Software Engineer, ML, Google Ads

Google • Mountain View, CA

16h

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 AViD, Google’s App Ads, Video Ads, and Display ads organization, you will contribute to fulfilling Google's mission of making information universally accessible, building software that empowers content publishers, app developers and advertisers to monetize their content and apps, while connecting customers to businesses that help them grow. As a part of a team operating at massive scale across
disciplines such as machine learning, big data, front-end engineering,
distributed systems, and advanced data mining, you will help create the network
and ecosystem that makes great content free, accessible, and enjoyable Internet
users worldwide. You will be responsible for end-to-end project ownership for
improving Google ads buying on display ad exchanges through bid optimization and
prediction quality improvements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
• 1 year of experience with ML infrastructure (e.g., model deployment, model evaluation, data processing, debugging).
• Experience using SQL for data extraction, manipulation, and analysis.
• Experience developing software applications using the C++ programming language.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
• 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• Experience in one of the following: optimization, ML, statistics, auction theory.
• Ability to apply technical foundations, especially around coding, data analysis, building features, and experimentations.

Responsibilities

• Write product or system development code.
• Collaborate with peers and stakeholders through design and code reviews to ensure best practices amongst available technologies (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.
• Implement solutions in one or more specialized ML areas, utilize ML infrastructure, and contribute to model optimization and data processing.

What This Job Offers

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