Android and Developer Relations Engineer, Google Maps Platform

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of experience in software development (e.g., web, mobile, or back-end).
• Experience with one or more programming languages (e.g., JavaScript/TypeScript, Kotlin, Swift, Python, or Java).
• Experience engaging with technical audiences (e.g., documentation, tutorials, presentations, videos, or open-source contributions).
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working with Google Maps Platform APIs or other geospatial/mapping technologies.
• Experience in mobile application development (e.g., Android/Kotlin or iOS/Swift).
• Experience leading or contributing to a developer community or an open-source project.
• Experience in creating technical content (e.g., videos, sample applications) or delivering presentations at technical conferences.
• Ability to synthesize developer feedback and advocate for product improvements with cross-functional teams.
  
  

About The Job

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.

Android is Google’s 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

• Develop technical documentation; create impactful code samples and tutorials; and work with customers, partners, and the open-source community to bring new AI-powered Android products to market.
• Define, measure, and build an AI-native developer platform that leads the industry and delivers business growth.
  
  
  

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