About the position
Google's software engineers 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 engineers 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 engineer, 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 engineers 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. In this role, you'll enhance the experience for service producers on Google Cloud's Console Platform. Our team elevates developer and test infrastructure across the Console Platform, prioritizing speed, reliability, and adoption for internal service producers. You'll contribute to significant impact through infrastructure, frameworks, tools, processes, automation, metrics, insights, and comprehensive testing strategies, including, designing and implementing infrastructure and tools, optimizing development and testing processes, developing and deploying automation solutions, establishing key metrics and providing insightful data, creating and executing comprehensive testing strategies. You will partner with internal teams on varied projects. You'll build key testing frameworks impacting Google Cloud engineers. 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.
Responsibilities
- Architect and develop key building blocks of test infrastructure using Python or Java, ensuring scalability and reliability.
- Collaborate closely with Console Platform partners to provide expertise and support for their test infrastructure, integration testing, and pre-production validation efforts.
- Analyze the software development life-cycle to identify opportunities for significant improvements in engineering productivity, design systems and drive the implementation of effective solutions.
- Participate as a core team member in design discussions, roadmap and goals planning, and the on-call rotation, contributing to the team's success and operational excellence.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of experience with software development in Python or Java, in an industry setting.
- 2 years of experience with data structures or algorithms in an academic or industry setting.
- 2 years of experience building developer tools that improve developer velocity, code quality and code health (e.g., compilers, automated releases, code design and testing, test automation frameworks).
Nice-to-haves
- Experience contributing to project delivery with a focus on enhancing developer workflows and productivity.
- Experience in software development or test automation.
- Excellent problem-solving skills, including an understanding of algorithms and their complexity analysis.
- Excellent troubleshooting and debugging skills with a systematic approach to issue resolution.
Benefits
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