Software Engineer II, Android OS
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Candidates will typically have 1 year of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Java, Python, Go, JavaScript, C++, or similar).
- Typically 1 year of experience with data structures or algorithms.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in performance tuning and/or power optimization.
- Experience with Android or other Mobile platforms.
- Experience with Android framework development.
- Experience with building full-stack Android applications, ranging from building user interfaces to low-level Android libraries.
- Experience with Platform/SoC bringup.
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 Ecosystems product area encompasses Google's various computing software platforms across environments (desktop, mobile, applications). The products provide enterprises, and ultimately end users, the ability to utilize and manage their services at scale. We build innovative and compelling software products—from apps to TVs, from laptops to phones—that have an impact on people’s lives across the world.
Responsibilities
- Work on full stack development of Wear OS, which is an Android based licensed platform.
- Improve the battery life of Wear OS Platform and devices through optimizations in the Framework, Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL), and Board Support Package (BSP) layers.
- Enhance the architecture of the OS for power and performance. Develop tools, tests, and utilities to investigate power and performance issues.
- Enable Google provided services while optimizing for battery life and performance. Improve the quality and functionality, and security of the device by fixing bugs found during development, user trials, or field use.
- Work with SoC and hardware development partners on utilizing their capabilities/generating requirements on next-gen SoC.
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