Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of experience in compiler construction or related fields.
- 2 years of experience building developer tools (e.g., compilers, automated releases, code design and testing, test automation frameworks).
Preferred qualifications:
- 2 years of experience with software development in Java or Kotlin programming languages, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
- 2 years of experience as a contributor to an open source project. Contributor to github or stackoverflow.
- 2 years of experience with data structures or algorithms.
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 join the Android Studio team to build new features for Kotlin development. You will work at the forefront of Android innovation, making Kotlin the preferred language for Android in 2019, over 95% of top Play Store applications now use it. You will partner with JetBrains to expand Kotlin tooling including Multiplatform support, Compose, Live Edit and Android Lint. You will work on the Kotlin Compiler, Integrated Development Environment (IDE) features, and related developer tools to support this growing ecosystem.Android is Google’s 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:
- Build out new features in the Kotlin Compiler, Android Studio and other related tooling to make Android developers using Kotlin even more productive.
- Maintain and develop existing Google owned features in the Kotlin Compiler.
- Collaborate effectively with multiple teams, inside and outside of Google.
- Direct your technical contributions in a mostly self-guided manner.
