Software Engineer, Photos

1 Month ago • 1-4 Years • Full Stack Development

Job Summary

Job Description

Google Photos is seeking Software Engineers to develop and maintain its photo sharing and storage service. Responsibilities include writing product/system development code, participating in design reviews, code reviews, contributing to documentation, and troubleshooting issues. The role requires experience with software development (Java/C++ preferred), data structures, algorithms, and large-scale systems. Engineers will work on projects critical to Google’s needs, with opportunities for team and project switching. The work involves both client-side (web and mobile) and server-side (search, storage, serving) development, along with machine intelligence components. The ideal candidate is versatile, displays leadership, and enthusiastically tackles full-stack challenges.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • 2 years software development experience
  • 2 years experience with data structures/algorithms
  • Code development and review
  • Issue triage and resolution
Good to have:
  • Master's/PhD in Computer Science
  • Java/C++ experience
  • Experience with large-scale systems
  • Experience in code and system health
  • Experience developing accessible technologies

Job Details


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:

  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, or a related technical field.
  • 2 years of experience with Java/C++, performance, large-scale systems data analysis, visualization tools or debugging.
  • Experience in code and system health, diagnosis and resolution, and software test engineering.
  • Experience developing accessible technologies.

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.

Google Photos is a photo sharing and storage service developed by Google. Photos is one of the most sought after products at Google and is looking for both client-side (web and mobile), with server-side (search, storage, serving) and machine intelligence (learning, computer vision) Software Engineers. We are dedicated to making Google experiences centered around the user.

Responsibilities

  • Write product or system development code.
  • Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide among available technologies.
  • Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
  • 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.

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