Engineering Tech Lead, Google Photos
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience programming in C++, Java, Python, Kotlin or Go.
- 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
- 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLM).
- Experience in launching ML enabled product features, particularly to public users.
- Ability to work in a fast-moving, collaborative, creative environment, great communication skills.
- Ability to work on innovations and forefront of technology, and the challenges and unknowns that come with it.
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 Memories team is dedicated to transforming how the world reminisces by building a next-generation reminiscing experience that serves as the heartbeat of the Photos App. As we enter the Gemini era, we are aligning our engineering efforts to innovate deeper and faster, ensuring that user expectations for reliving life stories are not just met, but exceeded.
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.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.US: $207000 - $301000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits
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Responsibilities
- Partner closely with product, ux, analytics, and privacy teams to refine requirements, define success metrics, and ensure responsible feature launches.
- Be well versed in Backend and AI technology with great attention to detail, many of the feature launches requires deep understanding of the system, be willing to dig deep and provide technical guidance.
- Execute with extreme urgency and ownership, working in an extreme fast moving environment, it's critical to have a startup mindset to task risks, do quick prototyping, and be resilient to march forward despite challenges.
- Nurture a great team culture, the team is the foundation to deliver our ambitious goals, to ensure that we are executing in a sustainable manner with a nurturing team culture (i.e. helping each other).
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