Google Hiring for Senior Software Engineer, Computational Photography at Mountain View, CA Full Time
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, and with data structures/algorithms.
- 3 years of experience testing, maintaining and/or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master’s or PhD degree in Computer Science or related technical field.
- 3 years of experience with machine learning algorithms and tools (e.g., TensorFlow), artificial intelligence, deep learning, and/or natural language processing.
- 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
- Experience with machine learning in the context of image processing.
- Experience with algorithm design and optimization in performance-constrained environments.
- Experience developing accessible technologies.
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 gCam (Google Camera) team has helped Google establish itself as a leader in computational photography, with ongoing contributions to Pixel phones, Google Photos, and Camera Go. Past launches include HDR+, Night Sight, Astrophotography, Portrait Mode, Live HDR+, and Portrait Light. In this role, you will continue innovating in this field, through new algorithms and machine learning-based systems.
gCam seeks to improve image quality for mobile and server-side photography, as well as making it more creative and fun. Our work can help define the future of photography, influencing Google hardware, and changing the way we capture, process, and relive important moments.
Research happens at Google everyday, on many different embedded teams throughout the company. Our research reaches the user through both services and products such as Search, Maps, Google Assistant, Google Translate, Google Cloud and our computing, storage, and networking infrastructure. To achieve this, we’re working on a wide variety of projects that utilize the latest state-of-the-art technologies that push the boundaries of what is possible.
Responsibilities
- Take initiative and be responsible for technical solutions to data quality and workflow challenges.
- Write and test product or system development code. Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.
- Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
- Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
- Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
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.