Senior Software Engineer, Google Beam, Full Stack

Socket.dev; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Beam is a real-time communication technology enabling face-to-face interaction over distance, leveraging 3D imaging and spatial audio. Engineers work on scalable systems across AI, NLP, UI, and distributed computing, collaborating on cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.

Individual pay ranges from $174000 to $252000 with a 15% bonus target plus equity and benefits. Roles involve driving new features and architecture across multiple platforms and projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of software development experience.
• 3 years full-stack development across back-end and front-end.
• 3 years testing, maintaining, or launching software products.
• 1 year experience with software design and architecture.
• Master's degree or PhD in CS or related field (preferred).
• 5 years of data structures and algorithms experience (preferred).
• 1 year in a technical leadership role (preferred).
• Experience developing accessible technologies (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Write and test product or system development code.
• Lead or participate in design reviews with peers and stakeholders.
• Review code and provide feedback to ensure best practices.
• Contribute to documentation and educational content and update with product changes.
• Triage issues and debug/track/resolve impacts on hardware, network, or services.

Skills

Full stack

Back-end

Front-end

Software testing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

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 with full stack development, across back-end such as Java, Python, Golang, or C++ codebases, and front-end experience including JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML, CSS or equivalent.
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products.
• 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.

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.
  
• 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 Beam is a true-to-life new communication technology from Google that allows people to feel like they’re having real face-to-face conversations, no matter the distance. Powered by realistic state-of-the-art 3D imaging and spatial audio and integrated with today’s leading remote video platforms, Google Beam enables you to be immersed in the moment, together. As a part of the Google Beam team, you'll work with incredible teammates across all major functions in a fast-paced product-oriented environment. Your contributions will have an impact on the future of communications with Google products. You will apply technology to solve that really important problem that we often want to be together and we can’t.

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.