Senior Software Engineer — Systems & Leadership (Cambridge)

Google; Jasper (AL); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

Google's software engineers build next-generation technologies for billions of users. We handle information at scale and beyond web search, exploring areas from AI and NLP to distributed systems and security.

We seek versatile engineers with leadership potential and a passion for problem solving. As a software engineer, you will own a project, collaborate across teams, and contribute across the full stack—from design to deployment and maintenance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in object-oriented programming with Java, C++, or Python.
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products.
• 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.

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.

Skills

Object-oriented programming

Leadership potential

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Java

C++

Python

Job description

Google's software engineers build next-generation technologies for billions of users. We handle information at scale and beyond web search, exploring areas from AI and NLP to distributed systems and security.

We seek versatile engineers with leadership potential and a passion for problem solving. As a software engineer, you will own a project, collaborate across teams, and contribute across the full stack—from design to deployment and maintenance.