Senior Software Engineer, Google Photos

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
• Experience with the Swift programming language.
• Experience with SwiftUI views, controls, and modifiers.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5 years of experience with iOS development.
• 5 years of experience with data structures/algorithms.
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products.
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.

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.

The team focuses on building up a scalable infrastructure to bring innovations in a Large Language Model (LLM) to billions of users. The Google Photos' Ellmann team is looking for a Software Engineer who’s passionate about the Photos product, interested in iOS development, and enjoys working cross functionally to bring our LLM powered features to the next level.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.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $166,000-$244,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $166,000-$244,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Translate ideas into functional demos, enabling swift iteration and collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Partner closely with product, analytics, and privacy teams to refine requirements, define success metrics, and ensure responsible and feature launches.
• Onboard and scale LLMs to our production infrastructure, ensuring seamless integration with user-facing features.
• Build adaptable and resilient code that can evolve alongside rapid advancements in LLM technology. Maintain the highest standards to guarantee an experience for users.