Staff Software Engineer, Discover, Chrome

3 Weeks ago • 8-13 Years • Full Stack Development • Research & Development

About the job

Summary

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be responsible for the development, launch, and scaling of Discover features on Chrome mobile. You will work with a team of engineers to design, build, and maintain a reliable and robust user experience. Your role will involve managing project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables, while fostering a high performing engineering culture. You will contribute to the overall product strategy, define architecture designs, content strategy, and prototype new features. This role offers the opportunity to impact millions of users globally by improving their experience with Discover.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • 8+ years in software development
  • Experience with data structures/algorithms
  • 5+ years in design and architecture
  • Experience with testing/launching software products
Good to have:
  • Master's degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field
  • 3+ years of experience in a technical leadership role
  • 3+ years of experience working in an organization involving cross-functional or cross-business projects
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Minimum qualifications:

  • 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 and architecture; and testing/launching software products.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
  • 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
  • 3 years of experience working in an organization involving cross-functional or cross-business projects.

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.

Discover on chrome aim is to build a great user centric Discover client experience on Chrome mobile. Discover is one of the world's largest recommendation systems. Discover surface organization is responsible for reliable, robust and easy to use Discover experience for multiple millions of daily users.

In Google Search, we're reimagining what it means to search for information – any way and anywhere. To do that, we need to solve complex engineering challenges and expand our infrastructure, while maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on. In joining the Search team, you'll have an opportunity to make an impact on billions of people globally.

Responsibilities

  • Support a high-performing engineering culture. 
  • Define the idea, architecture design, content strategy, prototype, launch and scale, and consumer-facing product features.
  • Be responsible for fostering a high performing engineering culture and raise the bar of engineering excellence.
  • Define the goal, architecture design, content strategy, prototype, launch and scale, consumer-facing product features, especially focusing on chrome mobile.
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A problem isn't truly solved until it's solved for all. Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. Bring your insight, imagination and a healthy disregard for the impossible. Bring everything that makes you unique. Together, we can build for everyone.

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