Senior Developer Relations Engineer, Google Photos

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. Not afraid to be hands-on, 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.

With your technical expertise, you drive strategy around fostering a community of developers who work with Google technologies. An ardent advocate for these developers, you represent their voice internally to our Product Managers and serve as their Google support in application development and technology implementation.

The team's mission is to build a holistic consumer cloud offering that powers helpful experiences for users. The Photos Integrations team is focused on working with first-party and third-party partners to build experiences that bring users the value of Google Photos outside of the app.

In this role, you will ensure developers have the necessary resources to be successful on Google Photos, driving long-term developer engagement and adoption, value for users, and ultimately success for Google.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $163000 - $237000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

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Responsibilities

• Assist partners and third-party developers in the Google Photos partner program to understand Google Photos APIs and services, and troubleshoot partner integrations with other Google developer products.
• Work with engineers to identify, reproduce, and fix issues that affect our developers and their users.
• Advocate for developers and influence Google developer product strategy by working with cross-functional teams, including the Google Photos leadership team.
• Write and maintain demo apps, tools, samples, blog posts, technical guides, and contribute to open source Software Development Kits (SDKs).
• Educate developers on best practices for effective integration of Google Photos APIs and services.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 5 years of work experience in a technical role (e.g., software engineering, solutions consultant, etc.) or equivalent technical experience.
  
• 3 years of experience in a developer relations strategy role with experience in open source contributions.

Preferred qualifications:

• Ability to take ownership of solutions and exert influence without authority.
  
• Experience participating in online developer communities and ecosystems (e.g., open source platforms, blogs, YouTube video series, tech conferences, hackathons, meetups, technical teaching, and training).
• Experience working with third-party developer tools, including documentation, APIs, SDKs, and client libraries.
• Experience with mobile app and web development.