Software Engineer II, Data Platform, Google Play

Google Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company in London seeks a Software Engineer II for the Data Platform team. This role involves developing technologies for Google Play, responsible for reporting and creating infrastructure to support Play Developers. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree, experience with data structures and algorithms, and knowledge of large-scale data pipelines. The position offers opportunities to work with advanced AI tools across a dynamic and challenging environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 1 year of experience with data structures or algorithms.
• Experience with large-scale data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Provide fantastic reporting for Play Developers.
• Create infrastructure used by other teams.
• Deploy AI tools for development and analysis.
• Work on features across data pipelines for core platform components.

Skills

Experience with data structures

Experience with algorithms

Large-scale data pipelines

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Software Engineer II, Data Platform, Google Play

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• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 1 year of experience with data structures or algorithms.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with large-scale data pipelines (e.g., Flume, Apache Spark, etc.).
• Experience in data analysis (e.g., data science/analytics).

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. Google Play offers music, movies, books, apps and games for devices, powered by the cloud. It syncs across devices and on the web. As part of the Android and Mobile team, Googlers working on Google Play do everything from engineering our backend systems, to shaping product strategy, to forming great content partnerships. They make it possible for people to do things like buy an ebook or song on their Android phone, then have it instantly available on their laptop. The Google Play team enhances the Android ecosystem by giving developers and partners a premium store where they can reach millions of users.

Responsibilities

• Provide fantastic reporting for Play Developers.
• Create infrastructure used by other teams in Play Console and beyond.
• Make use of Gemini and other AI tools, both for development and analysis, as well as deploying it tactically in new features.
• Work on features across the stack data pipelines for foundational metrics like acquisitions and engagement, services and libraries for our core platform components, UI configuration and components, as well as production and monitoring configurations and systems.

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Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.