Senior Software Engineer, Search UI Infrastructure, Design System

1 Hour ago • 5-8 Years • Full Stack Development

About the job

Summary

As a Senior Software Engineer at Google Search, you'll own and drive the technical direction of critical infrastructure initiatives. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver a scalable, performant platform for Google Search. Responsibilities include providing technical guidance, seeking opportunities to leverage AI solutions, architecting robust software systems, partnering with feature teams to ensure solutions meet business needs and scale, and aligning team deliverables with organizational goals for infrastructure scalability, reliability, and maintainability. You'll be reimagining how people search for information, solving complex engineering challenges and expanding infrastructure while maintaining a universally accessible experience.
Must have:
  • 5+ years software development experience
  • 3+ years web tech experience (React, Vue, Java, Javascript/Typescript)
  • Experience with Python
  • Experience in software design and architecture
  • Technical leadership experience
  • Experience testing, maintaining, and launching software products
Good to have:
  • Master's/PhD in CS
  • Experience with Chrome DevTools
  • Server-side optimization experience
  • Knowledge of browser rendering lifecycles
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Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, and with data structures/algorithms.
  • 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
  • 3 years of experience in Web technologies, libraries and frameworks like, React or Vue, as well in programming languages like Java, Javascript/Typescript.
  • Experience in Python programming.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
  • 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
  • Experience with Chrome DevTools and related web technologies for UI rendering.
  • Experience with server-side optimization and infrastructure that supports high traffic, complex applications.
  • Knowledge of browser rendering lifecycles, performance tuning, and infrastructure optimization.

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.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for taking ownership and driving the technical direction of Search's critical infrastructure initiatives. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams across Search to deliver a flexible, scalable, and performance platform for all of Google Search.

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

  • Provide technical guidance and direction to a team of engineers.
  • Seek opportunities to learn from peers and the broader team/company to capitalize on the latest AI solutions where applicable, and apply them to Search problems to accelerate feature development.
  • Architect solid/stable/maintainable software systems with clean APIs that help accelerate feature development across platforms and surfaces.
  • Partner with Search feature teams and other infrastructure groups to ensure that solutions meet business needs, scale to users, and can adapt to future challenges.
  • Ensure the team’s deliverables align with organizational goals related to infrastructure scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
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