Developer Relations Engineer, System UI
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience working on technical projects for Android App development.
- Experience with Kotlin programming language.
Preferred qualifications:
- 2 years of experience in building Android apps.
- Experience launching new technology within the company to enhance developer productivity.
About the job
Passionate people are everywhere at Google. In Developer Relations, we get excited to collaborate and connect with the communities that love technology as much as we do. Part community manager and part developer advocate, Developer Relations Engineers collaborate with developers at conferences and online, and advocate for developers interests internally at Google. You write sample code and client libraries as well as participate in developer forums and support queues to troubleshoot and debug coding problems developers encounter. Internally, you work with product engineering teams to improve our products by conveying feedback from developers, reviewing API designs and testing new features. Chrome, Android, App Engine, HTML5 as well as our core Google Apps and Ads APIs are just some of the platforms you promote and support.
You provide technical expertise to third party organizations to ensure their success and help them develop their applications using Google technologies.
Android is Google’s open-source 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.
Responsibilities
- Provide engineering direction and assistance to design, build, launch, and improve developer products.
- Become an expert in System UI (SysUI) APIs and tools, and identify opportunities for Google and developers to create better products for users.
- Work with the Jetpack Compose team to ensure that the SysUI APIs align with Jetpack Compose best practices.
- Collaborate with Android System UI and Developer Experience product and engineering teams to deliver the developer narrative to Android Developers.
- Work with external developers, generate developer insights, create guidance, write example code, author blog posts, design APIs, propose product changes, influence engineering plans, discover developer stories, and inspire developers.
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