Software Developer III, Immersive XR Operating Systems

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. We enable new applications and features while running at the highest framerates possible. We work with compositor, input, System UI, OpenXR and perception teams to orchestrate the inner workings at the heart of Augmented and Virtual reality devices. We focus on the scene graph and graphics buffers that applications and System UI provide for high quality and low latency 3D graphics. The Google Augmented Reality team is a group of experts tasked with building the foundations for great immersive computing and building helpful, delightful user experiences. We're focused on making immersive computing accessible to billions of people through mobile devices, and our scope continues to grow and evolve.

Responsibilities

• Deliver end-to-end tasks towards a larger goal with minimal assistance from more senior team members.
• Write robust, reliable, efficient, and testable software designed to run in environments that span bare-metal to cloud.
• Communicate and align work within affected teams and with cross-functional partners.
• Plan and execute prioritized project work independently, managing their own priorities and making appropriately paced progress without supervision.
• Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices. Contribute to the overall efficiency and productivity of the engineering team through code, process enhancements, and software development workflow improvements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree in an industry setting.
• 2 years of experience working on operating systems.
• Experience developing software applications using the C++ programming language.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 2 years of experience with performance, operating systems, android internals or augmented reality.
• Experience developing accessible technologies.
• Proficiency in code and system health, diagnosis and resolution, and software test engineering.

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Health benefits