Staff Software Engineer, Health and Fitness Platform Development
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience in software development and data structures/algorithms in Java/Kotlin or more languages.
- 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role; overseeing projects.
- Experience with design and architecture; and testing/launching software products.
- Experience building production product backends and infrastructure.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with Android application development.
- Experience with Android.
- Experience automating and scaling web or mobile back-ends.
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.
With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.
Our team is dedicated to the creation of a first-party Android application designed to centralize all of your personal health and fitness information. This comprehensive platform will provide a unified view of your diverse health metrics, enabling you to proactively monitor your well-being and gain valuable insights into the long-term trends and patterns of your health journey. Integrating high quality data from our devices, our app aims to empower you with a holistic understanding of your health, facilitating informed decisions and promoting a healthier lifestyle.
Fitbit’s wide range of innovative products, including smartwatches, trackers, and a smart scale, help people lead healthier, more active lives by empowering them with data, inspiration, and guidance to reach their health and fitness goals. Coupled with our leading software and Fitbit Premium, our immersive platform experience delivers personalized experiences, insights, and guidance to support our users’ health and wellness. Fitbit’s mission has always been to help make everyone in the world healthier and now, as part of Google we’ll be able to make health even more accessible to everyone.
Responsibilities
- Design, guide, and vet systems designs within the scope of the team and/or broader area.
- Contribute directly to product evolution through code and resolve ambiguous, complex issues.
- Review code developed by other engineers and provide feedback to ensure best practices.
- Lead multiple technical projects to deliver high quality and usable products for our customers across domains (e.g., Mobile, Backend, logging/analytics).
- Influence direction and roadmap of our product requirements and prioritization within your domain and across subteams, balancing new development with technical debt. Comply with all company health and safety policies, procedures, and legal requirements.
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