Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack, Gen AI Formats

Google • Mountain View, CA

7h

About The Position

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.

A significant part of Google revenue is contributed by Search Ads, specifically
TextAds. Search ads is ripe for innovation as we move from text-based content to
more visual, multi-modal content. Our mission is to build the right user
experiences that meet users and advertisers needs, by making TextAds more useful
and interactive.

Formats are optional ad primitives that assist users in finding the most useful
results or provide a preview to the advertisers’ landing pages, leading to a
high-quality user experience for billions of Google users. Our team owns the
development and composition of these formats to discover the best combinations
that will benefit users the most in their Search journeys.

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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience programming in C++.
• 5 years of experience programming in JavaScript or TypeScript.
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products.
• 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
• Experience with Generative AI.
• Experience programming in Java or Python.

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).
• Run and analyze experiments to ensure that the new TextAd Formats helps users, advertisers, and Google.
• Innovate and build compelling new ads experiences and metrics-driven product development.

What This Job Offers

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