Senior Software Engineer, Payments

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

Google is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to develop next-generation technologies that change how billions of users interact with information. The role involves working on projects critical to Google's needs, requiring versatility, leadership, and enthusiasm for new problems across the full stack. Responsibilities include writing and testing code, participating in design reviews, reviewing code from peers, contributing to documentation, and triaging/debugging product issues. Minimum qualifications include a Bachelor's degree, 5 years of programming experience in C++, Java, or Python, 3 years of software product experience, and 1 year of software design/architecture experience.

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

  • programming in C++, Java or Python
  • testing, maintaining, or launching software products
  • software design and architecture

Nice to have

  • data structures/algorithms
  • technical leadership role
  • developing accessible technologies