Staff Software Engineer, Search Ads Serving Infrastructure

Google; United States; On-site; USD 207,000 - 301,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to own and shape the Search Ads Serving Infrastructure. You will lead critical initiatives across ads platforms, driving reliability, performance, and scale for billions of queries.

Ideal candidates bring advanced C++ experience, distributed-systems know-how, and a track record of delivering high-impact software in a fast-paced environment. This role emphasizes collaboration and architecture across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or related field.
• 8 years of experience programming in C++.
• 5 years of experience testing and launching software products.
• 5 years of experience building large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, or related compute/storage/hardware.,
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects.
• Play a leading role in a highly reliable infrastructure that's responsible for revenue.
• Collaborate across Ads teams to understand client needs, identify opportunities, and deliver impact.
• Identify performance optimization opportunities and deliver latency/resource savings.
• Build automation systems and related tools to operate this large and critical system at scale.

Skills

C++ programming

Distributed systems

Software architecture

Testing & launching

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Staff Software Engineer, Search Ads Serving Infrastructure

Company: Google

Location: Mountain View, CA, USA

Experience Level: Advanced

Experience owning outcomes and decision making, solving ambiguous problems and influencing stakeholders; deep expertise in domain.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience programming in C++.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
• 5 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture.
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in mathematics.
• Experience with automation systems and related infrastructure.
• Experience in large-scale distributed systems (e.g., indexing, serving, performance tuning, etc.).
• Experience programming in C/C++.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with a range of people and job functions.

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.

Search Ads Serving is the infrastructure and quality machinery that powers ads on all Google Search queries, including queries to Search Ads partners and Google owned-and-operated properties (e.g., Google Maps, YouTube Search, Discovery Feed, Google Shopping property). Thousands of engineers in dozens of feature and quality teams develop on this system. The system is constantly evolving to support numerous launches, and provides APIs, testing frameworks, and tools/processes to allow high developer productivity and operational excellence.

Google Ads is helping power the open internet with the best technology that connects and creates value for people, publishers, advertisers, and Google. We're made up of multiple teams, building Google's Advertising products including search, display, shopping, travel and video advertising, as well as analytics. Our teams create trusted experiences between people and businesses with useful ads. We help grow businesses of all sizes from small businesses, to large brands, to YouTube creators, with effective advertiser tools that deliver measurable results. We also enable Google to engage with customers at scale.

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

US: $207,000 - $301,000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects.
• Play a leading role in a highly reliable infrastructure that's responsible for revenue.
• Collaborate across Ads teams to understand client teams' needs, identify opportunities, and deliver impact.
• Identify performance optimization opportunities and deliver latency/resource savings.
• Build automation systems and related tools to operate this large and critical system at scale.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google's EEO Policy, Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal, Belonging at Google, and How we hire.

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Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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