[Hiring] Software Engineer III, Android Virtual Device Framework @Google

Role Description

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
• Mobile

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 Virtual Device Framework team is at the forefront of evolving Android into a truly adaptive and agentic ecosystem. The team owns the foundational framework APIs including:

• VirtualDeviceManager
• MediaProjection
• ComputerControl

These APIs enable users to share their applications seamlessly across multiple devices, with other people, and with next-generation AI agents. From powering immersive features for Android XR and Android Auto to architecting the critical security and privacy guardrails for AI-driven automation, our team builds the building blocks that enable Android to transcend a single screen. The team collaborates across the organization to bridge the gap between mobile, desktop, and AI, ensuring these multi-device experiences are performant, intuitive, and secure.

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.

Qualifications

• 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.
• 2 years of experience with Android application development.
• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields (preferred).
• 2 years of experience with data structures or algorithms (preferred).
• Experience in designing APIs and working on Android framework (preferred).
• Android Development Experience in Kotlin or Java (preferred).
• Android Open Source Project (AOSP) Experience (preferred).
• Experience developing accessible technologies (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Write product or system development code.
• Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
• Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
• Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.