Senior Software Engineer, Core

Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
Software development experience in C/C++, C#, Java or Go.

Preferred qualifications:
Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.

5 years of experience with data structures/algorithms.
Experience with analytics, metrics, and experimentation methodologies.
Experience working with large datasets and large-scale pipelines.
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.

The Identity Analysis and Metrics Infrastructure team plays a critical role in extracting insights from identity and account-related user interactions, such as sign-in, security/privacy settings, user consents, and account protection, with the goal of making Google accounts trustworthy, secure, and accessible. We are looking for a talented software engineer who is also passionate about data, and an opportunity for multidisciplinary work involving the development of large-scale pipelines, innovative analytics, and experimentation tools.

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
Write and test 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.

Develop large-scale state of the art analytics and experimentation tools and pipelines, to extract insights from identity and account-related user interactions, such as sign-in, security and privacy settings, and account protection with the goal of making Google accounts trustworthy, secure, and accessible.
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