Software Engineer, Android Security

Applicants to this role must have work authorization in Australia as this role is not eligible for work visa sponsorship.

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Minimum 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.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, and with data structures or algorithms.
• Experience assessing security risk involving technical infrastructure or distributed client software.
• Experience with software supply chain security.
• Experience building tooling for internal developers.
• Experience working on Android.
  
  

About The Job

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.

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

• Write product or system development code.
• Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
• 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.
• Research, design, and develop software, tooling, processes, and configuration to protect all parts of the supply chain against compromised insider accounts and third-party dependency risks.
• Perform security reviews and design engagements with a broad set of stakeholders.
  
  
  

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