Senior Software Engineer, Google Ads

Google Google · Big Tech · Mountain View, CA +1

Software Engineer role at Google Ads, focusing on developing and enhancing software solutions for advertising products. Requires strong programming skills in C++ and experience in software design, testing, and maintenance. The role involves full-stack development and managing project priorities.

What you'd actually do

  1. Write and test product or system development code.
  2. Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
  3. Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
  4. Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
  5. 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.

Skills

Required

  • C++
  • software design
  • software architecture
  • testing
  • maintaining software products
  • launching software products

Nice to have

  • data structures
  • algorithms
  • technical leadership
  • accessible technologies