**Minimum qualifications**:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of experience with software development in Java or Kotlin languages, and with data structures/algorithms.
**Preferred qualifications**:
- Experience with developing large-scale infrastructure or making contributions to a large code base.
- Experience with Spring Boot.
- Passion for API design and for building infrastructure.
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.
As a Software Engineer, you will contribute to the design and implementation of critical features and help empower Googlers to build amazing products.
If you're a Java/Kotlin expert who relishes leading intricate problems that require both a broad understanding of Google's infrastructure and a proficiency with the language's finer points, this role offers a unique opportunity to make a lasting impact. You will also gain invaluable experience in Application Programming Interface (API) design, robust implementation, and service-oriented system architecture.
**Responsibilities**:
- Design, implement, extend, and support the infrastructure for building services using Kotlin and Java.
- Collaborate with teammates across the organization to deliver infrastructure improvements for all of Google.
- Triage system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on service operations and quality.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See alsoGoogle's EEO Policy andEEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing ourAccommodations for Applicants form.