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Posted date: Jul 30, 2024
Location: Seattle, WA
Level: Director
Estimated salary: $236,500
Range: $189,000 - $284,000
Description
Lead the technical collaboration with cross-functional partners and sister teams, to negotiate the right technical projects to pursue, and report on their milestones and timelines.Design, guide, and vet solutions to navigation problems that balance the product trajectory, system performance, and codebase health. Mentor and train other team members on design techniques and coding standards.
Develop and leverage expertise with the cross-platform client-side camera framing stack, and the Android and iOS Google Maps Mobile development environments in which it exists, to make direct technical contributions to the codebase.
Delegate and track programs of work across the team, building and leveraging a knowledge of the team’s skill sets.
Write and review code, providing feedback on and role modeling best practices (e.g., style guidelines, accuracy, testability, maintainability, and efficiency).
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.
Geo’s Navigation Experience team translates our routing and geolocation into a visualized, tangible user product. One that not only showcases information about the user’s route, but also coordinates and focuses that information into useful guidance, helping users execute their drives with ease and confidence. This spans the entire visualized experience: rendering of the route on the map, highlighting useful on-map annotations (e.g. stoplights), rendering turn cards with detailed lane guidance, speaking voice guidance, and coordinating these elements into a singular, coherent user experience.
The Geo team is focused on building the most accurate, comprehensive, and useful maps for our users, through products like Maps, Earth, Street View, Google Maps Platform, and more. Every month, more than a billion people rely on Maps services to explore the world and navigate their daily lives.
The Geo team also enables developers to use the power of Google Maps platforms to enhance their apps and websites. As they plot a course for the future of mapping, they are solving complex computer science problems, designing beautiful and intuitive product experiences, and improving our understanding of the real world.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $189,000-$284,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. 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.
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.8 years of experience in software development, and with data structures/algorithms.
5 years of experience testing, and launching software products, and 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
5 years of experience in software development, including experience in mobile application development.
Experience with client-side technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, and JavaScript).
Experience leading and managing projects from initiation to completion.
Preferred qualifications: Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
5 years of experience in mobile application development for Android and or iOS.
3 years of experience in a technical leadership role, leading project teams and setting direction.
3 years of experience working in an organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.
Experience with maps application development and integration, using the Google Maps platform on web or mobile platforms (Android/iOS) and software development experience (e.g., Java, JavaScript, PHP, Ajax, and JSON/XML).
Knowledge of software architecture and client-side communication cross-functionally and within a product area.
Extended Qualifications
Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.8 years of experience in software development, and with data structures/algorithms.
5 years of experience testing, and launching software products, and 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
5 years of experience in software development, including experience in mobile application development.
Experience with client-side technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, and JavaScript).
Experience leading and managing projects from initiation to completion.
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