Software Engineer, Google Ads Team

Google; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Google in Singapore is seeking software engineers to work on next-generation advertising and infrastructure. You will join cross-functional teams and own components end-to-end, from design to deployment, tackling high-throughput back-end systems and data pipelines.

The role emphasizes strong knowledge of C++, Java, Python or Go, data structures and scalable architectures, with collaboration across teams to improve performance while upholding privacy and reliability standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS or equivalent practical experience.
• 1 year of software development in at least one language.
• 1 year of data structures and algorithms experience.
• 1 year of back-end development experience.
• Experience with two or more areas from web app development, Unix/Linux, mobile, distributed systems, networking, large software systems, or security software.

Responsibilities

• Dive deep into high-throughput advertising systems and codebases to drive performance improvements.
• Design new features and take ownership of implementation, testing, and deployment to production.
• Diagnose and resolve critical issues ensuring high reliability and data integrity.
• Develop scalable advertising solutions balancing performance with privacy standards.
• Leverage back-end technologies and data tools for large-scale analysis and storage.

Skills

Programming languages

Data structures & algorithms

Back-end development

Web app development

Unix/Linux environments

Distributed systems

Networking

Security software development

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/related field

Tools

Flume

F1

GoogleSQL

C++

Job description

Google will be prioritizing applicants who have a current right to work in Singapore, and do not require Google's sponsorship of a visa.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience.
• 1 year of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., C++, Java, Python or Go).
• 1 year of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• 1 year of experience with back-end development.
• Experience working with two or more from the following: web application development, Unix/Linux environments, mobile application development, distributed and parallel systems, networking, developing large software systems, or security software development.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with full stack development, across back-end such as Java, Python, Go, or C++ codebases, and front-end experience including JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML, CSS or equivalent.
• Experience in Machine Learning (ML) model coding languages (e.g., Python).
• Experience developing accessible technologies.

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 Ads is helping power the open internet with the best technology that connects and creates value for people, publishers, advertisers, and Google. We’re made up of multiple teams, building Google’s Advertising products including search, display, shopping, travel and video advertising, as well as analytics. Our teams create trusted experiences between people and businesses with useful ads. We help grow businesses of all sizes from small businesses, to large brands, to YouTube creators, with effective advertiser tools that deliver measurable results. We also enable Google to engage with customers at scale.

Responsibilities

• Dive deep into complex, high-throughput advertising systems and intricate codebases to drive impactful performance improvements across both real-time serving stacks and offline data pipelines.
• Contribute to the design of new features and system enhancements, taking complete ownership of their implementation, testing, and deployment to Google's production systems.
• Diagnose and resolve critical technical issues and system bottlenecks, identifying root causes to ensure high reliability, data integrity, and a seamless experience for end-users and partners.
• Develop and scale next-generation advertising solutions that balance performance-driven results with modern privacy standards, directly contributing to increased Return on Investment (ROI) and platform growth.
• Leverage and gain deep expertise in a varied suite of back-end technologies and infrastructure, including C++ for low-latency systems and distributed data tools (such as Flume, F1, and GoogleSQL) for large-scale analysis and storage.

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 .