Software Engineer, Front End, Google Classroom
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Please submit your resume in English - we can only consider applications submitted in this language.
Only applications of candidates with Mexican citizenship will be evaluated for this role in compliance with the provisions of Article 7 of the Federal Labor Law.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
- 2 years of development experience with front-end programming languages (specifically Typescript/Javascript) and at least one framework/library (React, Angular, etc).
- 2 years of experience with front-end frameworks, full-stack development, or API development.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
- 2 years of experience with data structures or algorithms in either an academic or industry setting and experience developing accessible technologies.
- 2 years of experience with performance, systems data analysis, visualization tools, or debugging.
- Interest in education, and in empowering the world’s educators to improve outcomes for learners.
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.
In this role, you will be responsible for the overall health and technical direction of the Google Classroom Web app. From simplifying code patterns, to improving user navigability, the team is committed to delivering a high quality web experience for Classroom users and developers alike.
For users, we develop cross-cutting features like user education workflows and intuitive and accessible navigation. For developers, we focus on making the app fast and easy to work with by building and maintaining reusable building blocks, establishing reusable design and data access patterns, and being stewards of overall product excellence and application health.
Learning is the ongoing quest for understanding, and we made it our mission
more than 20 years ago to organize the world’s information to make it
universally accessible and useful. The learning landscape is changing, and
the Learning and Education team's mission is to help everyone in the world
learn anything in the world. We provide the information, tools, and
services that help people gain knowledge, fuel curiosity, and prepare for
what’s next. We focus our work to add the most value for users to enable
learning for school, work, and life. We believe everyone can and should
have access to quality learning experiences to reach their full potential.
Responsibilities
- Write product or system development code.
- 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.
- 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.
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