Software Engineer III, Android, Health App Foundations
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 Fitbit Mobile Foundations team is a dedicated team of software engineers in London, UK that works on projects to help the rest of Fitbit engineering improve the quality of the Fitbit mobile application and build the foundations of future feature work. We work on a variety of mobile surfaces. The initiatives that we launch and frameworks we build are vital to helping Fitbit teams build their features.
The Platforms and Devices team encompasses Google's various computing software platforms across environments (desktop, mobile, applications), as well as our first party devices and services that combine the best of Google AI, software, and hardware. Teams across this area research, design, and develop new technologies to make our user's interaction with computing faster and more seamless, building innovative experiences for our users around the world.Responsibilities
- Write mobile applications, create robust high-volume production applications, and develop prototypes quickly.
- Craft elegant and functional user interfaces using modern frameworks.
- Develop foundational technologies for use across feature teams within the broader application.
- Drive designs for major mobile components and features. Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance mobile software solutions.
- Ensure a high level of quality implementing unit and integration tests as well as other mobile software architecture best practices.
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 Android application development.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
- 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
- Experience developing accessible technologies.
- Experience in mobile apps, client architecture, or tools in the mobile space.
- Experience with Kotlin.
- Passionate for crafting foundational code for broad usage across feature teams using modern frameworks (SwiftUI or Jetpack Compose, etc.).