Senior Software Engineer, Mobile (Android), Google Photos, Platforms and Devices

Role Overview

As a part of the Google Photos Android Backup Infrastructure team, you will work to ensure the product remains a trusted home for users' personal content. You will be responsible for attracting more users and content to the platform by delivering a reliable and delightful backup experience. As a part of the team, you will focus on building and improving the foundational backup infrastructure for the application to achieve the goal.

Responsibilities

• Write and test product or system development code.
• Review code developed by other engineers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
• Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.
• Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.

Requirements & Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degreeor equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experienceprogramming in Java or Kotlin.
• 3 years of experiencewith Android application development.
• 3 years of experiencetesting, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• 3 years of experience with performance, large-scale systems data analysis, visualization tools, or debugging.
• 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.

Application Instructions

Apply directly on Google Careers at Senior Software Engineer, Mobile (Android), Google Photos, Platforms and Devices↗.

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Note: In most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.