Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

• 9 years of experience in either system design or in one programming language (Java, C++, Python, etc.).

• 9 years of experience in technical troubleshooting, and managing internal/external partners or customers.

• 9 years of experience in API integration with third-party developers.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with Google Cloud integration.

• Experience working with developers/developer communities.

• Experience building for Android.

• Experience working with engineers outside your organization.

Google Play is available on Android smartphones and tablets, as well as devices running Chrome OS, Wear OS, and Android TV.

We are building and operating a global store connecting our users to amazing developer content. Trust, choice, and delight are core tenets of our strategy. We are constantly innovating at scale and enabling developers to successfully operate their businesses worldwide in a rapidly changing global market.

The primary mission of the team is to support the growth of the Google Play app and game developers by enabling their business growth through the successful utilization of Google Play’s products, solutions, and services. The organization should serve as developer’s primary technical POCs via established, ongoing relationships.

Google Play offers music, movies, books, apps and games for devices, powered by the cloud. It syncs across devices and on the web. As part of the Android and Mobile team, Googlers working on Google Play do everything from engineering our backend systems, to shaping product strategy, to forming great content partnerships. They make it possible for people to do things like buy an ebook or song on their Android phone, then have it instantly available on their laptop. The Google Play team enhances the Android ecosystem by giving developers and partners a premium store where they can reach millions of users.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $171,000-$257,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. 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 (https://careers.google.com/benefits/) .

• Work with developers to drive adoption of high quality Google Play features and services.

• Become an expert in the relevant Developer facing products and APIs, and identify opportunities for Google and developers to create better products for users.

• Work with external developers, generate developer insights, create written guidance, write example code, author blog posts, design APIs, propose product changes, influence engineering plans, discover developer stories, and inspire developers.

• Develop an in-depth understanding of Google Play’s products/solutions and underlying architectures by troubleshooting, reproducing, determining the root cause for developer reported issues, building tools for faster diagnosis.

• Act as consultant and subject matter expert for internal stakeholders in engineering, sales, customer organizations to resolve technical integration obstacles.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also https://careers.google.com/eeo/ and https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/OFCCPEEOPost.pdf If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form: https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2.