Senior Staff Software Engineer, Pixel Graphics

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 7 years of experience working with embedded operating systems.
• 5 years of experience with design and architecture; and testing/launching software products.
• Experience with GPU driver development.
• Experience with C++.

Nice to haves:

• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 5 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
• Experience in Android Internals.
• Understanding of device, web, or mobile graphics techniques and production practices.

What you'll be doing:

• Act as a technical authority for the GPU software stack, defining the long-term technical roadmap for GPU drivers and their integration into the broader Android graphics subsystem.
• Maintain a significant code contribution footprint, author critical driver components, and prototype high-risk architectural changes.
• Lead parts of the design and optimization of the end-to-end graphics pipeline, ensuring seamless coordination between clients, the GPU driver, the compositor, display engine, etc.
• Partner with SoC architects and Android platform leads to influence future hardware requirements and OS-level graphics primitives.
• Advise Google’s executive leadership on the engaged landscape of mobile GPUs and identify strategic opportunities for breakthrough performance or efficiency.

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