Backend Software Engineer, Insights, Benchmarks, and Narratives

10 Months ago • 2 Years +

Full Stack Development

Backend Development

Job Description

As a Backend Software Engineer, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining the systems that power Google's insights, benchmarks, and narratives. You will work on a variety of projects, including data analysis, A/B testing, and developing accessible technologies. You will also have the opportunity to work on projects related to Google's Ad products.

Good To Have:

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields
Experience developing accessible technologies
Experience with data analytics or online experimentation via A/B testing
Knowledge of the Google Ad products

Must Have:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
2 years of experience with data structures or algorithms
Experience with standard Google systems/libraries
Experience with software development in C/C++, C#, Java, Python or Go

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Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
2 years of experience with data structures or algorithms.
Experience with standard Google systems/libraries.
Experience with software development in C/C++, C#, Java, Python or Go.

Preferred qualifications:

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
Experience developing accessible technologies.
Experience with data analytics or online experimentation via A/B testing.
Knowledge of the Google Ad products.

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.

Responsibilities

Write product or system development code.
Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst 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.