Staff Software Engineer, Sports Scaling, Journeys

Google develops next-generation technologies that connect billions of users globally through search and information services.
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Description For Staff Software Engineer, Sports Scaling, Journeys

Google's software engineers develop next-generation technologies that impact billions of users globally. This Staff Software Engineer role in the Search team focuses on Sports Scaling and Journeys, where you'll work on reimagining search capabilities. The position requires technical leadership in high-impact projects and coaching distributed engineering teams.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll be responsible for designing and developing large-scale software solutions, managing project priorities, and ensuring successful delivery of critical initiatives. The role combines technical expertise with leadership responsibilities, requiring both deep technical knowledge and the ability to guide and influence teams.

The position is part of Google Search, where you'll tackle complex engineering challenges and expand infrastructure while maintaining a universally accessible experience. You'll work with various technologies across information retrieval, distributed computing, system design, AI, and natural language processing.

Google offers a collaborative environment where engineers can be versatile and take on new challenges across the full-stack. You'll have opportunities to switch teams and projects as both you and the business evolve. The role requires maintaining high standards in software development while managing technical complexity at scale.

This position is perfect for experienced engineers who want to make a significant impact on billions of users while leading and mentoring other engineers. You'll be at the forefront of search technology, working on critical projects that shape how people access and interact with information globally.

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Responsibilities For Staff Software Engineer, Sports Scaling, Journeys

  • Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects
  • Influence and coach a distributed team of Engineers
  • Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines
  • Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables
  • Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large scale software solutions

Requirements For Staff Software Engineer, Sports Scaling, Journeys

Python
Java
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
  • 8 years of experience in software development, and with data structures/algorithms
  • 5 years of experience with design, architecture and testing/launching software products
  • Experience with Search or Knowledge Engine (KE) stack and front-end development (preferred)
  • Experience in Infrastructure design and optimizations (preferred)
  • Experience with building Machine Learning (ML) models (preferred)

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