Software Engineering Manager, Google Photos Foundations, Android

Google • Mountain View, CA

7h

About The Position

Like Google's own ambitions, the work of a Software Engineer goes beyond just Search. Software Engineering Managers have not only the technical expertise to take on and provide technical leadership to major projects, but also manage a team of Engineers. You not only optimize your own code but make sure Engineers are able to optimize theirs. As a Software Engineering Manager you manage your project goals, contribute to product strategy and help develop your team. Teams work all across the company, in areas such as information retrieval, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking, security, data compression, user interface design; the list goes on and is growing every day. Operating with scale and speed, our exceptional software engineers are just getting started -- and as a manager, you guide the way. With technical and leadership expertise, you manage engineers across multiple teams and locations, a large product budget and oversee the deployment of large-scale projects across multiple sites internationally. The Google Photos Foundations Client team drives the Google Photos’ app infrastructure towards long-term resilience, while advancing Photos’ vision for media capture and access in mobile ecosystems. We collaborate with Pixel and OEM partners to make Photos an awesome gallery for Android and iOS devices. We incorporate new Android/iOS features into Photos. We own video playback infrastructure and innovate video consumption experiences in Photos. We ensure users can view/edit all media types in Photos, supporting new formats and metadata including: HDR, Motion Photos, Live Photos, Depth, Provenance (e.g. C2PA), and more. We are exploring new capture experiences within the Photos app. 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.
• 8 years of experience in software development (e.g., Java, Kotlin).
• 3 years of experience with Android application development.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
• 2 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• Experience working with video and special formats (e.g., HDR/Live Photos/Motion Photos/dynamic depth/spatial special formats) including developing viewing/editing/renderings experiences.
• Experience with mobile application development, Android (iOS), ideally with experience working on large-scale apps.
• Experience with Android CameraX.
• Android Media3 experience, specially in video playback and video composition.
• Expertise with color science as it relates to digital photography and video, or with image and video codecs and containers and processing

Responsibilities

• Design and build infrastructure and features in the Google Photos Android app.
• Collaborate with Program Manager (PM), UX, Quality Assurance (QA), back-end, and other client engineers on Google Photos infrastructure, feature development, and new capture experiences.
• Develop and drive the engineering execution plan for both new initiatives and long-running projects and provide technical leadership to the team.
• Manage a team and be an advocate for the team, taking on responsibility for helping individuals grow and succeed.
• Synthesize and explain complex technical concepts to varied audiences (technical and non-technical audiences as well as different levels of leadership).

What This Job Offers

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