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Developer Programs Engineer - New York

This position is based in New York, NY.

The area: Engineering

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies for which we've become world-renowned. In addition to revolutionising search technology, we use our world-class programming skills to innovate in a number of other areas as well. Our projects include working on advanced information-retrieval algorithms, massive scalability and storage solutions, and large-scale applications that enrich the user experience. We also work extensively on networking systems, advertising systems and complex transaction systems in consumer applications.

The role: Developer Programs Engineer

As a Developer Programs Engineer, you'll contribute to our growing Developer Support team by interacting with and supporting third-party developers while also collaborating with Google's Product Engineering team. You're a driven team player with strong web application development skills who loves troubleshooting challenging coding issues and participating in developer communities. In this position, you'll use our various APIs and other developer products such as the Google Web Toolkit.

Responsibilities:

• Assist third-party developers in troubleshooting their integrations with Google APIs and implementing other Google developer products.
• Manage and participate in developer discussion forums and support queues to debug and resolve technical/coding problems.
• Write sample code and client libraries, and contribute to open source projects.
• Build internal systems and tools to help our team operate more efficiently while also empowering and enabling the developer community.
• Blog, write technical articles and make presentations at developer conferences.

Requirements:

• BA/BS in Computer Science or a similar technical degree preferred.
• At least 3 years of engineering/programming work experience.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and effectively.
• Solid knowledge of XML (experience using server-to-server web services such as SOAP or REST preferred).
• Solid programming abilities in one or more of the following languages: Java, PHP, Python, Ruby, .NET, JavaScript and Perl.
• Experience as a committer in an open source project preferred.
• Strong AJAX web application development experience and knowledge of browser compatibility issues.

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