Senior Software Engineer, Search Verticals

Google is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Search Verticals team, focusing on developing next-generation Guided Wholepage Search experiences. This role combines technical leadership with hands-on development, requiring expertise in building quality capabilities for search experiences. The position involves working on Google Search's core infrastructure while maintaining its universally accessible nature that billions rely on daily.

The role demands a versatile engineer who can work across the full technology stack, from backend systems to user-facing features. You'll be responsible for building capabilities that meet high standards for content quality, freshness, and diversity. This includes developing quality signals, retrieval systems, ranking mechanisms, and implementing AI/ML solutions. You'll also work on latency-sensitive serving code and large-scale offline pipelines.

As a senior team member, you'll have significant influence on product direction through data-driven experimentation and analysis. The position offers the opportunity to mentor junior developers and collaborate with cross-functional teams to launch highly visible features. The ideal candidate should have strong experience in software development, system design, and a background in Information Retrieval or Natural Language Processing.

This role at Google offers the chance to impact billions of users globally while working with cutting-edge technology in search and information retrieval. You'll be part of reimagining what it means to search for information in any way and anywhere, solving complex engineering challenges while maintaining Google's world-class user experience. The position provides growth opportunities and the chance to potentially transition into technical leadership roles.