Software Engineer, Phd, Early Career, 2026 Start

Google Google · Big Tech · Warsaw, Poland

Google is seeking PhD graduates for Software Engineering roles, focusing on developing next-generation technologies that impact billions of users. The role involves working on critical projects across various product areas, including AI & Infrastructure and Google Cloud. Candidates will write product or system development code, participate in design reviews, review code, contribute to documentation, and triage/debug system issues. The position requires a PhD degree program and experience in languages like C++, Python, Java, C, or JavaScript. While Google is a leader in ML/AI, this specific role is a general software engineering position.

What you'd actually do

  1. Write 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

  • PhD degree program
  • C++
  • Python
  • Java
  • C
  • JavaScript

Nice to have

  • Developing accessible technologies
  • Ability to start full-time role in 2026