Software Engineer, Photos Core Data and Server

Google; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Google engineers design and build software that scales to billions of users, tackling information retrieval, distributed computing, and large-scale system design. The roles involve contributing to core data and server platforms, expanding APIs, and advancing AI-assisted tooling across Google Photos and related services.

Salary for US roles ranges from $147,000 to $210,000 plus a 15% bonus target, equity, and benefits. Opportunities exist to switch teams as projects evolve and the company grows."

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development or 1 year with an advanced degree.
• 2 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.
• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
• 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• Coding skills with experience in Java and Backend.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience collaborating across cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Write product or system development code.
• Contribute to developing new infrastructure and improving existing infrastructure to support Photos core services and product teams.
• Build new APIs, write new business logic, and change our databases to support new features in Google Photos.
• Make infrastructure changes to improve the efficiency and scale of our systems.
• Work heavily with artificial intelligence tools, agents, and systems designed to automate, accelerate, and assist in writing, testing, and deploying code.

Skills

Software development

Distributed systems

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's degree or PhD in CS or related field

Tools

Java

Backend development

APIs

Job description

Applicants in the County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree in an industry setting.
• 2 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
• 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• Coding skills with experience in Java and Backend.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience collaborating across cross-functional teams.

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.

Across Google One and our media storage ecosystem, our goal is to deliver a holistic consumer cloud offering that powers helpful and magical experiences for members. We want to be the trusted home where individuals preserve personal memories, enriching that context with deep understanding to enable delightful, intelligent interactions anywhere.

The Core Data and Server organization empowers feature crews to ship scalable, adaptive capabilities by modernizing backend foundations, creating governance frameworks, optimizing latency, and crafting programmatic interfaces.

Google Photos is a photo sharing and storage service developed by Google. Photos is one of the most sought after products at Google and is looking for both client-side (web and mobile), with server-side (search, storage, serving) and machine intelligence (learning, computer vision) Software Engineers. We are dedicated to making Google experiences centered around the user.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $147000 - $210000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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• Write product or system development code.
• Contribute to developing new infrastructure and improving existing infrastructure to support Photos core services and product teams.
• Build new APIs, write new business logic, and change our databases to support new features in Google Photos.
• Make infrastructure changes to improve the efficiency and scale of our systems.
• Work heavily with artificial intelligence tools, agents, and systems designed to automate, accelerate, and assist in writing, testing, and deploying code.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .