Senior Staff Software Engineer, Search Ads, Quality, Backend
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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Search Ads, Quality, Backend
262,000–365,000 / Year
Location
Mountain View, CA, USA
Experience
Senior
Posted
Jul 18, 2026
Apply by
August 17, 2026
Applicants
0
Early applicantEasy applyFull-timeWork from Office
Job Description
Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience. 8 years of experience in software development. 7 years of experience with full stack development, across back-end such as Java, Python, GO, or C++ codebases, and front-end experience including JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML, CSS or equivalent. 5 years of experience with design and architecture; and testing/launching software products. Preferred qualifications: Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field. 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms. 5 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction. 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.
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. With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions. As a part of the Local Search Ads team, you will work on Local Search Ads, a high impact area of Search Ads focused on local queries on Google.com. In this role, you will have a unique opportunity to define an important aspect of product and generate more value/growth towards long-term strategy. You will address fun and challenging technical problems at the cross-roads of data, information retrieval, quality (ML), large-scale infrastructure, and innovative novel UX designs. Your mission is to enrich local experience for all users with useful location related ads and signals that deliver online and offline value to advertisers and power Google’s growth.Google Ads is helping power the open internet with the best technology that connects and creates value for people, publishers, advertisers, and Google. We’re made up of multiple teams, building Google’s Advertising products including search, display, shopping, travel and video advertising, as well as analytics. Our teams create trusted experiences between people and businesses with useful ads. We help grow businesses of all sizes from small businesses, to large brands, to YouTube creators, with effective advertiser tools that deliver measurable results. We also enable Google to engage with customers at scale. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $262000 - $365000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects. Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers. Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines. Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large scale software solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects.
- Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
- Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines.
- Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
- Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large scale software solutions.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
Skills Required
JavaPythonGOC++JavaScriptTypeScriptHTMLCSSFull stack developmentDesign and architectureTestingSoftware product launchTechnical leadershipCoachingCommunicationProblem solvingData structures and algorithmsCross-functional collaboration
Benefits
- 25% bonus target
- Equity
- Benefits
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