Senior Software Engineer, Search Platforms

Please submit your resume in English \- we can only consider applications submitted in this language. ### **Minimum qualifications:** * Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience. * 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages. * 3 years of experience with full stack development, across back\-end such as Java, Python, Golang, or C\+\+ codebases, and front\-end experience including JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML, CSS or equivalent. * 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products. * 1 year of experience with software design and architecture. ### **Preferred qualifications:** * Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field. * 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms. * 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role. * Experience designing and implementing any of the following: large\-scale distributed systems, APIs used by other developers, ML systems. **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 Senior Software Engineer in Search Platforms, you will join the Search Content Platform (SCP) team to organize knowledge for next\-generation Search\+ experiences. We leverage agentic solutions and Gemini to transform content acquisition from months into hours. In this role, you will lead the technical direction, design, and execution of large\-scale data ingestion systems, balancing short\-term research with stable product deployments to ensure an AI\-driven platform. Collaborating with global leads, you will also play a key role in growing our engineering presence in Brazil. 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** -------------------- * Write and test product or system development code. * Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies. * Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency). * Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback. * Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality. Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.