Software Engineer II, Android Automotive Developer Platforms

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Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 1 year of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• 1 year of experience with Android application development.
• 1 year of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, C, C++, Java, JavaScript).

Preferred qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• Experience with Kotlin.

About the job

Googles 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 manage information at a massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. Were 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.

In this role with the Android Auto team, you will build next level experiences in cars where a critical component of our strategy is enabling developers to build applications for automotive platforms optimized for drivers, for common use cases like Navigation, Media and Communications. As a part of the Car App Library team, you will be responsible for building frameworks that make developers job easier by abstracting hardware variability between cars and providing solutions that are driver distraction aware. You will expand the range of applications enabled in cars, bridging the gap between system capabilities and the needs of developers. As a core member of the engineering team, your responsibilities are geared towards building components and infrastructure for the framework that powers applications in Automotive. Making the worlds information universally accessible and useful doesnt stop at the desktop. The Mobile team builds tools to get you the information you need no matter where you are. Android has become the worlds most popular mobile ecosystem, powering billions of devices, from smartphones to tablets, watches to TVs and everything in between. Whether adding to the core Android experience, forging new markets for digital content, creating immersive and portable versions of our products or managing relationships with a global community of developers, the Mobile team is giving you Google on the go.

Responsibilities

• Write product or system development code, participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
• Review code developed by other developers 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.
• Contribute to the development of the Car App Library, a cross-platform environment to build Automotive applications, and build understanding and expertise on building APIs and frameworks for third-party developers.

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 Googles 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.

Seniority level

Not Applicable

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Information Technology and Engineering

Industries

Information Services and Technology, Information and Internet