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.

If you are interested in distributed systems and production infrastructure and looking to solve technical problems (especially system design). You will grow your career, make an impact on Google's bottom line and collaborate across Ads teams.

Google Ads is helping power the open internet with the best technology that connects and creates value for people, publishers, advertisers, and Google. We’re made up of multiple teams, building Google’s Advertising products including search, display, shopping, travel and video advertising, as well as analytics. Our teams create trusted experiences between people and businesses with useful ads. We help grow businesses of all sizes from small businesses, to large brands, to YouTube creators, with effective advertiser tools that deliver measurable results. We also enable Google to engage with customers at scale.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $174,000-$252,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Help run a highly reliable infrastructure that's responsible for billions of dollars of business growth.

• Contribute code and designs as we build the next-generation AI or Large Language Models (LLM)-powered Ads serving infrastructure.

• Identify performance optimization opportunities and deliver latency/resource savings.

• Improve usability and performance of large distributed systems.

• Build automation systems and related tools to operate this large and critical system at scale.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

• 5 years of experience with software development in C++.

• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.

• 3 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.

Preferred qualifications

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

• 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.

• Experience designing and architecting distributed systems with a focus on maximizing throughput and minimizing latency.

• Experience developing and maintaining test automation frameworks.

• Experience developing accessible technologies.