Staff Software Engineer Search

Google; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Bengaluru is seeking seasoned software engineers to design and deliver the next generation of scalable search infrastructure. You will work on multimodal APIs and systems that power search at scale, collaborating across teams to address complex challenges.

Ideal candidates bring extensive experience in software development, testing, architecture, and integrating AI tools, with a track record of technical leadership in cross-functional environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products, and 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
• Experience integrating generative AI tools or LLM interfaces into workflows.

Responsibilities

• Ideate, design and build API/Infrastructure for Search focusing on Multimodality. Effectively challenge status-quo and work backwards from the developer customers. Solve problems with increased level of ambiguity.
• Build platform systems that scale for Search products needs. Focus on long term thinking and quality.
• Appreciate the challenges that come with building a developer facing an offering. Be a team-multiplier who can technically guide a strong engineering team.

Skills

Software development

Testing & launching software

Software design & architecture

Generative AI integration

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's or PhD in Engineering/CS

Job description

Job Description:

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products, and 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
• Experience integrating generative AI tools or LLM interfaces into workflows

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms
• 5 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
• 3 years of experience working in a complex, cross-functional organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.

About the job:

Googles 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. Were 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.

With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

In Google Search, were reimagining what it means to search for information – any way and anywhere. To do that, we need to solve complex engineering challenges and expand our infrastructure, while maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on. In joining the Search team, youll have an opportunity to make an impact on billions of people globally.

Responsibilities:

• Ideate, design and build API/Infrastructure for Search focusing on Multimodality. Effectively challenge status-quo and work backwards from the developer customers. Solve problems with increased level of ambiguity.
• Build platform systems that scale for Search products needs. Focus on long term thinking and quality.
• Appreciate the challenges that come with building a developer facing an offering. Be a team-multiplier who can technically guide a strong engineering team.

Requirements: