Graphics Software Developer, Chrome

About the job

Google's software developers 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 software developers 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 developer, 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 software developers 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. For this role as a Chrome Graphics Developer, you will be part of a team based in Montreal working on advancing our graphics stack to support fast and secure rendering for the web platform.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in software development using C++.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• Experience with graphics programming and low-level drivers/Graphics Processing Unit (GPUs).
• Experience with graphics APIs.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement improvements across the Chrome graphics pipeline.
• Investigate and design new features for the WebGPU API and shading language, and contribute to dawn to improve performance and developer experience.
• Contribute to the ANGLE (Almost Native Graphics Layer Engine) codebase to resolve stateful API and math-heavy bugs.
• Lead efforts to mitigate security risks, including memory safety mechanisms in the graphics stack and higher-level mitigations.
• Partner with the local technical lead to identify work, drive execution across distributed teams, and utilize AI to accelerate engineering productivity.