Software Engineer, Search UI and AI Infrastructure

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Java, C++, Javascript), or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
  
• 2 years of experience with data structures or algorithms.
  
• Experience in fullstack engineering to build front and back end features, UI rendering, server-side optimizations, and robust infrastructures.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
  
• Experience with server and client performance optimizations and infrastructure supporting high-traffic, complex applications.
  
• Experience with Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs), prompt engineering, and building applications on LLMs.
  
• Knowledge of browser rendering lifecycles, performance tuning, and infrastructure optimization.
  
• Familiarity with Chrome DevTools and related web technologies for UI rendering.
  

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.

As a Software Engineer on the Search Infrastructure team, you will contribute to the design and implementation of essential components of our infrastructure. You will work closely with your team and cross-functional partners to deliver a flexible, scalable, and high-performance platform for all of Google Search. You will be participating in re-architecting systems that impact billions of users, ensuring our infrastructure evolves with advances in AI and machine learning. You will work with distributed systems as they are about front-end development and UI infrastructure as well as integrating with ML infrastructure to deliver a compelling product infrastructure for Search feature developers to effectively build amazing user experiences.

In Google Search, we're reimagining what it means to search for information – any way and anywhere. To do that, we need to solve complex engineering challenges and expand our infrastructure, while maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on. In joining the Search team, you'll have an opportunity to make an impact on billions of people globally.

Responsibilities

• Deliver tasks towards larger goals with minimal assistance from senior team members.
  
• Plan, prioritize, and execute your work to meet project deadlines. Contribute to the design and development of full-stack solutions, utilizing your skills in Java, C++, UI rendering, server-side optimizations, and infrastructure performance.
  
• Identify technical problems with requirements and propose solutions to help the team course-correct when necessary.
  
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to ensure solutions meet business needs and can adapt to future challenges.