Staff Software Engineer, Play Games

Google

8 - 10 years

Bengaluru

Posted: 28/11/2025

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Job Description

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience in software development.
5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
5 years of experience with Android application development.

Preferred qualifications:

8 years of experience with data structures/algorithms.
Experience in building scalable, user-facing products.
Experience designing and working with large codebases.
Strong technical leadership with a track record of delivering results and making progress in an ambiguous problem space.

About the job

Mobile technology has been at the forefront of innovation, and the pace of development in this domain has never been greater. Google is committed to bringing amazing experiences to our mobile users. As a Software Engineer, Tools and Infrastructure, you will be at the heart of Google’s engineering process building software that empowers engineering teams to develop and deliver high quality mobile apps and services. We are focused on solving the hardest, most interesting challenges of developing software at scale without sacrificing stability, quality, velocity or code health.

We ensure Google's success by partnering with engineering teams and developing scalable tools and infrastructure that help engineers develop, test, debug and release software quickly. We impact thousands of Googlers and billions of users by increasing the pace of product development and ensuring our products are thoroughly tested. We are advocates for code health, testability, maintainability and best practices for development and testing.

Having access to all of Google's platforms and vast compute resources provides a unique opportunity to grow as an engineer. We typically work in small, nimble teams that collaborate on common problems across products and focus areas. As a result, the exposure to this broad set of problems provides technical challenges as well as accelerated career growth.

Play Games offers cross-game identity and profile, access to titles, achievements, leaderboards, and rewards. We are 500M Monthly Active Users (MAU) products and are integrated into the biggest mobile games on Android. Play Games Services is a critical component of a renewed focus on Play as a gaming platform.

Google Play offers music, movies, books, apps and games for devices, powered by the cloud. It syncs across devices and on the web. As part of the Android and Mobile team, Googlers working on Google Play do everything from engineering our backend systems, to shaping product strategy, to forming great content partnerships. They make it possible for people to do things like buy an ebook or song on their Android phone, then have it instantly available on their laptop. The Google Play team enhances the Android ecosystem by giving developers and partners a premium store where they can reach millions of users.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and evolve major server-side and client-side infrastructure components for next-generation in-game experiences.
Define and build infrastructure for computing and serving quality signals, including offline and production evaluations, analytics, and insights.
Optimize client and serving systems for latency, freshness, and cost.
Uphold a high bar for quality and robustness of production systems, building mechanisms to prevent, detect, and mitigate issues.
Define, establish, and track key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to evaluate system performance, reliability, and quality.

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.