Software Engineer III, Infrastructure, Google Web Server

Google • Mountain View, CA

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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.

As a part of the GWS (Google Web Server) team, you will work on the binary that serves the Google Search results page to users and acts as the gateway to many of Search's most critical AI features.

In this role, you will ensure that Google Search continues to serve users reliably even as we transform GWS to better handle the unique requirements and expectations of AI-powered features.

As a member of the GWS Infra team, your focus will be on ensuring new versions of GWS are launched with significantly faster velocity without compromising reliability. You will be helping our users experience the latest Search features and improvements much more quickly than ever before.In Google Search, we're reimagining what it means to search for information – any way and anywhere. To do that, we need to solve engineering issues and expand our infrastructure, while maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on. In joining the Search team, you'll have an opportunity to make an impact on billions of people globally.

Requirements

• 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.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
• 2 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.
• 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms in either an academic or industry setting.
• Experience developing accessible technologies.

Responsibilities

• Write 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).
• Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.

What This Job Offers

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