| Graduation. Does it mean the end of life as you know it? |
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Our mission: To organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. |
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| "I
have faced engineering challenges that make even my toughest college
course assignments look like 'Hello World'. Google is a great place
to work because of its combination of smart people and amazingly
cool technical problems." –Mike |
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"Google's
culture is unique because we have the resources and security of
a big and successful company *but* our roots as a start-up are still
evident. It's all about stepping up and assuming responsibility...
running with ideas. Anyone can do that here ." |
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No more hallway conversations with colleagues as well-informed
No Captain Crunch fueled late night brainstorms to move
your project beyond
No exploring an interesting idea just because, well, because it's interesting.
There are plenty of mundane engineering and computer science jobs awaiting talented graduates. But if you want to affect the way the world accesses information, the way the world communicates, the way the world thinks – and you want to do it in an environment as collegial and encouraging as a university – consider a career with Google.
Every day Google makes life better for millions of people around the world by seamlessly connecting them to the information they're seeking. And in the process, Google generates real revenues. How? By delivering advertising as relevant as our results and by supplying partners with the same search technology that powers Google.com.
Google offers the intellectual freedom of a startup with the stability of a profitable company. You'll find an environment full of energetic, innovative thinkers who care equally about engineering on a grand scale and developing a culture that's great for all employees.
"It's
fantastic to come straight out of school and build something that's
used by millions — Lauren, Software Engineer |
Google believes every staffer should be a contributor. There are no constraints placed on what an individual can accomplish based on their tenure with the company or the length of their experience in the workplace. A former intern developed the idea for our self-service advertising system. A new employee decided on the need for a better spell checker and created it in his first month on the job. Ideas are evaluated based on their merits, not their source. To see the kinds of projects Googlers tackle, visit our engineering jobs page.
"The
technical challenges are awesome. When you're indexing billions of documents, no problem is trivial." — Radhika, Software Engineer |
The Tech Specs
So what do Googlers actually do? I mean, isn't search
a solved problem?
No.
No.
No.
Not until all users can get exactly the information they want instantaneously,
anytime, anywhere without ambiguity. That means a lot more work along
these lines:
| • | Large scale distributed systems. Many of our projects involve distributed system design problems to solve thorny issues around reliability, availability and fault-tolerance |
| • | Information retrieval techniques to improve quality. We'll never be satisfied with our search results, which means constant fine-tuning state-of-the-art algorithms and invention of new quality signals to make the next breakthrough. |
| • | Machine learning and data mining. We have lots of very interesting data and significant computational resources. You can see where that presents some interesting opportunities. |
| • | User interface research. How do we provide useful new features while preserving our minimalist UI. How do we insure our interface works well for the broadest possible global audience? |
| • | Algorithms and data structure research. Given the size of our data set, no improvement to processing is trivial. We're constantly devising novel approaches to make things work faster and more efficiently. |
| You'll find more detail on our engineering jobs page. |
I have yet
to meet an engineer at Google who isn't working on something fascinating." —Spencer, Software Engineer |
Imagine, if you will…
Imagine a cafeteria where the food is free, plentiful and not just digestible, but delicious. Picture a workplace where dogs are welcome and there's no dress code. Where your desk might be a board on a couple of sawhorses, but the technology sitting on top of it is powerful enough to work through any computational challenge you can devise. See yourself sitting down to lunch and learning your tablemate is the world's leading authority on a problem you were only vaguely aware existed. And the guy next to her wrote the textbook you used last semester.
Working at Google will constantly upset your equilibrium. Projects move quickly, expectations are high and the results are subject to scrutiny by millions of demanding users who have email and aren't afraid to use it. On the other hand, the gratification for a job well done is unparalleled. Not only is there ample recognition by peers within Google, but recognition by information seekers around the globe who save a bit of time or find a bit of data that they wouldn't have otherwise – magnified millions of times over.
Are you interested in doing things differently? Are you ready to share your talents with a company that will appreciate them? Check out the positions we're currently seeking to fill.
Or, learn more about engineering at Google by visiting our engineering jobs page.
We're anxious to hear your vision of what the future of information looks like. When you're ready, send your resume and a brief cover letter to: jobs@google.com.