces, fluid motion designs, and intuitive modal interactions, ensuring the Gemini App feels like a natural extension of the user.
• Translate complex Google DeepMind research breakthroughs (such as agentic behaviors, advanced tool use, and live experiments) into intuitive, high-quality Android user experiences.
• Navigate high technical ambiguity to align engineering, product, UX, and research teams, shaping multi-quarter roadmaps and setting high standards for engineering excellence and developer velocity.
• Mentor, sponsor, and grow junior and senior software engineers, establish rigorous code-review practices, and build a technical culture.

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