Senior Software Engineer, Android, Google Photos

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.

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 application development.

Preferred qualifications:

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.

5 years of experience with data structures/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.

Experience building large-scale developer APIs (i.e., used by 100+ engineers).

Experience with data querying (e.g., SQL) and management.

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.

We are the Android and iOS Processing and Storage team for the Google Photos app, and we own the central libraries that power one of Google’s most beloved billion active user products.

Our team directly influences the engineering goal for the future of the Google Photos mobile apps through navigating deep technical problems in data and app architecture. We build the critical frameworks that power every single user journey in the app, helping to bring users’ most precious moments to life.

Data is the name of the game and we do a lot with it - prefetching, caching, computing, understanding, and processing. We are deeply integrated in almost every major feature that gets launched to users.Google Photos is a photo sharing and storage service developed by Google. Photos is one of the most sought after products at Google and is looking for both client-side (web and mobile), with server-side (search, storage, serving) and machine intelligence (learning, computer vision) Software Engineers. We are dedicated to making Google experiences centered around the user.

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

Build out the future of the Photos Android core data layer with our talented engineering team with decades of mobile development experience.

Implement data APIs that power all UIs and features with performance and consistency.

Develop sufficient expertise in SQLite, mutations, metadata sync, background processing, etc., to be able to lead other engineers on large-scale projects.