Google · 2 hours ago
Senior Staff Software Engineer, iOS
San Francisco, CA, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$248K/yr - $349K/yr
10+ years expGoogle is a leading technology company that develops next-generation technologies impacting billions of users worldwide. They are seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer, iOS to lead the technical authority for the Google Search App, focusing on enhancing user experience and solving complex engineering challenges.
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Responsibilities
Advocate the long-term technical strategy for UI architecture and interaction design, transforming iGA into the gold standard of iOS craft and fluidity
Architect the engineering systems, frameworks, and cultural guardrails that make flagship quality the default state. Move the organization from reactive to proactive performance architecture
Partner with Directors and Vice Presidents in Product, UX, and Engineering to elevate app craft from a feature requirement to a strategic business pillar
Influence technical roadmaps across distinct partner teams (e.g., Lens, Discover, Search) to ensure a cohesive, unified, and performant user experience across the entire application
Mentor Principal and executive engineers, fostering a culture of obsession with detail where technical excellence and UX polish are non-negotiable
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
10 years of experience programming in C++, Objective-C, or Swift
10 years of experience with iOS application development
Experience designing and implementing user interfaces for iOS applications using UIKit or SwiftUI
Experience with full software development lifecycle (SDLC) in a production environment
Preferred
10 years of experience with performance, large scale systems data analysis, visualization tools or debugging
10 years of experience with data structures and algorithms
Experience with iOS multiple concurrency systems (Swift Concurrency, Actors, Publishers, GCD, NSOperations) and managing complex multithreaded code
Experience with Swift or Objective-C, but not both, provided you're willing to learn the other and jump around where necessary
Experience developing accessible technologies
Familiarity with debugging performance related issues with tooling like instruments and integrating support for tracing through client code
Benefits
Bonus
Equity
Benefits
Company
Google specializes in internet-related services and products, including search, advertising, and software. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$26.1MKey Investors
Kleiner Perkins,Sequoia CapitalAndy Bechtolsheim
2004-08-19IPO
1999-06-07Series Unknown· $25M
1998-11-01Angel· $1M
Leadership Team
Sundar Pichai
CEO
Thomas Kurian
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