Software Engineer, Android XR

Google • Seattle, WA

2h

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 AR Glasses team is building glasses that provide all-day helpfulness in use cases like translation, navigation, photography and AI assistance. We are responsible for several key features including translation, the media player, and the phone call experience on glasses. Our team mission is to empower users with delightful glasses experiences that amplify the power of speech and sound.

In this role, you will develop applications for a novel computing platform, AR glasses. These apps bring the best of Google to users in a new form factor with new capabilities (first-person perspective, line-of-sight UX, ambient sensing).

This is an amazing opportunity to work on a consumer-facing product in an entirely new device category. You'll be working with futuristic yet stylish hardware while developing some of these user-centric features.

For decades, the computing revolution has reshaped our world driven by breakthroughs in compute, connectivity, mobile, and now, AI. Google's XR team is at the forefront of the next major leap – the convergence of AI and XR. This is more than just new devices – it's about reimagining how we interact with the world around us. We're building a future where lightweight XR devices pair with helpful AI to augment human intelligence, offering personalized, conversational, and contextually aware experiences.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience programming in the Kotlin programming language.
• 1 year of experience in Android development.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
• 2 years of experience with data structures or algorithms in either an academic or industry setting.
• 2 years of experience developing Android applications, programming in Java/Kotlin.
• Experience in one of the following: iOS development, Bluetooth, or development for Wearables.

Responsibilities

• Adapt, build, and launch first-party apps/experiences for Android phones paired with next-generation wearables.
• Ensure XR support Android iOS feels native and idiomatic to the platform, leveraging modern Kotlin development and the best of the Glasses SDK (Software Development Kit).
• Work closely with UX and Program Manager (PM) to define, prototype, and test experiences to discover what experiences users value the most and how to improve the experiences to provide more value to users.
• Collaborate with other Google teams (Google Translate, etc.) to build features that leverage the best of Google products and services.
• Debug and optimize translation quality across the stack from the AudioRecord layer up to the Large Language Models (LLMs) translation model.

What This Job Offers

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