Senior Staff Software Engineer

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. Google One is Google's premium membership offering rooted in storage and premium benefits for transacting with Google. In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing the technical strategy and execution across the subscriber life-cycle pillar. You will provide comprehensive technical direction to software engineers, focusing on high-quality delivery, architectural integrity, and solving challenges while integrating.

The Platforms and Devices team encompasses Google's various computing software platforms across environments (desktop, mobile, applications), as well as our first-party devices and services that combine the best of Google AI, software, and hardware. Teams across this area research, design, and develop new technologies to make our users' interaction with computing faster and more seamless, building innovative experiences for our users around the world.

Responsibilities:

• Build scalable and flexible infrastructure to power personalisation and compel user experiences that drive core business metrics.
• Lead the architectural evolution of Google One, balance high-impact iteration with long-term stability and cost-efficiency, and define the strategy and roadmap for client solutions across the team.
• Drive Google One growth by architecting a platform that enables high-velocity experimentation, reducing the time to test new SKUs, pricing, and entitlements from weeks to days.
• Collaborate and mentor existing engineers in the organisation to manage problems.
• Align first-party and third-party teams to ensure technical work supports the organisation's priorities.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 7 years of experience with full-stack development, across back-end such as Java, Python, GO, or C++ codebases, and front-end experience including JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML, CSS or equivalent.
• 5 years of experience with design and architecture, and testing/launching software products.