Staff Software Engineer, iOS Google Search App

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.

With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

The iOS Google Search App (iGA) Platform team is responsible for supporting the core app level infrastructure used to build features in Search. Team members have wide latitude to propose changes, own pieces of the app infrastructure, and drive meaningful adoption of new tooling, APIs, and systems.

As an Individual Contributor, you will drive the technical strategy to elevate the Google App on iOS. You will be responsible for comprehensively identifying and remedying unreliable quality across critical user journeys, transforming iGA into an iOS experience.

In Google Search, we're reimagining what it means to search for information – any way and anywhere. To do that, we need to solve complex engineering challenges and expand our infrastructure, while maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on. In joining the Search team, you'll have an opportunity to make an impact on billions of people globally.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $207,000-$300,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Work with cross-functional partners to drive consensus on an app-level outlook and drive engineering implementation.
• Establish strong relationships with partner engineering teams. Work cross-functionally with Product and UX to both prototype and build new features.
• Run live experiments to collect metrics, evaluate results, and iterate to refine the product experience. Create and scale engineering systems to prevent backsliding on appyness.
• Collaborate with our partners in the broader identity organization to integrate their new libraries and oversee the implementation within iGA suggesting improvements to the API designs where necessary.
• Maintain high-quality code structure and architecture with a focus on modularity, testability, and stability. Support internal feature developers across search by participating in design reviews and providing guidance on the iGA platform.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience programming in C++, Objective-C, or Swift.
• 7 years of experience with iOS application development.
• Experience designing and implementing user interfaces for iOS applications using UIKit or SwiftUI.
• Experience with full software development lifecycle (SDLC) in a production environment.

Preferred qualifications:

• 7 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• 5 years of experience with performance, large-scale systems data analysis, visualization tools or debugging.
• Experience with iOS multiple concurrency systems (e.g., Swift Concurrency, Actors, Publishers, GCD, NSOperations) and managing complex multithreaded code.
• Experience in Swift or Objective-C, but not both, and willing to learn the other and jump around where necessary.
• Experience developing accessible technologies.
  
• Familiarity with debugging performance related issues with tooling like instruments and integrating support for tracing through client code.

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