Job Description

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
• 2 years of experience with data structures or algorithms in either an academic or industry setting.
• Experience in mobile application development.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 2 years of experience with iOS or Android application development.
• 2 years of experience with performance, large scale systems data analysis, visualization tools, and/or debugging.
• Experience developing accessible technologies.
• Experience developing in augmented reality or immersive environments.
• Advanced proficiency in Java/Kotlin.
  
  

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.

With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

The Augmented Reality team is a group of engineers, designers, and research scientists tasked with building the foundations for great immersive computing and prototyping helpful, delightful user experiences.

As a Software Engineer working on application and platform development, you will directly contribute to building immersive experiences that will change our users’ lives. This is a unique opportunity to work on applications and frameworks that bring language and sound experiences to life on a novel computing paradigm. Your work will influence product direction, advance its development, and you will be at the forefront of this future-facing project.

The Google Augmented Reality team is a diverse group of experts tasked with building the foundations for great immersive computing and building helpful, delightful user experiences. We're focused on making immersive computing accessible to billions of people through mobile devices, and our scope continues to grow and evolve.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement new features for applications, frameworks, and platforms (including system integration).
• Improve systems and processes, as well as encourage best practices.
• Bring a user-first attitude and course-correct the team if necessary.
• Help initiate and coordinate cross-team efforts to realize product, research, and user impact.
• Contribute to overall team leadership, including mentoring teammates, establishing, and supporting a team culture of software engineering excellence.
  
  

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 Google's 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 .