Software Engineer, Google Home, Nest
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Qualifications
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- Experience coding with C, C++, Python, Java, or related coding languages
- Experience in Machine Learning and AI
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience driving product excellence through well-defined quality metrics and metrics-oriented optimization
- Experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, or networks
- Excellent ownership and problem-solving skills, with a willingness to learn/grow
- Interest in IoT and smart home technologies
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 Nest team focuses on hardware, software and services offerings for the home, ranging from Nest thermostats to Nest smart displays. The Nest team researches, designs, and develops new technologies and hardware to make users’ homes more helpful. Our mission is the helpful home: to create a home that cares for the people inside it and the world around it.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop the full software stack for next generation Smart Home devices, platforms, and/or apps. Work across the entire stack from kernel OS, device app, data analysis, and intelligent algorithms.
- Build evaluation datasets, metrics, and infrastructure to understand and optimize the behavior of our features and algorithms.
- Manage individual projects' priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
- Support a multitude of user-facing features that rely on the quality and performance of compute-constrained embedded systems.
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