Senior Software Engineer, Geo Makers

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.

The Geo Makers team is on a mission to reach 100M makers by providing the accurate, comprehensive, and intelligent map platform. Understanding our Makers better is a critical enabler. The team focuses on Internal Services like data feedback loops, semantic mapping, centralized registry/catalog, data joinability engine, business-quality attribution, external services like agentic grounding and trust signals and compliance and audit caching, data governance framework like enumerate handling and usage requirements for third-party owned data, and rights protection for Geo-owned data. This team is expected to partner with the Maker Product teams, the Data Science team, the Maps Intelligence team and Real World Model teams and the emerging market focused cross-functional team to create the feedback loops that inform our data quality, customer insights, product and platform enhancements.The Geo team is focused on building the most accurate, comprehensive, and useful maps for our users, through products like Maps, Earth, Street View, Google Maps Platform, and more. Every month, more than a billion people rely on Maps services to explore the world and navigate their daily lives.

The Geo team also enables developers to use the power of Google Maps platforms to enhance their apps and websites. As they plot a course for the future of mapping, they are solving complex computer science problems, designing beautiful and intuitive product experiences, and improving our understanding of the real world.