Staff Software Engineer, Pixel

Socket.dev; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus target

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Google’s software engineers in San Francisco work on large-scale systems across AI, distributed computing, and mobile experiences. You will collaborate across teams to move ideas from prototype to production.

Individual pay is determined by factors such as skills and education. US salary range is $207000–$300000 with a 20% bonus target plus equity and benefits.

Qualifications

• 8 years of software development experience.
• 5 years of testing and launching software products.
• 5 years of Android application development.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Prototyping experience.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large scale software solutions.
• Architect and develop end-to-end proof-of-concept Pixel experiences.
• Partner closely with UX Research, Product Management, Hardware Engineering, and other Android teams to translate ambiguous product concepts into prototypes.
• Advocate the transition of successful prototypes into mainline development.

Skills

Software development

Android development

Prototyping

Testing and launching software

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master's degree or PhD (preferred)

Tools

Kotlin

Java

Rust

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
• 5 years of experience with android application development.
• Experience with prototyping.

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 working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.
• Experience with android mobile app development (e.g., Kotlin, Java).
• Experience in Rust programming.

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: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

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Responsibilities:

• Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large scale software solutions.
• Architect and develop end-to-end proof-of-concept Pixel experiences.
• Partner closely with UX Research, Product Management, Hardware Engineering, and other Android teams to translate ambiguous product concepts into prototypes.
• Advocate the transition of successful prototypes into mainline development.