Staff Software Engineer, Google ads, Maps Monetization

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, C, C++, Java, JavaScript).
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role; overseeing projects.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in designing, productionizing and debugging distributed systems.
• Experience working in full-stack development and machine learning systems and optimizing system performance (latency, throughput, efficiency) and ensuring reliability.
• Ability to lead challenging and cross-functional infrastructure projects from inception to production deployment and operation.
  
  

About The Job

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.

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.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and innovation.
• Develop technical goals and roadmap for areas of the team, aligning with the overall Maps business generation strategy and business goals.
• Drive the design and implementation of systems, ensuring quality and performance.
• Identify and address technical challenges, including those with ambiguous requirements, and drive the team to solutions.
• Partner with other engineering teams (e.g., Geo, Waze) and cross-functional teams (e.g., Product, UX, Data Science) to deliver integrated solutions.
  
  
  

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .