Minimum qualifications: + Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience. + 8 years of experience in software development. + 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products. + 3 years of experience with software design and architecture. Preferred qualifications: + Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field. + 8 years of experience with data structures/algorithms. + 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction. + 3 years of experience working in an organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects. 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 Google Home team focuses on hardware, software and services offerings for the home, ranging from thermostats to smart displays. The Home team researches, designs, and develops new technologies and hardware to make users’ homes more helpful. Our mission is the helpful home: to create a home that cares for the people inside it and the world around it. + Define and drive technical execution and influence strategy working with serving infrastructure and intelligence teams. + Drive the design, architecture, implementation, and optimization of core functionalities across the voice serving stack, architecting solutions for complex challenges in areas like query understanding, intent generation, response planning, and fulfillment for both voice and other modalities for Agentic flows. + Define and Lead Technical Roadmaps, mentor and Cultivate Excellence and work closely with cross-functional teams, including infrastructure, intelligence, platform, and experience teams, to ensure alignment. 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.