Key skills
JavaC++CSQLNoSQLArtificial IntelligenceNatural Language ProcessingGoogle CloudSaaSLeadership
About this role
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
- Experience with distributed systems, backend software development, or cloud technologies.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
- 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
- Experience working on large-scale, distributed systems in either Java or C++ or building Software as a service (SaaS) applications.
- Experience with databases (e.g., SQL, NoSQL, etc.) or database internals.
About the job
Google's software developers 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 software developers 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 developer, 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 software developers 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.
With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.
With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.
Every part of Firestore will have direct impact on the community of developers who use our database to create some of the most innovative and popular applications in the world. This is an exciting time to join the Firestore team as we're starting to see strong user adoption. The foundation for a strong platform has been laid and we are accelerating the development of new features, which are direct requests from our users.
Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.Canada: $150000 - $154000 (CAD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google.
Every part of Firestore will have direct impact on the community of developers who use our database to create some of the most innovative and popular applications in the world. This is an exciting time to join the Firestore team as we're starting to see strong user adoption. The foundation for a strong platform has been laid and we are accelerating the development of new features, which are direct requests from our users.
Responsibilities
- Write 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.