Software Engineer II, Frontend Core, Verifications

Minimum qualifications:

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

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related STEM field.
• Experience with server platform, Wiz, or Soy templating.
• Experience with machine learning, computer vision, or a strong interest in identity and security domains.
• Knowledge of material design principles (GM3).
• A passion for frontend engineering and UI performance.
• Driven, fun, highly collaborative, and deeply motivated by the mission to protect users.

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.

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.

Responsibilities

• Develop and modernize elements of the Selfie collection experience using server platform and Apps framework. Build reliable, performant, and accessible UI flows following accessibility standards across both mobile and desktop platforms.
• Run experiments to optimize user collection flows, ensuring good users can effortlessly navigate instructions for audio and video capture.
• Partner with UX and accessibility experts to ensure our verification flows are inclusive for all users. Partner with our Brazil-based engineering team to scale our frontend integrations.
  
• Diverge also into backend systems or ML pipelines as product priorities evolve, ensuring total stack agility.

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 also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.