Job Description
In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include: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.
- Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
- Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
- Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
- Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
- Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
- Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
- Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of software development experience with one or more general purpose programming languages (e.g., Java, C/C++, C#, Objective C, Python, JavaScript, or Go).
- 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
- 3 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure or distributed systems.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- Experience in advanced security (e.g., Authentication Protocols, Identity and Access Management Systems, etc.).
- Expertise in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems in management, control, and data planes.
- Ability to navigate and solve open-ended problems, utilizing innovative approaches to handle ambiguity and technical uncertainty.
- Ability to build and drive technical roadmap and design with a broader engineering organization.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills and the ability to influence cross-functionally at various levels.
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.
The Google Compute Engine Guest Platform team optimizes the customer experience by simplifying agent deployment for critical workloads like SAP and AI/ML. We enhance security with OS login and drive operational excellence through guest health monitoring and metric collection.
In this role, you will define the technical outlook and architecture for the platform while leading a team of software engineers. You will design core components to solve security, scalability, and reliability issues. Additionally, you will collaborate with cross-functional partners, including product managers and designers, to deliver high quality solutions and instill software development best practices.
Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $207000 - $301000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + bonus + equity + benefitsLearn more about benefits at Google.Responsibilities
- Define and drive the technical outlook, strategy, and architectural evolution for the guest platform, ensuring alignment with broader organizational goals.
- Lead, mentor, and coach a team of software engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and collaboration.
- Collaborate closely with product managers, security engineers, UX designers, and other engineering teams to deliver high-quality solutions.
- Instill best practices in software development, including code quality, testing, monitoring, and operational excellence within the team.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Seattle, WA |
| Industry | Computer Software |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1998 |
| Website | https://goo.gle/4dbno6V |
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Skills
- Architectural Servicesunmatched
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) Natural Languageunmatched
- Authenticationunmatched
- Best Practicesunmatched
- C Programming Languageunmatched
- C++ Programming Languageunmatched
- Cloud Computingunmatched
- Coachingunmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Computer Scienceunmatched
- Computer Securityunmatched
- Cross-Functionalunmatched
- Customer Experienceunmatched
- Data Storageunmatched
- Distributed Computingunmatched
- Employee Benefitsunmatched
- Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)unmatched
- Go Programming Language (Golang)unmatched
- Identify Issuesunmatched
- Identity Data Managementunmatched
- Information Retrievalunmatched
- Information/Data Security (InfoSec)unmatched
- Internet Searchunmatched
- Javaunmatched
- JavaScriptunmatched
- Large-Scale Systemsunmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- Leading Edge Technologyunmatched
- Mentoringunmatched
- Metricsunmatched
- Microsoft C# (C Sharp)unmatched
- Natural Language Processing (NLP)unmatched
- Network Designunmatched
- Objective-C Programming Languageunmatched
- Organizational Skillsunmatched
- Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
- Product Designunmatched
- Programming Languagesunmatched
- Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
- SAPunmatched
- Software Developmentunmatched
- Software Engineeringunmatched
- State Laws and Regulationsunmatched
- Systems Administration/Managementunmatched
- Team Lead/Managerunmatched
- Technical Leadershipunmatched
- Technical Strategyunmatched
- Technical/Engineering Designunmatched
- Testingunmatched
- User Experience Design (UXD)unmatched
- User Interface Designunmatched
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
About Company
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.
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