Senior Software Engineer, Front End, Public Sector

Google

Reston, VA

JOB DETAILS
JOB TYPE
Full-time, Employee
SKILLS
AngularJS, Application Programming Interface (API), Artificial Intelligence (AI) Natural Language, Authentication, CSS (Cascading Style Sheet), Cloud Computing, Data Storage, Distributed Computing, Ecosystems, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), Federal Government, Government, HTML (HyperText Markup Language), Information Retrieval, Information/Data Security (InfoSec), Internet Application, Internet Search, Internet Technology, JavaScript, Large-Scale Systems, Leadership, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Network Design, Performance Tuning/Optimization, Product Design, Product/Service Launch, Project/Program Management, Quality Assurance Methodology, Regulatory Compliance, Scalable System Development, Security Clearance, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), Software Engineering, State Government, Test Plan/Schedule, Testing, Time Management, Top Secret Clearance, United States Citizen, User Experience Design (UXD), User Interface Design, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX), Web Accessibility, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
LOCATION
Reston, VA
POSTED
30+ days ago
Must be a US Citizen to meet customer and compliance requirements, including potential access to classified information.

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products.
  • Experience in HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Angular development.
  • Experience with testing frameworks, server-side technologies, APIs, state management, and authentication flows.
  • Active or ability to obtain a TS/SCI US Government clearance.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience working with large-scale, complex codebases and micro-frontend architectures.
  • Experience with advanced testing methodologies, including end-to-end testing frameworks (e.g., Cypress, Playwright).
  • Knowledge of web accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG) and building user interfaces.
  • Understanding of front-end performance optimization techniques and responsive design.
  • Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Kubernetes).
  • Familiarity working with gRPC APIs.

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 Public Sector's Software Engineering and Technology team is a group of engineers dedicated to helping organizations leverage the power of Google Cloud technologies.

As a Front End Software Engineer, you will help build the next generation of web applications that millions (or billions) of users interact with daily. You will handle tough challenges in performance, architecture, and user experience, bridging the gap between elegant design and complex backend systems. You will be passionate about web technologies and want to drive the future of the web ecosystem.

Google Public Sector brings the magic of Google to the mission of government and education with solutions purpose-built for enterprises. We focus on helping United States public sector institutions accelerate their digital transformations, and we continue to make significant investments and grow our team to meet the complex needs of local, state and federal government and educational institutions.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $174000 - $253000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + bonus + equity + benefitsLearn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve front-end software applications.
  • Collaborate closely with UX designers, product managers, and backend engineers to deliver highly functional, intuitive, and accessible user interfaces.
  • Manage individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
  • Build reusable, scalable, and robust front-end architectures.
  • Optimize web applications for maximum speed, scalability, and performance.
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.

About the Company

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Google

Build for everyone

Since our founding in 1998, Google has grown by leaps and bounds. Starting from two computer science students in a university dorm room, we now have thousands of employees and offices around the world. These Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe.

It starts with how we work together. We’re building a company where people of different views, backgrounds and experiences can do their best work and show up for one another. A place where every Googler feels like they belong.

So whether you develop new technology or creative campaigns, craft beautiful products or breakthrough partnerships, your work here is a chance to accomplish things that matter. Bring your insight, imagination, and healthy disregard for the impossible. Bring everything that makes you unique. Together, we can build for everyone.

Benefits

We strive to provide Googlers and their loved ones with a world-class benefits experience, focused on supporting their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. Our benefits are based on data, and centered around our users: Googlers and their families. They’re thoughtfully designed to enhance your health and wellbeing, and generous enough to make it easy for you to take good care of yourself (now, and in the future). So we can build for everyone, together.

Learn more about Google’s benefits on this site featuring Googlers’ experience.

How we Hire

Google’s hiring process is an important part of our culture. Googlers care deeply about their teams and the people who make them up. In order to  build for everyone, we know that we need a wide range of perspectives and experiences, and a fair hiring process is the first step in getting there.

Learn more about our hiring process.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Computer Software
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
Paid Sick Days, Performance Bonus, Professional Development, 401K, Stock Options, Employee Events, Retirement / Pension Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Work From Home, Life Insurance, On Site Cafeteria
FOUNDED
1998
WEBSITE
https://goo.gle/4dbno6V