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.

We are seeking a motivated Android Software Engineer to join our Fitbit Activity Coaching team. In this role, you will be instrumental in designing, developing, and enhancing features within the Fitbit Android application that provide personalized coaching and insights to help users lead healthier lives. You will collaborate closely with product, design, and other engineering teams to build high-quality, user-centric mobile experiences. You will have experience in Android development (i.e., Kotlin or Java), a passion for mobile technology, and a desire to contribute to features that have a direct impact on user well-being

As an Android Software Engineer on the Fitbit Activity Coaching team, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining features for the Fitbit Android application.

Google is an engineering company at heart. We hire people with a broad set of technical skills who are ready to take on some of technology's greatest challenges and make an impact on users around the world. At Google, engineers not only revolutionize search, they routinely work on scalability and storage solutions, large-scale applications and entirely new platforms for developers around the world. From Google Ads to Chrome, Android to YouTube, social to local, Google engineers are changing the world one technological achievement after another.

Responsibilities

• 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/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.
• Designing, developing, and testing new user-facing features for activity tracking, goal setting, and personalized coaching within the Fitbit Android app.
• Writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested Kotlin and Java code, following Android best practices and Fitbit's coding standards.
• Contributing to technical design discussions and architectural decisions for new features and system improvements. Working with on-device data and algorithms to deliver real-time feedback and personalized insights to users.