Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Node.js

Google; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

Google in Kirkland, WA is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain high-quality Node.js client libraries for Google Cloud. You will own significant components, drive technical direction, ensure usability, performance, and reliability, and work with cross-functional teams on scalable solutions.

The role combines hands-on coding with technical leadership, requiring strong problem-solving and the ability to mentor others while delivering robust software used by developers

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of software development experience.
• 3 years testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year in design/architecture.
• Experience with JavaScript or TypeScript in a Node.js environment.

Responsibilities

• Write and test product or system development code.
• Lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
• Review code 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.

Skills

JavaScript/TypeScript

Node.js

Software design and architecture

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Minimum 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 testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
• Experience with JavaScript or TypeScript development in a Node.js environment.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.

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.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you are responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high-quality, developer-friendly Node.js client libraries. You will own significant components of the client libraries, driving technical direction and making key design decisions to ensure excellent usability, performance, and reliability. This includes handling ambiguous requirements, writing robust code, creating comprehensive tests and documentation, and managing backward compatibility. Your role combines strong individual technical contributions with technical leadership, ensuring the Cloud Node.js SDK meets the needs of external developers and upholds Google's engineering standards.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $174000 - $252000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities:

• Write and test 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.