Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
- 2 years of experience with performance, large-scale systems data analysis, visualization tools, or debugging.
- 2 years of experience with computer architecture, performance analysis, and performance modeling.
- Experience in C++.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
- 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
- Experience with Linux Kernel.
- Experience with compilers.
- Experience developing accessible technologies.
- Experience with CPU Scheduling.
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.
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.Responsibilities
- Analyze key performance metrics such as scroll jank, power consumption, rendering framerate, memory usage, page load time, etc., in the lab and field, as well as on the latest Pixel hardware.
- Identify, design and implement optimizations in Chrome/WebView/V8/Android to improve how billions of users experience the Web on Android.
- Build tools and processes to scale up the scope and impact of our performance optimization efforts.
- Collaborate and coordinate with Android and Chrome teams, as well as external and internal OEM teams developing new Android devices, e.g. on vertical performance analysis and optimization.
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