Google's Android Native Tools and Libraries team needs to develop and maintain foundational tools for C/C++ and Rust developers within the Android ecosystem to ensure optimal performance, enhance security, and enable a wide array of Systems features. This includes the Clang and Rust toolchains, Bionic C library, Scudo memory allocator, dynamic linker, system libraries like libunwindstack and debuggerd, and profiling tools like simpleperf. These tools are critical for field tracing, telemetry, and system health investigations on over 3 billion Android devices.
Requirements
- 2 years of experience with software development in the C/C++ programming language.
- 1 year of experience in low level programming in C or C++.
- 2 years of experience with data structures or algorithms in either an academic or industry setting.
- Experience with Android platform development.
- Experience with performance profiling tools (simpleperf, perf, perfetto, pprof).
- Understanding of debugging techniques and tools.
- Familiarity with binary file formats and tools (e.g., ELF, DWARF, linker) and with open-source projects like LLVM and the linux kernel.
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement new features for core Android system tools, including debuggerd, libunwindstack, the dynamic linker, and simpleperf.
- Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and contributing to the teams technical roadmap.
- Collaborate with other Android platform teams to identify and address critical system-level issues.
- Debug and triage issues reported by internal and external users and drive appropriate resolution.
- Maintain high quality by improving tests, benchmarks, and fuzzing.
Other
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
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