Software Engineer, Photos, Early Career
To organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.
Software engineering
Full-time
Office | Sydney, NSW, Australia
Visa sponsorship · No
Junior · A role for someone with some basic skills, good motivation and ability to learn. Typically 1-2 years of experience is required.
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Why Google
A problem isn't truly solved until it's solved for all. Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. Bring your insight, imagination and a healthy disregard for the impossible. Bring everything that makes you unique. Together, we can build for everyone.
About the role
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience with software development in one or more programming languages, or experience with an advanced degree.
- Experience with data structures or algorithms in either an academic or industry setting.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
- Experience developing accessible technologies.
- Experience building Web applications.
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. Google Photos is a photo sharing and storage service developed by Google. Photos is one of the most sought after products at Google and is looking for both client-side (web and mobile), with 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
- Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software products.
- Work with other engineers to continuously improve our software components and architecture.
- Identify technical problems with the requirements, and fix them, helping the team to course-correct when necessary.
- Utilize communication skills and collaborate with the wider team (e.g., Product Managers, UX designers, and Quality Assurance) to deliver the highest quality product.
What you'll be responsible for
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Stakeholder Engagement
Partner with stakeholders to understand specifications, business requirements, and communicate insights
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Scripting and Automation
Develop scripts and automated workflows to improve the efficiency and accuracy of repeated tasks
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Test Automation
Create and implement code tests and software test automation
Skills you'll need
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Collaboration
Works with others by being open, clear in communication and listening to achieve goals
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Numerical problem solving
Works with numerical information and performs mathematical calculations to solve problems
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Attention to detail
Accurately identifies and rectifies discrepancies or errors that exists in information and deliverables
Meet the team
Google is and always will be an engineering company. We hire people with a broad set of technical skills who are ready to address some of technology's greatest challenges and make an impact on millions, if not billions, of users. At Google, engineers not only revolutionize search, they routinely work on massive scalability and storage solutions, large-scale applications and entirely new platforms for developers around the world. From Google Ads to Chrome, Android to YouTube, Social to Local, Google engineers are changing the world one technological achievement after another.