Google

Staff Software Engineer, Search Local Ads Data Platform

Google$207K — $301K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years in software development.
  • 5 years in testing and launching software products.
  • 5 years of full stack development, including server-side languages (Java, Python, Golang, C) and front-end technologies (JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS).
  • 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
  • Experience with generative AI tools or LLM integration into workflows.

Responsibilities

  • Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines.
  • Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain large-scale software solutions.
  • Architect and develop the next generation serving infrastructure for Ads.
  • Leverage AI to generate content and optimize ad serving for local businesses.
  • Work on diverse technical projects, including feature engineering and backend stability.

Benefits

  • Access to comprehensive health insurance options.
  • Generous retirement plan with company matching.
  • Enhanced parental leave and family support programs.
  • Professional development and training resources.
  • Wellness and mental health services.
Full Job Description
Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in software development.
  • 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
  • 5 years of experience with full stack development, across back-end such as Java, Python, Golang, or C codebases, and front-end experience including JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML, CSS or equivalent.
  • 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
  • Experience integrating generative AI tools or LLM interfaces into workflows.

Preferred qualifications:
  • Master's degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
  • 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
  • 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
  • 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.


About the job

The LVL Ads Data Platform provides business location data, calls data, service area business data, and its derived location and calls intelligence to the Google Ads ecosystem. It is the basis for all location-based and call ads. Your goal is to make location information accessible and used universally by the Ads ecosystem.

The data that you manage encompasses a portion of Google's business across the various Google Ads networks (Search, Display, YouTube, and Maps), contributing to $XX billion of business with headroom and future growth opportunities. You will work on serving, data infrastructure, or quality infrastructure and unlock new business opportunities.
Google Ads is helping power the open internet with the best technology that connects and creates value for people, publishers, advertisers, and Google. We're made up of multiple teams, building Google's Advertising products including search, display, shopping, travel and video advertising, as well as analytics. Our teams create trusted experiences between people and businesses with useful ads. We help grow businesses of all sizes from small businesses, to large brands, to YouTube creators, with effective advertiser tools that deliver measurable results. We also enable Google to engage with customers at scale. 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
  • Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines.
  • Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large scale software solutions.
  • Design, architect, and develop the next generation serving infrastructure for loading and indexing information in Ads.
  • Leverage AI to generate new additional content for our local businesses and determine which ad should serve.
  • Work on projects spanning a range of technical domains including feature engineering, backend pipelines, low latency infrastructure, advertiser reporting, and production stability.


About Google

Google is a multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. The company has grown tremendously since then and has become one of the most valuable companies in the world. Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
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156,500 employees
Market Cap
$1,115.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
$40.2 billion
Founded
1998
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+23.3%
Revenue
$182.5 billion
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