Staff Software Engineer - Maps, Privacy & Cross-Platform

Google; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 307,000 - 308,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Maps team in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to advance privacy, geo, and cross-platform work across Android and iOS. This role emphasizes ownership of outcomes and influencing stakeholders while solving ambiguous problems and delivering scalable solutions.

As part of the Geo team, you will help shape product experiences for billions of users and collaborate with Legal, security, and product managers to align priorities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
• 5 years of experience building software for data privacy or security (e.g., identity and access management).
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Own the strategy, scoping, and navigation of complex compliance initiatives across a large work group with long time horizons.
• Clarify, make tractable, and solve large, ambiguous technical problems, reducing architectural chaos and delivering scalable, maintainable solutions.
• Partner with Legal, product managers, security, and other engineering teams to align competing priorities and drive organizational consensus in the best interest of Google and its users.
• Identify future compliance requirements or privacy risks, designing preventive architectural safeguards into the foundational layers of GMM.
• Elevate engineering standards, influence designs beyond the GMM Client Infrastructure team, and provide technical guidance and mentorship to other engineers.

Skills

Software development experience

Testing & launching software

Data privacy or security software

Software design & architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Google Maps team in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to advance privacy, geo, and cross-platform work across Android and iOS. This role emphasizes ownership of outcomes and influencing stakeholders while solving ambiguous problems and delivering scalable solutions.

As part of the Geo team, you will help shape product experiences for billions of users and collaborate with Legal, security, and product managers to align priorities.