Partner Solutions Engineer, Universal Commerce Protocol

Google • Sunnyvale, CA

3h • $127,000 - $182,000

About The Position

This role is part of gTech’s Professional Services team, which provides foundational services and forward-looking business solutions to advertiser and publisher customers through technical implementation, optimization, and other solutions. The position is on the gUP Shopping Partner Engineering team, supporting the Shopping API ecosystem, including Universal Commerce Protocol, Google Business Profile, and Google Merchant Center API integrations that power consumer experiences across Google Shopping and other surfaces.

The role partners with retailers to grow value for merchants and users while maintaining high data quality. It collaborates closely with Engineering and Product teams to develop and improve Google products and tools, advocates for customer and partner experiences, and shares data-driven insights to inform product and tooling improvements. The position provides technical guidance and implementation support to strategic partners, maintains technical repositories, and builds tools and documentation to improve partner implementation and developer experience.

Individual pay is determined by job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. The listed U.S. compensation is $127,000–$182,000 USD, with a 15% bonus target, equity, and benefits.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of experience working with client-side web technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, or HTTP.
• 3 years of experience coding with one or more programming languages such as Java, C/C++, or Python.
• Experience troubleshooting technical issues for internal or external partners or customers.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or a related field.
• Experience using Machine Learning, Large Language Models (LLMs), or AI agent technologies and building solutions.
• Experience working with systems such as Linux, Unix, or Windows.
• Experience working with database technologies such as SQL or NoSQL.
• Experience with a code hosting platform, open source, and DevRel.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to and maintain technical repositories, applying best practices for repository management, linters, continuous integration infrastructure, community triage, developer tooling, and technical documentation such as READMEs.
• Provide high-touch technical guidance, partner education, implementation reviews, and troubleshooting for strategic partners to support successful integrations and resolve technical challenges within defined service level agreements.
• Develop technical tools, open-source utilities such as SDKs and scripts, and documentation to expedite partner implementation, improve developer experience, and enhance operational scaling with Engineering.
• Work with Product Managers, Partner Operations Managers, and Engineering to channel partner feedback and prioritize product features and tool requests that improve processes, performance, and product offerings.
• Identify, drive, and optimize growth for new business opportunities by leveraging data and Google technologies.

Benefits

• 15% bonus target
• Equity
• Benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level