Software Engineer, Compilers, Runtimes and Toolchains

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree in an industry setting.
  
• 2 years of experience with data structures or algorithms in either an academic or industry setting.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• 2 years of experience with performance, large scale systems data analysis, visualization tools, or debugging.
• Experience in backend coding languages such as C++, C, Java, Python.
• Experience with compilers or toolchains.
• Experience with programming, Android, iOS, macOS, or Windows development.
• Knowledge of LLVM.
• Proficiency in code and system health, diagnosis and resolution, and software test engineering.
  

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.

In this role, you will use your technical skill to manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google’s flagship products. We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These are the essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent experiences for our users and drive the pace of innovation for every developer. We look across Google’s products to build central solutions, break down technical barriers and strengthen existing systems. As the Core team, we have a mandate and a unique opportunity to impact important technical decisions across the company.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for providing core features to the various language toolchains, runtimes, and compilers.
• Collaborate with teams to improve LLVM and related technologies to provide Google developers with toolchain and releases.
• Work with other Senior Software Engineer (SWEs) and Team Leads (TLs) on the team developing features and improvements to LLVM that support Google long term needs.
• Lead design reviews and participate in team Objectives and Key Results (OKR) planning and roadmap definition.
• Identify problems that need to be solved through direct exchange with our customers.