Senior Software Engineer, Google Home, Energy Experiences

Google LLC; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC's Senior Software Engineer, Google Home, Energy Experiences, Mountain View, CA, is responsible for end-to-end feature delivery from device telemetry and cloud services to the Google Home App UI, building scalable backend systems for real-time energy events.

Interoperability with Matter and unified device models, along with leveraging LLMs and AI agents, will be central as you collaborate with product, design, hardware, firmware, and external partners to turn ambitious energy concepts

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of backend software development experience.
• 5+ years building/distributing systems and event-driven architectures.
• 5+ years of Java development.

Responsibilities

• Own full-stack feature delivery from device telemetry and cloud to the Google Home App UI.
• Design and operate backend services for high-volume real-time data and scheduling events.
• Integrate with Matter and unified device models to enable interoperable smart homes.
• Incorporate LLMs, AI agents, and automated workflows to accelerate shipping velocity.
• Collaborate with PM, UX, hardware, firmware, and external partners to realize energy concepts into consumer products.

Skills

Backend systems

Distributed systems

Java

Mobile/frontend development

LLM tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Senior Software Engineer, Google Home, Energy Experiences

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In most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

• 5 years of experience in developing and maintaining backend software systems.
• 5 years of experience building, operating, or debugging distributed systems, event-driven architectures, or connected IoT device platforms.
• 5 years of experience with software development in Java.

Preferred qualifications:

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.

• 5 years of experience across the stack with experience or strong enthusiasm for mobile/frontend development (Android Kotlin, iOS Swift, or TypeScript).
• Experience levereaging generative AI, developer agents, and modern LLM tooling to supercharge personal and team development velocity.

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.

The Google Home team focuses on hardware, software and services offerings for the home, ranging from thermostats to smart displays. The Home team
researches, designs, and develops new technologies and hardware to make
users’ homes more helpful. Our mission is the helpful home: to create a
home that cares for the people inside it and the world around it.

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

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.

The Google Home team focuses on hardware, software and services offerings for the home, ranging from thermostats to smart displays. The Home team
researches, designs, and develops new technologies and hardware to make
users’ homes more helpful. Our mission is the helpful home: to create a
home that cares for the people inside it and the world around it.

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

• Own full-stack feature delivery from device telemetry and cloud microservices down to UI in the Google Home App.
• Design, build, and operate resilient backend services managing high-volume real-time data, automated scheduling algorithms, and demand-response events that save gigawatt-hours of energy.
• Shape and implement the future of interoperable smart home ecosystems by integrating with Matter, Google Home Platform (GHP), and unified device models (UDDM).
• Integrate LLMs, AI agents, and automated diagnostic workflows (e.g., auto-RCA, AI-assisted code reviews) into development cycles to dramatically accelerate shipping velocity and maintain system reliability.
• Partner closely with Product Managers, UX Designers, Hardware NPI, Firmware Engineers, and external ecosystem partners to transform ambitious energy concepts into polished consumer realities.

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