Software Engineer, Colab
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Software Engineer, Colab
147,000–211,000 / Year
Location
Kirkland, WA, USA
Experience
Mid
Posted
Jul 18, 2026
Apply by
August 17, 2026
Applicants
0
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Job Description
info_outline XIn accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks Holidays: 13 paid days per year Minimum 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. 2 years of experience with front-end and user interface development. Experience with web technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and TypeScript. Preferred qualifications: Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields. 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms. Experience developing accessible technologies. Experience with software like coLaboratory, JupyterLab, or other relevant tools.
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. In this role, you will deliver user experiences for data science and machine learning practitioners on all of our owned surfaces. We build and support the “face of the product” to our customers. We strive to delight them with intuitive, helpful, scalable, and reliable product surfaces that allow them to solve real data science problems and derive critical insights. Our team is also responsible for building the next-generation, AI-native data science tools on top of the Colab stack. The Google Cloud AI Research team addresses AI challenges motivated by Google Cloud’s mission of bringing AI to tech, healthcare, finance, retail and many other industries. We work on a range of unique problems focused on research topics that maximize scientific and real-world impact, aiming to push the state-of-the-art in AI and share findings with the broader research community. We also collaborate with product teams to bring innovations to real-world impact that benefits our customers.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $147000 - $211000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities Participate in a tier 2 on-call rotation to support Colab's production services. Contribute to the exploration, design, and implementation of a frontend modernization effort, updating our codebase to align with modern, Google-standard infrastructure. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to design and build an extensible frontend architecture that accelerates the development of new features. Develop and deliver high-quality, performance features for critical team projects. Design, build, and maintain robust frontend components and services for the Colab applications.
Key Responsibilities
- Participate in a tier 2 on-call rotation to support Colab's production services.
- Contribute to the exploration, design, and implementation of a frontend modernization effort.
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to design and build an extensible frontend architecture.
- Develop and deliver high-quality, performance features for critical team projects.
- Design, build, and maintain robust frontend components and services for the Colab applications.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience
Skills Required
HTMLCSSJavaScriptTypeScriptFront-end developmentUser interface developmentLeadershipVersatilityCollaborationData structures and algorithmsAccessible technologiescoLaboratoryJupyterLab
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- 20 days of vacation per year
- 40 hours sick time per year
- 13 paid holidays per year
- Maternity Leave
- Baby Bonding Leave
- Equity
- 15% bonus target
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