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Software Engineer, Google.com - Seattle/Kirkland

This position is based in Seattle/Kirkland, WA.

The area: Google.com Engineering

With analytical and code-level troubleshooting abilities to spare, Google.com's engineers are technology whizzes who love being in the center of the action. We tackle a range of complex software and systems issues, including monitoring, responding to and safeguarding the availability of our most popular services.

The role: Software Engineer, Google.com

Google.com engineers are expert coders with a strong understanding of algorithms and data structures. This includes code-level troubleshooting of service anomalies to safeguarding the availability of our most popular services; from monitoring and response to building new automation infrastructure to balancing the desire for change management with the need for stability.

All team members must have strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, fluency in coding, good communication skills, and most of all enthusiasm for tackling the complex problems of scale which are uniquely Google. We tackle challenging, novel situations every day, and work with just about every other engineering and operations team at Google in the process.

Responsibilities:

• Large-scale production software troubleshooting.
• Ongoing capacity planning.
• Monitor and maintain mission critical services.

Requirements:

• BS in CS preferred with a strong academic record. MS a plus.
• Expertise in data structures, algorithms, and complexity analysis.
• Fluency in one or more of: C, C++, Java.
• Superior Analytical/Troubleshooting skills.
• Working knowledge of Unix, preferably Linux.
• Knowledge of Shell, PHP, Perl or Python a plus.
• Open source experience/contribution with any linux/unix distribution a plus.

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