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Google · 11 hours ago

Software Engineer III, Play, Search Gateway

Mountain View, CA, USA

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

$141K/yr - $202K/yr

2+ years exp

Google is a leading technology company that develops next-generation technologies for billions of users. The Software Engineer III role involves working on critical projects for Play Search, focusing on query mining, ranking, and recommendation modeling solutions to enhance user search experiences.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingAppsMarketingCloud StorageSearch EngineSEO

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Work on query mining, generation, ranking and recommendation modeling solutions

Work on product features from offline to online to land user-facing features on search entrypoints

Conduct data analysis to understand user search journey, identify frictions, issues and opportunities, and turn learnings into ideas and solutions

Own projects end-to-end from initial idea to design, analysis, implementation, experiment and launch

Collaborate with Product Management, UX, Storefront, Platform and Personalization teams to execute product roadmap

Research, develop and implement innovative AI/ML algorithms and models for Play Search

Qualification

C++Data structuresAlgorithmsDistributed computingInformation retrievalMachine learningExperimental designSoft skills

Required

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (C++), or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree

Experience in experimental design, analysis, and performance tools

Preferred

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields

2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms

Experience developing accessible technologies

Experience in distributed computing, information retrieval, data mining and machine learning

Benefits

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Company

Google

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Google specializes in internet-related services and products, including search, advertising, and software. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet.

Founded in 1998

Mountain View, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.google.com

H1B Sponsorship

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Trends of Total Sponsorships

2025 (8763)

2024 (8872)

2023 (9682)

2022 (11626)

2021 (9109)

2020 (9785)

Funding

Current Stage

Public Company

Total Funding

$26.1M

Key Investors

Kleiner Perkins,Sequoia CapitalAndy Bechtolsheim

2004-08-19IPO

1999-06-07Series Unknown· $25M

1998-11-01Angel· $1M

Leadership Team

Sundar Pichai

CEO

Thomas Kurian

CEO - Google Cloud

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