Software Engineer III, Play, Search Gateway

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (C++), or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
• Experience in experimental design, analysis, and performance tools.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
  
• 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• Experience developing accessible technologies.
  
• Experience in distributed computing, information retrieval, data mining and machine learning.

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.

Play Search is a critical product for Play’s growth, Google business growth, and Android ecosystem. Search Gateway and Off-Store Search are the entrypoints of Play Search, including Search Home, Play Suggest, Voice Search and App Universal.

We are working on the end-to-end search products and solving interesting and impactful problems. That includes how to inspire, educate, and accelerate users in their app search journey, how to understand user intents expressed in a variety of ways. To understand and build app knowledge of millions of Android apps and smart algorithms for surfacing the right content for user queries. To leverage deep learning for information retrieval and ranking quality and search with Gen-AI and build Gen-AI powered search features

The Platforms and Devices team encompasses Google's various computing software platforms across environments (desktop, mobile, applications), as well as our first party devices and services that combine the best of Google AI, software, and hardware. Teams across this area research, design, and develop new technologies to make our user's interaction with computing faster and more seamless, building innovative experiences for our users around the world.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $141,000-$202,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Work on query mining, generation, ranking and recommendation modeling solutions.
• Work on product features from offline to online to land user-facing features on search entrypoints.
• Conduct data analysis to understand user search journey, identify frictions, issues and opportunities, and turn learnings into ideas and solutions.
• Own projects end-to-end from initial idea to design, analysis, implementation, experiment and launch.
• Collaborate with Product Management, UX, Storefront, Platform and Personalization teams to execute product roadmap. Research, develop and implement innovative AI/ML algorithms and models for Play Search.