Software Engineer III, Infrastructure, Search Ads, Serving

Google • Mountain View, CA

3h

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 manage information at a 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. Thousands of engineers in dozens of
features and quality teams develop on this system.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.
• 2 years of experience with software development in C++, C, or Java or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree in an industry setting.
• 2 years of experience designing and building scalable infrastructure solutions.
• 2 years of experience working with Distributed Systems.

Nice To Haves

• Master's or PhD degree in Computer Science or related technical fields.
• Experience building or maintaining backend infrastructure, high-throughput services, or low-latency systems.
• Experience with process improvement and automation.
• Understanding of how large-scale systems work and how their components interact.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across organizational boundaries, build relationships, and achieve broader organizational goals.
• Excellent programming background in C++.

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