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Software Engineer II, Infrastructure, Search

Location not specified · 1–83.3 yrs

Experience: 1–83.3 yrs
Salary: Not disclosed
Location: Location not specified
Work mode: Not specified
Job type: Full-time
Apply by: Closing date not listed
Posted: 11 Sept 32

About this role

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
1 year of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, C, C++, Java, JavaScript).
Experience with infrastructure design, large-scale distributed systems, and software architecture.

Preferred qualifications:

Experience in designing, writing, and debugging large, complex Java applications.
Experience in writing performant JavaScript code.
Working knowledge of distributed systems principles, networking, concurrency patterns, and proficiency in debugging and monitoring.
Understanding of Java concepts, memory management, and performance optimization.
Ability to break down complex problems, think critically, and provide well-structured solutions.
Passionate about writing well tested and maintainable code.

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.

With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

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

Own critical areas of the platform and ensure it provides the level of scalability, reliability, and latency expected of Google Search.
Maintain and improve existing infrastructure components. Enhance performance, reliability, and scalability of large-scale distributed systems.
Design and develop major components of our next-generation Search Serving Infrastructure.
Troubleshoot and resolve critical issues. Analyze and debug complex system behavior to ensure high availability and uptime of our services.
Help align our platform evolution with Search's broader architectural efforts by collaborating with other infrastructure partner teams and Search feature teams.

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 .

Skills

Information Technology and Engineering