Software Engineer II, Health Platform

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

• 1 year of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, C, C++, Java, JavaScript).

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.

• 1 year of experience with testing, maintaining or launching software products.

• 1 year of experience with designing, analyzing and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.

• 1 year of experience with data structures or algorithms.

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.

At Platforms and Devices (P&D) Health, we are not just building products, we are transforming lives. Our mission is to empower millions to live longer, healthier lives, and that journey begins with our Health Data Foundation and Analytics team. Imagine being at the epicenter of this enablement, meticulously organizing and transforming health and fitness data. This isn't just data processing, it's the AI innovation at Fitbit, fueling high-visibility, high-impact projects that directly touch a global user base. Here, your work doesn't just contribute, it defines the future of personal health, fostering dynamic collaboration across Google.

The Health Platforms and Devices team builds innovative products and services that help our users live longer, healthier lives. We bring together the best of Google technologies and AI, health behavior science, and user-centered design to help users organize the health and wellness data, get insight from it, and take action toward their health goals. We do this with a suite of apps, services, and health wearables. We aim to make consumer health more personal, proactive, and actionable.

Responsibilities

• 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.

• Write product or system development code. Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).

• Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies. Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and automation tools. Build and maintain comprehensive unit and integration tests to ensure the quality of our software.

• Collaborate with peers to understand requirements needs and translate them into effective and user-friendly solutions.

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 Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.