Google Pixel

Engineering Manager, Android Software

Job Description

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.

As the Engineering Manager, you will manage a medium-sized team to build user-facing products that provide the best user experience on Pixel phones. You will work with a team of Product Managers and User Experience Designers to define, ideate, prototype, develop, test, and iterate the software products while ensuring software quality through rigid software engineering principles.

Making the world’s information universally accessible and useful doesn’t stop at the desktop. The Mobile team builds tools to get you the information you need no matter where you are. Android has become the world’s most popular mobile ecosystem, powering billions of devices, from smartphones to tablets, watches to TVs and everything in between. Whether adding to the core Android experience, forging new markets for digital content, creating immersive and portable versions of our products or managing relationships with a global community of developers, the Mobile team is giving you Google on the go.

Responsibilities

– Manage a software team in Taipei, and collaborate closely with Product Managers and User Experience Designers/Researchers to define/scope product features.
– Design and develop Android applications for Pixel phones or Android platform.
– Be responsible for setting the technical direction as well as for planning deliverables and milestones.
– Make direct technical contributions as well as provide guidance to team members.
– Work with teams across the organization to remove blocker and identify opportunities, and interact with leads and stakeholders.

Basic requirements

– Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience. – Software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages such as Java, C/C++ or Python – Ability to speak and write in English fluently.

Preferred requirements

– 6 years of experience managing a team of software engineers to build user facing software products with deep collaboration with Product Managers and User Experience Designers.
– Experience in large scale software development.
– Experience in mobile software development..
– Experience in human computer interaction and/or design thinking process.

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