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Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack

Google
1 day ago
Full-time
On-site
Zürich, ZH

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Google is hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack for a full-time onsite role in Zurich. We’re looking for a candidate with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent, at least five years of software development experience, and three years testing, maintaining, or launching software products, with strong practical command of C++, Java and TypeScript. Preferred qualifications include a master’s degree or PhD, five years in data structures and algorithms, a year in technical leadership, accessibility work, and a genuine enthusiasm for frontend UX. You’ll write and test code, lead design reviews, review peers’ work, contribute docs, and triage issues at scale. To apply, tailor your résumé to show impact, leadership, system design and collaboration, demonstrate delivery of user-focused features, and confirm willingness to work onsite in Zurich and switch teams as needed.

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience in software development.
  • 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products.
  • Experience in C++, Java and TypeScript.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
  • 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
  • 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
  • Experience developing accessible technologies.
  • Passionate about frontend and making user experience delightful.

About the job

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. At YouTube, we believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we listen, share, and build community through our stories. We work together to give everyone the power to share their story, explore what they love, and connect with one another in the process. Working at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and boundless creativity, we move at the speed of culture with a shared goal to show people the world. We explore new ideas, solve real problems, and have fun — and we do it all together.

Responsibilities

  • Write and test 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.