Senior Software Engineer - Dependency Tracing & Reliability

Google Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

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

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
• 3 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Translate high-level requirements into detailed technical designs, encompassing architecture, data structures, and algorithms.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code in accordance with established coding standards and best practices.
• Develop and execute thorough unit, integration, and system tests to ensure code quality and functionality, including automated testing where applicable.
• Participate in code reviews to provide constructive feedback and ensure adherence to best practices.
• Document technical specifications, design decisions, and implementation details for future reference and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Software development

Distributed systems

Code reviews

Unit testing

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

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