Senior Software Engineer - Large‑Scale Systems & Performance

Socket.dev; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 211,000; Full time

Job summary

Google in Cambridge, MA is actively seeking software engineers to build next-generation technologies that scale to billions of users across information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, AI, NLP, UI design and mobile.

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.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience programming in C++, Python, or Java.

Responsibilities

• Write 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.

Skills

C++

Python

Java

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Google in Cambridge, MA is actively seeking software engineers to build next-generation technologies that scale to billions of users across information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, AI, NLP, UI design and mobile.

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.