Software Engineer II

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.

Our team owns the critical user journeys transitioning under-18 accounts from unsupervised to supervised states, whether initiated by parents or triggered by evolving global compliance mandates. With products like Gemini, YouTube, and Payments expanding supervised experiences across demographics, our core engineering challenge is building robust, scalable infrastructure that supports various regulatory and product requirements while delivering a unified, seamless "One Google" experience.

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.

Please submit your resume in English - we can only consider applications submitted in this language.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 1 year of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Java, Javascript, Python, C, C++).
• 1 year of experience with data structures and algorithms.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working across full-stack systems (frontend, backend, batch processing, mobile, or infrastructure) and navigating large, unfamiliar, or cross-Product Area codebases.
• Experience collaborating and driving technical alignment with distributed engineering teams across multiple global sites and time zones.
• Ability to communicate with high precision and clarity across cross-functional and distributed engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Write product or system development code.
• 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.