Senior Software Engineer, Search Ads Auction Mechanisms

1 Month ago • 5-7 Years • Full Stack Development • $166,000 PA - $244,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll optimize value for advertisers, users, and Google through auction mechanism innovations. This involves evaluating and improving existing mechanisms, designing experiments to analyze effects, and collaborating with various teams (auction research, Ads prediction, bidding, UI, and targeting). Responsibilities include coding, testing, documenting, and enhancing software solutions to improve long-term growth. You'll need expertise in auction theory, C++ or Python, and data structures/algorithms. The role requires managing project priorities and contributing to the evolution of Google's advertising technology.
Must have:
  • 5+ years software development (C++ or Python)
  • Auction theory expertise
  • Data structures/algorithms proficiency
  • Software design & architecture experience
  • Testing, maintaining, and launching software
Good to have:
  • Master's/PhD in CS or related field
  • Applied mathematics/statistics experience
  • Machine learning experience
Perks:
  • Bonus
  • Equity
  • Benefits

Job Details

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience with software development in C++ or Python, SQL and with data structures/algorithms.
  • 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
  • 2 years of experience with auction theory.
  • 2 years of experience with ads ranking

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
  • Experience in applied mathematics or statistics.
  • Experience in machine learning.

About the job

Google's software engineers 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 engineers 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 engineer, 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 engineers 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.

With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

In this role, you will be tasked with optimizing value for the advertiser, users and Google through mechanism innovations. You will collaborate closely with auction research, Ads prediction stack modeling, bidding, Ads UI and targeting to optimize long term growth for Google.

Google Ads is helping power the open internet with the best technology that connects and creates value for people, publishers, advertisers, and Google. We’re made up of multiple teams, building Google’s Advertising products including search, display, shopping, travel and video advertising, as well as analytics. Our teams create trusted experiences between people and businesses with useful ads. We help grow businesses of all sizes from small businesses, to large brands, to YouTube creators, with effective advertiser tools that deliver measurable results. We also enable Google to engage with customers at scale.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $166,000-$244,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about .

Responsibilities

  • Evaluate new auction mechanisms and improve existing ones by writing code, testing, and documenting for auction.
  • Design experiments to evaluate hypotheses, tease out small-but-crucial effects in improving user or advertiser value.

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