Senior Software Engineer, Special Projects, Home and Health Infrastructure

Google LLC; Zürich; Vor Ort; CHF 150.000 - 190.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

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Zusammenfassung

Google LLC is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for Special Projects in Home and Health Infrastructure. The role emphasizes leading complex, cross‑functional technical initiatives and rapid ramp‑up on critical platforms. You will engage with external partners, drive architectural decisions, and deliver scalable software across Google’s platforms.

Interviews may be in‑person in many cases. The team values leadership, pragmatic delivery, and collaboration from day one, with opportunities to

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in two or more programming languages (e.g., C++ or Java).
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
• 2 years of experience with databases and querying languages (e.g., SQL or MySQL).
• Experience working with external partners/customers and managing cross-functional technical projects.

Aufgaben

• Write and test product or system development code.
• Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
• Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices.
• Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product updates and user feedback.
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing sources of issues and impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.

Kenntnisse

Programming languages

Software testing

Software design

Databases

Cross-functional projects

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master's or PhD preferred

Jobbeschreibung

Senior Software Engineer, Special Projects, Home and Health Infrastructure

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• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 5 years of experience with software development in two or more programming languages (e.g., C++ or Java).
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
• 2 years of experience with databases and querying languages (e.g., SQL or MySQL).
• Experience working with external partners/customers and managing cross-functional technical projects.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
  
• 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
  
• Proven ability to master complex codebases rapidly and identify hotspots.
• Ability to balance pragmatic delivery with technical excellence and good at collaborating seamlessly with new colleagues from day one.

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.

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. We are looking for a Senior Engineer who is eager to dive into complex ongoing projects, ramp up rapidly, and pragmatically identify and address critical areas. 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 user's interaction with computing faster and more seamless, building innovative experiences for our users around the world.

Responsibilities

• Write and test product or system development code.
  
• Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
  
• Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
  
• Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
  
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.
  

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