Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience with software development in C++.
- Experience owning an audio subsystem from design through implementation and validation.
- Experience in development of realtime, resource-limited audio-processing pipelines.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
- Practical experience developing spatial audio, 3D audio rendering, or ambisonics algorithms to create immersive soundscapes.
- Experience working with WebRTC or other real-time network streaming protocols optimized for low-latency audio transmission.
- Experience in embedded firmware development or low-level real-time operating systems (RTOS) for audio processing hardware.
- Familiarity with neural noise cancellation and deep learning models for audio enhancement, paired with algorithm prototyping experience.
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.
With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.
Google Beam is 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, Google Beam enables you to be immersed in the moment, together. As a part of the Google Beam team, you'll 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. You will apply technology to solve that really important problem that we often want to be together and we can’t.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.US: $174000 - $252000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
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Responsibilities
- Audio end-to-end signal-processing Software pipeline ownership (design, implement, test/validate).
- Collaborate closely with audio performance validation (hardware and software).
- Contribute actively to planning and design for overall audio roadmap.
- Identify and drive forward cross-functional opportunities/interactions.
- Drive the product innovation and reliability forward (better quality, novel processing, bug triage/mitigation, etc).