Staff Engineer - Android UX Performance

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field with 10+ years of software development, software applications engineering, or related experience.

OR

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field with 8+ years of software development, software applications engineering, or related experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Android UX/UI performance analysis and optimization.
• Hands-on experience developing or optimizing features within the Android UX pipeline.
• Expertise in Android Mobile Gaming or Compute Gaming performance optimization.
• 5+ years of experience with performance debugging and profiling tools such as Perfetto/Systrace, SimplePerf and Ftrace
• Strong programming skills in C/C++ or Java, Python
• Experience with hardware debugging tools such as JTAG,Trace32 etc
• Strong understanding of Linux kernel architecture and performance subsystems.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Strong passion for learning and solving complex system-level performance challenges.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Lead and mentor engineers by providing technical guidance, code reviews, and task prioritization.
• Drive technical direction for Android UX/UI fluency and gaming performance initiatives.

Performance Analysis & Optimization

• Define and drive key performance indicators (KPIs) for CPU, memory, graphics, and system responsiveness.
• Analyze and optimize real-world user experiences including:
• Application launch latency
• Scrolling performance
• UI animations
• Gaming workloads
• Identify and resolve bottlenecks across the Android software stack.

System Tuning & Debugging

• Tune system parameters including:
• CPU frequency policies
• Scheduler configurations
• Memory management parameters
• Optimize performance while maintaining power and thermal efficiency.
• Investigate and resolve complex performance regressions using Perfetto, SimplePerf, Ftrace and Snapdragon Profiler

Automation & Tool Development

• Develop and maintain automation frameworks and tools for performance tracking and regression detection.
• Create dashboards, scripts, and reporting mechanisms to improve performance validation efficiency.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate with Architecture, Hardware, Power, Thermal, Graphics, Display, Camera, Multimedia, and Android platform teams.
• Work closely with product teams to identify and resolve architectural and system-level performance bottlenecks.

Detailed Job Responsibilities

Android UX/UI Performance

• Design, develop, and implement Linux/Android performance frameworks, drivers, and optimization solutions.
• Develop system-level performance enhancements for:
• App Launch
• Scrolling
• Animations
• UI Responsiveness
• Background Execution
• System Latency

Gaming Performance

• Analyze and optimize gaming workloads across CPU, GPU, memory, and display subsystems.
• Develop solutions to sustain performance under power and thermal constraints.
• Improve frame rate stability, frame pacing, responsiveness, and gaming user experience.

Platform Development

• Design and implement APIs and enhancements for performance SDKs and frameworks.
• Develop robust unit tests and validation methodologies.
• Debug and resolve issues across Android framework, middleware, kernel, drivers, and system services.

Competitive Performance Analysis

• Conduct competitor benchmarking and comparative analysis.
• Evaluate industry-leading performance features and recommend platform improvements.
• Define and track performance KPIs across products and releases.

Technology Collaboration

• Partner with engineering teams across:
• Power Management
• Camera
• Display
• Graphics
• Multimedia
• Thermal Management
• Linux/Android Platform
• Drive performance excellence from silicon bring-up through commercial launch.