Staff Software Engineer, Woodshed, Core

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 8 years of experience in software development, and with data structures/algorithms.
  
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products, and 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
  
• Experience developing software applications using the C++ programming language.
  
• Experience with object-oriented programming, templates, and the Standard Template Library (STL).
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in developing backend, infrastructure-oriented systems.
  
• Strong cross-functional team collaboration skills and coordinating work between a diverse set of partners.
  

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.

• Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects, collaborate on planning roadmap, manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. Partner with infrastructure and client teams to guide integrations.
• Partner with infrastructure and client teams to guide integrations.
• Manage a small team, and review designs and codes of other engineers for quality and correctness.