Staff Software Engineer, Watch SW Remote Compose

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.

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.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 8 years of experience in software development.
  
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
  
• 5 years of experience with Android application development.
• 5 years of experience with Linux Kernel, operating systems, and embedded systems.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
  
• 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
  
• Experience in C++ or Rust.
• Experience in Android ecosystem and platform development.
  
• Experience in compiler, graphics, embedded systems or photography.
  

Responsibilities

• Define the multi-year technical roadmap and architecture for the RemoteCompose rendering stack across Android platform surfaces and form factors.
• Design the multi-target execution model across Android, microcontrollers, and Web (WebAssembly), defining platform abstraction layers, FFI bridges, and deterministic rendering across runtimes.
• Partner across Android platform engineering, UI frameworks, system surfaces, and product teams to integrate and scale the player.
• Set code health standards, memory/performance budgets, and review practices while mentoring engineers across the team.
• Implement 2D vector rendering, path math/morphing, AGSL shader pipelines, and curved/anchored text shaping for memory-constrained co-processors.