Senior Android Software Engineer, Android System UI
Content + Source + Freshness • 14 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
The position offers substantial value due to the high demand for skilled Android engineers and the opportunity to influence core OS design and functionality.
- Role in core Android system UI development
- Work on impactful features affecting a large user base
- Requires strong Android development skills
- Expectations for versatility and initiative
Pros
- Challenging role in a vital area of Android development
- Opportunity to influence features used by billions
- Collaboration with a diverse team of experts
Cons
- Expectations for high skill levels in multiple languages
- Potential for demanding work hours given project timelines
- Limited remote work options identified in location specifics
Who it's for
Mid to Senior • On-site with some flexibility
Good fit
- Software engineers experienced in Android app development
- Individuals interested in UI improvements
- Technologists eager to contribute to Android's future
Not recommended for
- Inexperienced developers without relevant technical background
- Those preferring isolated work over team collaboration
- Candidates unwilling to adapt to fast-paced environments
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
Senior Android Software Engineer, Android System UI
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience with software development in Java, C++, Kotlin or equivalent 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.
- 1 year of experience with Android application or operating systems development.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
- 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
- 3 years of experience with Android application or operating systems development.
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.
In this role, you will be developing highly visible features where you can clearly trace your code's contribution running on actual devices. You'll engineer features at the heart of Android UI and take ownership of improving the underlying Android Framework components that power experiences like widgets and shortcuts. This involves working within framework internals, refining APIs for robustness and performance, and considering the technical needs of developers across the ecosystem who rely on these foundations. Your work will also requires working closely with product, design, and research, but also technical engagement with numerous partner teams and developer relations to define the developer experience for applications building widgets and shortcuts.
Android is Google’s open-source mobile operating system powering more than 3 billion devices worldwide. Android is about bringing computing to everyone in the world. We believe computing is a super power for good, enabling access to information, economic opportunity, productivity, connectivity between friends and family and more. We think everyone in the world should have access to the best computing has to offer. We provide the platform for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and developers to build compelling computing devices (smartphones, tablets, TVs, wearables, etc) that run the best apps/services for everyone in the world.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate across key cross-functional areas to scope, design, and implement improvements to SystemUI.
- Work across several engineering teams to help them integrate and understand the core API surfaces and improve their implementations.
- Work with our developer relations and product team to improve our developer experience to enable developers to build higher quality widgets and surface higher quality shortcuts.
- Comply with all company health and safety policies, procedures, and legal requirements.
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