Software Engineer, Android System UI

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products.
• 2 years of experience with software development in Java.

Preferred qualifications:

• 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
• Experience developing accessible technologies.
• Experience with Android application 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.

As a Software Engineer on the System UI team, you will have the opportunity to engineer the core experiences and underlying systems of the Android OS. You'll handle technical tests in areas like seamless application launching, navigation, and personalization features, and the implementation of components like wallpapers, notifications, widgets and shortcuts. Your work will focus on delivering a fluid, intelligent, and adaptable UI, emphasizing technical quality, performance, and the overall user experience. Develop feature in core system applications, contributing to the Android Framework components that support them, and improve the developer experiences for applications developers that build for Android. You will work on the Android Launcher, the home screen and main entry point for users interacting with their phones.

Android is Google’s mobile operating system powering more than 3 billion devices worldwide. Android is about bringing computing to everyone in the world. We believe computing is a super power for good, enabling access to information, economic opportunity, productivity, connectivity between friends and family and more. We think everyone in the world should have access to the best computing has to offer. We provide the platform for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and developers to build compelling computing devices (smartphones, tablets, TVs, wearables, etc) that run the best apps/services for everyone in the world.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate across key cross-functional areas to scope, design, and implement improvements to SystemUI and Android's Launcher.
• Work across several engineering teams to help them integrate and understand the core API surfaces and improve their implementations.
• Work with our developer relations and product team to improve our developer experiences for first and third party apps.
• Advise external partners on integrating new Launcher features into their products.
• Comply with all company health and safety policies, procedures, and legal requirements.