Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack, Google Labs

About the role

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming

languages.

• 3 years of experience with full stack development, across back-end such as

Java, Python, Golang, or C++ codebases, and front-end experience including

JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML, CSS or equivalent.

• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products.
• 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.

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.

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.Labs is

a group focused on incubating early-stage efforts in support of Google’s mission

to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and

useful. Our team exists to help discover and create new ways to advance our core

products through exploration and the application of new technologies. We work to

build new solutions that have the potential to transform how users interact with

Google. Our goal is to drive innovation by developing new Google products and

capabilities that deliver significant impact over longer timeframes.Individual

pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and

relevant education or training.

US: $174000 - $252000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google

[https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/].

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Architect, implement, and ship end-to-end experimental software

prototypes—from backend models and infrastructure to client interfaces—moving

from whiteboard to live prototype in days, not quarters.

• Own project direction in uncharted problem spaces with minimal supervision,

translating open-ended research ideas and product hypotheses into crisp

technical requirements and roadmaps.

• Run high-velocity user-facing experiments; objectively evaluate product

signal, ruthlessly unblock bottlenecks, and seamlessly pivot technical

direction or adopt entirely new tech stacks as projects evolve or wind down.

• Work directly in tight, high-trust pods alongside Research Scientists,

Product Managers, and UX Designers to co-design novel user interactions and

push the boundaries of frontier AI.

• Balance rapid speed to market with foundational code quality, ensuring

prototypes are built reliably enough to gather signal while knowing when to

build lightweight vs. enterprise-hardened solutions.