Senior Staff Software Engineer

2 Months ago • 8-13 Years • Full Stack Development

Job Summary

Job Description

Google's Core team seeks a Senior Staff Software Engineer to provide technical leadership on high-impact projects, influence and coach a distributed team, and manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. Responsibilities include designing, developing, testing, deploying, maintaining, and enhancing software solutions. The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of software development experience, including expertise in data structures/algorithms, design and architecture, and testing/launching software products. The role involves working on critical projects impacting Google's flagship products, building central solutions, and strengthening existing systems. The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google’s products, impacting important technical decisions across the company.
Must have:
  • 8+ years software development experience
  • Data structures/algorithms expertise
  • Design & architecture experience
  • Testing/launching software products
  • Technical leadership
  • Project management skills
Good to have:
  • Master's/PhD in related field
  • Cross-functional project experience
  • Multiple programming languages (Java, Python, Go, etc.)
  • Front-end languages (Angular, TypeScript, JavaScript)
  • Experience with storage services (Spanner, MySQL, NoSQL)
  • Security/privacy product development

Job Details

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 working in an organization involving cross-functional or cross-business projects.
  • Experience with multiple programming languages (e.g., Java, Python, Go, etc.) and with Front-End related languages (e.g., Angular, TypeScript, or JavaScript).
  • Experience in storage services (e.g., Spanner, MySQL, NoSQL systems).
  • Experience in technical leadership of software groups.
  • Experience in developing security or privacy 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.

With your technical expertise you will 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

  • Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects.
  • Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
  • Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines.
  • Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
  • Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

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