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Job overview
Google seeks an early-career software engineer to work on a project critical to the company’s needs, designing, testing, deploying, and maintaining software solutions. Engineers may work across teams and projects as business needs evolve, tackling challenges across areas such as distributed computing, networking, storage, security, and artificial intelligence. The role offers opportunities to contribute to products and systems used at massive scale.
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Software Engineer II, Early Career
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The application window will be open until at least November 27th, 2026 . This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after specified date.
During the application process, you will be able to indicate any additional preferred working locations. We encourage all qualified individuals to apply, and we will consider your skills and interests for other open positions across our available locations.
Applicants in the County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
In most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process
In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:
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Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
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Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
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Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
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Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
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Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
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Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
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Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Mountain View, CA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Madison, WI, USA; New York, NY, USA; Palo Alto, CA, USA; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Raleigh, NC, USA; Durham, NC, USA; San Bruno, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA .
Minimum qualifications:
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Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
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1 year of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, C, C++, Java, JavaScript) in an industry setting.
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Experience working with one or more of the following: Web or Mobile Application Development, Unix/Linux environments, Distributed and Parallel Systems, Machine Learning or AI, Information Retrieval, Natural Language Processing, Networking, Developing Software Systems, or Security Software Development.
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Experience utilizing AI productivity tools to streamline business or development workflows.
Preferred qualifications:
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Master's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
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Experience developing accessible technologies.
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Experience with machine learning algorithms and tools, Basics of Machine Learning, Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), Recommendations/Ranking/Predictions, Natural Language Processing, Speech Audio, Machine Learning Infrastructure, Reinforcement Learning, and Computer Vision.
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Experience developing infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture.
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.
As a key member of a small and versatile team, you design, test, deploy and maintain software solutions.
Google is an engineering company at heart. We hire people with a broad set of technical skills who are ready to take on some of technology's greatest challenges and make an impact on users around the world. At Google, engineers not only revolutionize search, they routinely work on scalability and storage solutions, large-scale applications and entirely new platforms for developers around the world. From Google Cloud to Google Ads, Android to YouTube, social to local, Google engineers are changing the world one technological achievement after another.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $123000 - $174000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .
Responsibilities
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Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve software.
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Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
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Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See alsoGoogle's EEO Policy (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/eeo/) ,Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal (https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/EEOC\_KnowYourRights\_10\_20.pdf) ,Belonging at Google (https://about.google/belonging/) , andHow we hire (https://careers.google.com/how-we-hire/) .
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Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also https://careers.google.com/eeo/ and https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/OFCCP_EEO_Post.pdf If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form: https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2.
How this job compares
Set against the 40,581 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$123–174K/yr
- California median$165–245K/yr7,678 salary ranges
- US median$135–217K/yr32,282 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $149K, is 28% below the California median midpoint ($205K) — in the lowest quarter of Software Engineer salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 9,549 open Software Engineer jobs in California and 40,581 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 32,915 postings).
- Education
- 14,143 of the 40,581 open Software Engineer jobs (35%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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