Software Engineer, Frameworks

Overview

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
• Experience in creating, characterizing and evolving the architecture of systems.
• Experience with mentoring and growing technical talent.
  
  

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• Experience in writing applications in Android or working with the Android OS.
• Experience with C++.
• Experience in using performance analysis tools (e.g., tracing, profiling) or debugging tools.
• Knowledge of the Linux Kernel.
  
  

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.

The team is responsible for the core orchestration and lifecycle management subsystems of Android which includes Activity Manager, Job Scheduler, OomAdjuster, the Broadcast Queue, Alarms, Intents and many other components.

In this role, you will be part of an engineering team responsible for the overall user experience of the Android Operating System (OS). You will be learning from data collected and will make the OS more resilient and work with application developers to improve applications.The Platforms and Devices team encompasses Google's various computing software platforms across environments (desktop, mobile, applications), as well as our first party devices and services that combine the best of Google AI, software, and hardware. Teams across this area research, design, and develop new technologies to make our user's interaction with computing faster and more seamless, building innovative experiences for our users around the world.

Responsibilities

• Use tracing, stack sampling and metrics tools to learn about how applications and platform subsystems are using core Operating System (OS) constructs.
• Improve and harden core OS components to make them resilient.
• Identify anti-patterns in applications and work with application developers to improve them.
• Work with multiple product teams, first-party apps and Android verticals (e.g., Wear, TV, Auto) to design and build new features, while keeping the solutions generic and flexible.
• Contribute to the engineering culture (e.g., design reviews, code reviews, team discussions, etc).
  
  
  

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 .