Front-End Software Engineer, Google Photos

Front-End Software Engineer, Google Photos

Google Sydney NSW, Australia

Applicants to this role must have work authorization in Australia as this role is not eligible for work visa sponsorship.

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 in an industry setting.
• 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms in either an academic or industry setting.

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 2 years of experience building web software products.
• Experience in code and system health, diagnosis and resolution, and software test engineering.

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.

The Sydney team is responsible for all of the strategic features across the Google Photos product, and so we're growing our team accordingly. We focus on improving how people backup, organize, access and share their photos on the Web, collaborating with other Photos teams along the way. The Web matters for us because that's where users often come to organize and curate their libraries. It's also often how new users are introduced to Google Photos and we want to make a great first impression.

In this role, you will help us both deliver new features as well as identify, design and implement architectural improvements to Google Photos.

Google Photos is a photo sharing and storage service developed by Google. It is one of the most sought after products at Google and is looking for both client-side (web and mobile), server-side (search, storage, serving) and machine intelligence (learning, computer vision) Software Engineers. We are dedicated to making Google experiences centered around the user.

Responsibilities

• Write product or system development code.
• Participate in or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide among 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.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google's EEO Policy, Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal, Belonging at Google, and How we hire.

English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.