Software Developer III, Full Stack, GCP Telemetry Collection
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Google's Software Developer III, Full Stack, GCP Telemetry Collection in Waterloo is looking for a versatile engineer who can write production code, participate in and lead design reviews, review peers’ work for quality and efficiency, and contribute to observability tooling across back-end and front-end stacks using Go, C++, Java, JavaScript, Python or similar languages, with hands-on experience in OpenTelemetry, Prometheus or Fluent Bit. Requirements include a bachelor’s degree or equivalent, two years of software development experience (or one year with an advanced degree), and two years of full-stack experience. Preferred are a Master’s or PhD, experience building accessible technologies, and demonstrated OSS contributions to Go, C++ or OTel collectors. To apply, tailor your resume to show telemetry projects, discuss how you shaped scalable systems, highlight leadership in reviews, and include concrete metrics; emphasize Go and C++ and OpenTelemetry experience and show you thrive in Google’s fast paced, impact oriented environment.
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.
- 2 years of experience with full stack development, across back-end such as Go/Golang, Java, Javascript, Python or C++.
- Experience with open-source observability backends and protocols (e.g., OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Fluent Bit).
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
- Experience developing accessible technologies.
- Demonstrated experience with Go/Golang, C++ or OpenTelemetry (OTel) Collector or open source projects.
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 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 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.
Google is a software development company at heart. We hire people with a broad set of technical skills who are ready to take on some of technology's greatest challenges and make an impact on users around the world. At Google, software developers not only revolutionize search, they routinely work on scalability and storage solutions, large-scale applications and entirely new platforms for developers around the world. From Google Ads to Chrome, Android to YouTube, social to local, Google software developers are changing the world one technological achievement after another.
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
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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.