Senior Software Engineer, Waze Personalization and Guidance

Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of experience with software development in Java.
3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.

Preferred qualifications:
Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
5 years of experience with data structures/algorithms.
Experience with large-scale distributed systems and cloud platforms like Google Cloud Platform.
Proficiency in investigative thinking and system design.
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 Waze Personalization and Guidance team works on fascinating issues at the intersection of user experience and large-scale systems. We own the platform responsible for delivering real-time visual and audio guidance for navigation. We also supply personalization insights to create a more tailored experience for our users.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will influence the architecture of our core guidance and personalization systems, lead impactful projects, and contribute to a product that makes a real difference in people's lives. This is an ideal role for a proactive engineer who is eager to take on significant ownership and responsibility.

Waze is where people and technology meet to solve transportation challenges. It's a platform that empowers users to contribute road data and edit Waze maps to improve the way we move about the world. As the social navigation pioneer, Waze leverages mobile technology and a passionate global community to redefine expectations of today’s maps.
Responsibilities
Own the design and development of critical features for the Waze Personalization and Guidance platform, addressing ambiguous problems and delivering scalable, high-quality solutions that impact millions of users.
Drive the technical direction for multi-quarter projects, making key architectural decisions and ensuring the long-term health and maintainability of our systems.
Elevate the team's engineering standards by mentoring other engineers, leading code and design reviews, and proactively improving our systems and processes.
Collaborate with product managers, user experience (UX) designers, and other engineering teams to shape the product roadmap and deliver impactful user-facing features.
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