Senior Software Engineer, Search
Google · Posted Nov 4
Search engine, cloud computing, software, hardware, and artificial intelligence services
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About the role
Google's software engineers build next-generation technologies that handle information at massive scale, spanning information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, AI, NLP, UI design and mobile. The Search team works on solving complex engineering challenges and expanding infrastructure while maintaining a universally accessible and useful search experience for billions of users. This role involves designing, developing, testing, deploying and maintaining software solutions, leading design reviews, reviewing code, and triaging product or system issues.
What you will do
- Write and test product or system development code.
- Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
- Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
- Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
- Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
- 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products.
- 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
Preferred qualifications
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
- 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
- 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
- Experience developing accessible technologies.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Google
Google LLC is an American multinational technology company focusing on artificial intelligence, online advertising, search engine technology, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, and consumer electronics. As a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., it is widely recognized for services like Google Search, YouTube, Android, and the Gemini AI ecosystem.
- Industry
- Internet
- Company size
- 180000+ employees
- Founded
- 1998-09-04
- Location
- Mountain View, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $25M raised
- 1999-06-07Series A$25M
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Senior Vice President and Chief Business Officer
Chief Executive Officer, Google Cloud
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