Senior Software Engineer, Mobile (iOS), Google Photos

Google • Mountain View, CA

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About The Position

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 Photos Monetization team focuses on optimizing business growth strategies for the Photos App. We manage vital user storage journeys that are central to our business growth. Our mission is to create and enhance experiences that drive the expansion of Google Photos and its integration with Google One. We assist users throughout their storage lifecycle, helping them monitor usage and find the best solutions to keep their digital memories secure and accessible.

In this role, you will work on globally-scaled features that shape how millions of users manage their digital legacies.

Google Photos is a photo sharing and storage service developed by Google. Photos is one of the most sought after products at Google and is looking for both client-side (web and mobile), with server-side (search, storage, serving) and machine intelligence (learning, computer vision) Software Engineers. We are dedicated to making Google experiences centered around the user.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience programming in Objective-C or Swift.
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
• 3 years of experience with iOS application development.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• 3 years of experience with performance, large-scale systems data analysis, visualization tools, or debugging.
• 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.

Responsibilities

• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.
• Help build delightful experiences that further the Storage business generation mission goals inside one of Google's most loved apps Photos.
• Work with Product Manager, UX, Quality Assurance and other cross functional partners to define requirements and design engineering solutions to user problems.
• Work with engineering leads on other platforms (Android, Backend) to achieve consistent experiences while maintaining platform specific nuances.
• Provide technical guidance and mentor iOS Software Engineers on the team.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level