Software Engineer II, Health and Home Infrastructure

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Google is seeking a Software Engineer II for Health and Home Infrastructure in Zürich onsite to help build scalable infrastructure and ML pipelines for the Home mission. The role requires a solid foundation in data structures and algorithms, hands-on experience with large-scale distributed systems, and C++ development, with preferred advanced degrees and knowledge of backend languages like Go, Rust, Java and Python for ML. You will join the Core team, work across projects, and contribute to ML infrastructure for model training, developer APIs, and platform redesign for Gemini for Home. To apply, tailor your resume to highlight concrete scale, systems design, and cross-functional impact; showcase measurable outcomes, relevant ML and accessibility work; demonstrate collaboration, leadership, and curiosity about home tech. Prepare to discuss end-to-end infra, API design, and how you would move fast while keeping quality, security and safety in mind.

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Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 1 year of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• 1 year of experience with building and developing large-scale infrastructure or distributed systems.
• 1 year of experience with software development in C++.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• Experience in developing accessible technologies.
• Experience in back-end coding languages such as GOLang, Rust, or Java.
• Experience in Machine Learning (ML) model coding languages (e.g., Python).

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.
The Home mission is to create a home that takes care of the people inside it and the world around it. The team develops a home intelligence that is aware, and bridges insight with the ability to act to take care of the users and their homes.The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google’s flagship products. We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These are the essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent experiences for our users and drive the pace of innovation for every developer. We look across Google’s products to build central solutions, break down technical barriers and strengthen existing systems. As the Core team, we have a mandate and a unique opportunity to impact important technical decisions across the company.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.

Responsibilities

• Build machine learning infrastructure for large-scale model training and evaluation.
• Provide horizontal workflows for product change management with easy-to-use developer Application Programming Interface (APIs).
• Improve and maintain the infrastructure for smooth operation.
• Create developer-facing tools, metrics and processes for a quality developer experience.
• Re-design the platform for Gemini for Home.