Software Engineer III, Retail Advertiser Intelligence, Google Ads

Google; Zürich; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC in Zürich is seeking a software engineer to design and build scalable backend and frontend systems powering large-scale reporting infrastructure.

You will collaborate with PMs and UX to translate requirements into robust features, participate in on-call rotations, and help reduce latency for advertisers.

Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of full-stack experience; Master’s or PhD is a plus, with experience across Java, Python, and JavaScript.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
• 2 years of experience with full stack development, across back-end such as Java, Python, Golang, or C++ codebases, and front-end experience including JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML, CSS or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the core reporting infrastructure: RVL, UDFs, Reporting Servers, Dynamo.
• Work with Product Manager (PM) and User Experience (UX) to understand product requirements and develop the features.
• Part of oncall rotations, and keeping the system healthy.
• Design and improve advertiser experience latency.

Skills

Software development

Full stack

Java

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

HTML/CSS

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Gemini

Dynamo

Job description

In most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
• 2 years of experience with full stack development, across back-end such as Java, Python, Golang, or C++ codebases, and front-end experience including JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML, CSS or equivalent.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
• 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• Experience developing accessible technologies.
• Experience working with large-scale infrastructure and data processing pipelines.
• Experience in data processing, aggregation and reporting.

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.

As part of the Retail Advertiser Intelligence, you will be developing and maintaining infrastructure that powers products providing retailers with the reporting insights they need to make investment decisions, debug their performance and understand Google's competitiveness.

Google Ads is at the forefront of AI innovation, applying cutting-edge machine learning and Generative AI models like Gemini to power a multi-billion dollar global business.

Our work directly impacts billions of users by protecting users from harm, improving ad quality, and optimizing campaigns for advertiser return-on-investment. We foster a culture of deep collaboration, partnering closely with teams like Google Research and DeepMind to solve complex challenges. Join us to work on state-of-the-art AI, take on problems at an unparalleled scale, and build the next generation of advertising technology.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the core reporting infrastructure: RVL, UDFs, Reporting Servers, Dynamo.
• Work with Product Manager (PM) and User Experience (UX) to understand product requirements and develop the features.
• Part of oncall rotations, and keeping the system healthy.
• Design and improve advertiser experience latency.

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 .