Software Engineer II, Retrieval Engine

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 1 year of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, C, C++, Java, JavaScript).
• 1 year of experience with data structures or algorithms.
• 1 year of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure or distributed systems.

Nice to haves

• Experience with developing large scale, reliable and high performance systems.
• Experience in writing highly optimized and relatively low level code in C++.
• Experience in Infrastructure Systems, Performance Optimization or Critical Infrastructure.

What You'll Be Doing

• Improve Google's core search engine for flexibility, customizability, and efficiency.
• Develop code that scales to the world's largest search engine and is as efficient as possible.
• Write code that scales demands while remaining flexible for quick iteration and experimentation.

Perks and Benefits

• Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.
• If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.
• Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.