Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience in software development.
- 7 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture.
- 5 years of experience with design and architecture; and testing/launching software products.
Preferred qualifications:
- 3 years of experience with working in a matrixed organization with cross-functional, or cross-business projects.
- Experience in programming languages like C++ and data 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.
Indexing Web App team runs the applications that generate the web, image, and other large, shared datasets to support information retrieval products across Google.
In this role, you will contribute to the development and optimization of information retrieval systems. You will work closely with the engineering team to design, implement, and maintain pipelines and tools, ensuring efficient and accurate data retrieval. You will have the opportunity to learn and grow within a dynamic environment, managing issues related to data structures, algorithms, and performance optimization. You should be passionate about information retrieval technologies, eager to learn, and ready to contribute to the mission of delivering fast and reliable experiences.
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
- Understand end-to-end data indexing infrastructure at Google and build indexing components to produce quality datasets and enable Google products to iterate on innovations.
- Create solutions to promote data quality, system reliability and efficiency.
- Implement Artificial Intelligence (AI) goals of the organization in indexing systems.
- Collaborate with talent teams across core data globally.
- Work in a team that embraces contributions of all members.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .
