Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack, Google One

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

Staff Software Engineer for Google One, focusing on full-stack development to enhance subscriber experiences, premium features, and business growth. The role involves technical leadership, roadmap definition, architecture, and partnering with Product/UX to launch new subscription capabilities. While AI features are mentioned as part of Google One, the core responsibilities are in full-stack engineering and product development, not direct AI/ML model building or research.

What you'd actually do

  1. Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects.
  2. Identify areas of investments to define the roadmap and lead architecture discussions across backend, mobile, and web platforms.
  3. Contribute to the success of managing AI business generation goals by partnering with Product, and UX to rapidly prototype and launch new subscription experiences and capabilities across Google's core products.
  4. Mentor team members, guide engineering best practices, and influence technical decisions across the organization.
  5. Understand the systems owned by the team and how they interact with adjacent systems. Architect end-to-end solutions capable of managing the massive scale of Google one.

Skills

Required

  • software development
  • full-stack development
  • prototyping
  • Java
  • Kotlin
  • software design
  • architecture

Nice to have

  • Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field
  • data structures/algorithms
  • technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction
  • complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects
  • building and developing scaled full stack web, backend, and mobile applications

What the JD emphasized

  • full-stack development
  • programming in Java or Kotlin
  • software design and architecture
  • technical leadership role