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Senior Software Engineer, Google Play

Category

Software Engineering

Employment Type

Full-time

Location

Nairobi, Kenya

Vacancies

1 position

Closing Date

10/31/2026
6 days left

Employer / Company

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Description (Public)

Google Play’s software engineers develop next-generation technologies used by billions of users. In this role your work ships on every Google-enabled Android device, delivering value for Play’s end users and the largest game developers in the world. You will craft experiences for gamers and game developers on Google Play and on new upcoming products, joining a highly-collaborative team at a pivotal moment in the Android gaming business.

Duties, Roles and Responsibilities

  • Write and test product or system development code.
  • Participate in or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
  • Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability and efficiency).
  • Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
  • Triage product or system issues and debug, track and resolve them by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network or service operations and quality.

Qualifications, Education and Competencies

Qualifications & Experience:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
  • 3 years of experience testing, maintaining or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
  • Experience with server-side programming.
  • Preferred: Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field; 5 years of experience with data structures/algorithms; 1 year in a technical leadership role; experience developing accessible technologies.

Skills & Competencies:

  • Versatile engineering skills across information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking, data storage, security, AI, NLP, UI design and mobile.
  • Leadership qualities and enthusiasm to take on new problems across the full-stack.
  • Interest in Android gaming and Google Play products.

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