Senior Software Engineer, Audio, Google Beam

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in C++.
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
• Experience with real-time audio subsystem design, implementation, or validation.
• Experience working with embedded systems or low-level software development (e.g., OS, drivers, firmware).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Acoustics, or related technical field.
• 5 years of experience with digital signal processing (DSP) algorithm design (e.g., 3D spatialized audio, reverberation/noise mitigation, acoustic echo cancellation).
• 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role, driving audio roadmaps or hardware selection in the presence of ambiguity.
• Experience with embedded platforms (ARM, DSP), including build toolchains, hardware I/O, control, and low-level software development (embedded Linux, audio drivers).
• Experience developing accessible technologies, human-centric communication tools, or applying psychoacoustics (hearing science) to product design.
• Experience with data structures and algorithms.

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 manage information at a 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.

In this role, you will be a part of Google Beam, a true-to-life new communication technology from Google that allows people to feel like they’re having real face-to-face conversations, no matter the distance, powered by realistic state-of-the-art 3D imaging and spatial audio and integrated with today’s leading remote video platforms. As a part of the Google Beam team, you will work with incredible teammates across all major functions in a fast-paced product-oriented environment. Your contributions will have an impact on the future of communications with Google products.Labs is a group focused on incubating early-stage efforts in support of Google’s mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our team exists to help discover and create new ways to advance our core products through exploration and the application of new technologies. We work to build new solutions that have the potential to transform how users interact with Google. Our goal is to drive innovation by developing new Google products and capabilities that deliver significant impact over longer timeframes.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $166,000-$244,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $166,000-$244,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Develop and test product or system development code, specifically designing low-latency C++ algorithms for real-time audio subsystems on embedded platforms.
• Lead or participate in design reviews to drive architectural decisions for audio pipelines, influencing the selection of next-generation DSPs, ARM processors, and acoustic hardware components.
• Review code developed by other developers to ensure strict adherence to real-time performance constraints, memory optimization in embedded Linux environments, and signal processing accuracy.
• Contribute to existing documentation by defining audio-specific integration guides and "Audio Ops" playbooks, and adapt content based on new psychoacoustic research or hearing science principles.
• Triage product or system issues and resolve acoustic artifacts (echo, noise, sync issues), utilizing acoustic measurements to analyze the interaction between software algorithms and hardware limitations.