Senior Software Engineer, Core

Google develops next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another.
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Senior Software Engineer
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Description For Senior Software Engineer, Core

Google's Core team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help build the technical foundation behind Google's flagship products. This role is crucial in developing and maintaining the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure that power Google's services. The position offers an unique opportunity to impact technical decisions across the company and work on projects that handle information at massive scale.

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Core team, you'll be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining software solutions that serve as essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent user experiences. The role requires expertise in software development, system design, and architecture, with opportunities to work across the full technology stack. You'll collaborate with teams across Google to build central solutions, break down technical barriers, and strengthen existing systems.

The ideal candidate brings 5+ years of software development experience and strong expertise in data structures/algorithms. You'll be expected to lead design reviews, provide code review feedback, contribute to documentation, and handle complex system issues. The role offers growth opportunities through exposure to various technologies and the chance to work on projects critical to Google's needs.

Working at Google means joining a company that values diversity, equality, and inclusion, with a strong commitment to building a representative workforce. You'll be part of a culture that emphasizes technical excellence, innovation, and collaboration, with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you grow. The position offers the chance to work on challenging technical problems while contributing to products that impact billions of users worldwide.

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Responsibilities For Senior Software Engineer, Core

  • 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
  • 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

Requirements For Senior Software Engineer, Core

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
  • 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, and with data structures/algorithms
  • 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products
  • 1 year of experience with software design and architecture

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