Software Engineer, Frameworks

Google

5 - 7 years

Bengaluru

Posted: 15/11/2025

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Job Description

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
Experience in creating, characterizing and evolving the architecture of systems.
Experience with mentoring and growing technical talent.

Preferred qualifications:

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
Experience in writing applications in Android or working with the Android OS.
Experience with C++.
Experience in using performance analysis tools (e.g., tracing, profiling) or debugging tools.
Knowledge of the Linux Kernel.

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.

The team is responsible for the core orchestration and lifecycle management subsystems of Android which includes Activity Manager, Job Scheduler, OomAdjuster, the Broadcast Queue, Alarms, Intents and many other components.

In this role, you will be part of an engineering team responsible for the overall user experience of the Android Operating System (OS). You will be learning from data collected and will make the OS more resilient and work with application developers to improve applications.The Platforms and Devices team encompasses Google's various computing software platforms across environments (desktop, mobile, applications), as well as our first party devices and services that combine the best of Google AI, software, and hardware. Teams across this area research, design, and develop new technologies to make our user's interaction with computing faster and more seamless, building innovative experiences for our users around the world.

Responsibilities

Use tracing, stack sampling and metrics tools to learn about how applications and platform subsystems are using core Operating System (OS) constructs.
Improve and harden core OS components to make them resilient.
Identify anti-patterns in applications and work with application developers to improve them.
Work with multiple product teams, first-party apps and Android verticals (e.g., Wear, TV, Auto) to design and build new features, while keeping the solutions generic and flexible.
Contribute to the engineering culture (e.g., design reviews, code reviews, team discussions, etc).

About Company

Google is a multinational technology company founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. It is best known for its search engine but also develops products and services in areas like online advertising (Google Ads), cloud computing (Google Cloud), operating systems (Android, Chrome OS), web browsers (Chrome), and consumer electronics (Pixel devices, Nest). Google is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., its parent company formed in 2015. It plays a major role in shaping the internet, AI, and digital innovation globally.