Software Engineer III, YouTube Viewcount and Aggregations

Google LLC; Zürich; On-site; CHF 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC is seeking a Software Engineer III for YouTube Viewcount and Aggregations in Zürich, Switzerland. The role focuses on building scalable systems, handling large-scale data, and contributing across the full stack with opportunities to switch teams as the business grows.

The candidate should have a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and 2 years of software development experience, with Master’s/PhD preferred. Strong knowledge of algorithms and data structures is valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields (preferred).
• 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Write 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, testing, and efficiency).
• 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 operations.

Skills

Software development

Programming languages

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Master’s degree or PhD in CS or related field (preferred)

Job description

Software Engineer III, YouTube Viewcount and Aggregations

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• 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.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
• 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.

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.

Responsibilities

• Write 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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