3 days ago
Base Salary
$207k - $300k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect and deliver desktop-class input experiences across Android and ChromeOS laptops and tablets.
- Own the end-to-end technical roadmap for the multilayer input stack, including hardware matrices, firmware protocols, Linux, Android GKI kernel drivers, native C++ pipelines, and Java framework services.
- Design foundational OS capabilities and public system APIs for peripherals, keyboard standards, haptics, palm rejection, and low-latency hardware-to-OS signaling.
- Coordinate system UI, input hardware engineering, and Tier-1 OEM partners for platform bring-up.
- Drive hardware-in-the-loop test automation, input latency telemetry, release bug triage, and code ownership.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience in software development and with one or more general-purpose programming languages.
- 5 years of experience with Linux Kernel, operating systems, performance analysis, performance optimization, performance tuning, and C++ or C coding.
- 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
- Preferred: master’s degree or PhD in engineering, computer science, or a related technical field.
- Preferred: 8 years of C/C++ software development and experience with data structures and algorithms.
- Preferred: 5 years building large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, compute technologies, inputs, or hardware architecture.
- Preferred: 5 years testing, maintaining, or launching software products and 1 year of software design and architecture experience.
- Preferred: 3 years in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
Benefits
- Equity and benefits are provided.
- The posting also states a 20% bonus target; compensation figures are excluded here.
About Google
Google builds consumer and enterprise software and services including Search, Android, YouTube, Chrome, Maps, Gmail, and Google Cloud. Its business model centers on digital advertising and paid cloud, software, and hardware offerings (e.g., Pixel and Nest) for consumers, developers, and organizations. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Google operates globally as a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.