September 4, 2025

Senior Software Engineer, Android, Pixel Watch Frameworks

Senior • On-site

$166,000 - $244,000/yr

Mountain View, CA

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of experience with software development in the Java programming language.
3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
3 years of experience with Android platform or application development.

Preferred qualifications:

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
5 years of experience with with data structures or algorithms.
1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
Experience in designing/building or working with full-stack architectures.
Experience software engineering for wearable devices.
Experience with power or performance optimization.

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.

Pixel Watch Frameworks team has supported a large number of watch features in the past and is bringing functionality like Smart Replies and Magic Actions to the watch form factor. We manage the unique challenges of the wearable form factor, focusing on reliability, performance, and power efficiency.

As a member of this team, you will build and support the future of a platform used by millions of people every day.

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $166,000-$244,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

Contribute to on-watch User Context Database and private local inference projects.
Develop integration between Watch and Phone contextual features.
Design and build future WearOS platform features.
Work on full-stack development on Android and Wear.
Optimize systems for power and performance.

Google

Google LLC started as a PhD project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998 at Stanford University. Google LLC has blossomed into a behemoth of the tech world. With its mission to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful, Google’s search engine is its crown jewel. Online advertising, via AdWords and AdSense, forms the backbone of its financial success. Beyond search, Google has ventured into cloud computing, hardware, and software development. The innovative PageRank algorithm revolutionized search engine technology, and surviving the dot-com bubble burst and going public in 2004 spurred its meteoric growth. Acquiring YouTube stands as a testament to Google’s strategic expansion.