Senior Staff Software Engineer, Content Safety Platform

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 8 years of experience in software development, and with data structures/algorithms.
  
• 7 years of experience with full stack development, across back-end (e.g., Java, Python, GO, or C++ codebases), and front-end (e.g., JavaScript or TypeScript), or equivalent.
  
• 5 years of experience with design and architecture; and testing/launching software products.
  
• Experience with one or more general purpose programming languages, including Java, C/C++, C#, Objective C, Python, JavaScript, or Go.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.

5 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.

3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional or cross-business projects.

Experience improving engineering productivity through process optimization and automation.

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 Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google's flagship products. We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These are the essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent experiences for our users and drive the pace of innovation for every developer. We look across Google's products to build central solutions, break down technical barriers and strengthen existing systems. As the Core team, we have a mandate and a unique opportunity to impact important technical decisions across the company.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects.
  
• Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
  
• Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines.
  
• Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
  
• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large-scale software solutions.