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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.
• 5 years of experience in Android development.

Preferred qualifications:

• 5 years of experience with Kotlin/Java.
• Experience with Android internals.

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 handle information at a massive scale and extend beyond web search. We seek engineers with fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking, data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design, and mobile development. As a software engineer, you will work on critical projects with opportunities to switch teams and projects as the business evolves. We value versatility, leadership qualities, and enthusiasm for tackling new problems across the full-stack to advance technology.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and enhance the core framework and its technical infrastructure, ensuring security, efficiency, and privacy compliance.
• Facilitate seamless component integration within the Android ecosystem and implement controls to enforce communication policies and prevent data leakage.
• Develop methods for logging privacy-safe telemetry and debug information from isolated services through approved channels, respecting network isolation principles.
• Contribute to UI development for consent dialogues and data browsing related to privacy features. Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers, promoting collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• Develop documentation, guides, and best practices for the framework, ensuring clear communication across the organization.