Staff Software Developer, Google Home Platforms

Google; Waterloo; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Staff Software Developer for their Google Home Platforms team. This role involves providing technical leadership on high-impact projects, managing project priorities, and designing large-scale software solutions. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in software development and a passion for innovative technologies.

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience in software development required.
• 5 years of experience testing and launching software products.
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects.
• Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

Skills

Technical leadership

Software development

Project management

Software design

Software testing

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering or Computer Science

Job description

Staff Software Developer, Google Home Platforms

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Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects.
• Influence and coach a distributed team of developers.
• Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines.
• Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large-scale software solutions.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 5 years of experience testing and launching software products.
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 8 years of experience with data structures/algorithms.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
• 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.

About the Job

Google's software developers develop next-generation technologies that change how billions connect, explore, and interact with information and each other. Our products handle massive scale and extend beyond web search into areas like information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking, data storage, security, AI, natural language processing, UI design, and mobile. As a software developer, you will work on critical projects with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you grow and evolve. We seek versatile developers with leadership qualities and enthusiasm for tackling new problems across the full stack.

You will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables, and design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

About The Health Platforms and Devices Team

We build innovative products and services to help users live longer, healthier lives, integrating Google technologies, AI, health behavior science, and user-centered design to organize health data, provide insights, and enable action toward health goals through apps, services, and wearables.

Additional Information

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer, committed to diversity and inclusion. We consider all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. We also accommodate applicants with disabilities or special needs. For more information, see Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. To request accommodations, complete our Accommodations for Applicants form.