Senior Software Engineer, Google Play Games
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Minimum qualifications:
- 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, and with data structures/algorithms.
- 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
- 2 years of experience in Android or graphics programming.
- Experience in software system architecture.
- Experience with Operating Systems.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in multiplayer game development, performance programming, graphics, or game debugging.
- Experience with system software (e.g., Android Operating Systems).
- Experience with Virtualization, Android, Android Internals, graphics programming, Direct 3D, OpenGL, GPU Programming, Mobile GPU, or Vulkan.
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 Play Games Multi-Platform team is focused on expanding and growing Google Play's reach.
Google Play offers music, movies, books, apps and games for devices, powered by the cloud. It syncs across devices and on the web. As part of the Android and Mobile team, Googlers working on Google Play do everything from engineering our backend systems, to shaping product strategy, to forming great content partnerships. They make it possible for people to do things like buy an ebook or song on their Android phone, then have it instantly available on their laptop. The Google Play team enhances the Android ecosystem by giving developers and partners a premium store where they can reach millions of users.
Responsibilities
- Scope, design, and develop solutions to optimize the game experience for Google Play Games users.
- Investigate, debug, and design solutions for problems around virtualization and Android systems.
- Mentor new team members as the team grows.
- Write code for Android or similar systems.
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