Staff Software Engineer, Payments Platform

Senior • On-site

$197,000 - $291,000/yr

Mountain View, CA

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.
Experience with technical infrastructure and Java.

Preferred qualifications:

Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.
Experience in Kotlin.
Experience with Boq.
Experience working on a payments platform.

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.

Payments is a core functionality of every major product at Google. The payments integration platform is how every team at Google monetizes their products. If you have ever bought anything on a Google product you have probably used the payments platform.

In this role, you will be passionate about developing scalable products, delightful User Interface (UIs) and keen eye on user experience while maintaining Google security and privacy standards. You will be working in a fast-paced environment and able to collaborate seamlessly with other teams across the world to solve real world problems for users.

The UI Stack is a custom built server side rendering framework built on Java Apps framework and uses Java.

Whether it is paying online with Autofill, using tap and pay in stores, or using the Google Pay app, the Payments team at Google is focused on making payments simple, seamless, and secure. In addition to consumer payment technologies, the Payments team also powers the money movement between Google and its consumers and businesses.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $197,000-$291,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

Lead teams building Platform UIs and infrastructure needed for purchase and sign-up flows used across numerous Google products.
Lead and manage a small set of ~6 engineers building Payments UIs and forms of payments solutions for Google products.
Passion for developing high quality, scalable systems that meet critical business needs. Provide technical leadership to the team in partnership with Form Of Payments (FOPs) and UI technical leads.
Collaborate with Product Managers, UX and other broader technical leads to define the goal, strategy and roadmap for the core Payments initiatives to produce business impacting deliverables.
Lead engineering teams in full vertical stack design, implementation and launch/experimentation/optimization.

Google

Google LLC started as a PhD project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998 at Stanford University. Google LLC has blossomed into a behemoth of the tech world. With its mission to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful, Google’s search engine is its crown jewel. Online advertising, via AdWords and AdSense, forms the backbone of its financial success. Beyond search, Google has ventured into cloud computing, hardware, and software development. The innovative PageRank algorithm revolutionized search engine technology, and surviving the dot-com bubble burst and going public in 2004 spurred its meteoric growth. Acquiring YouTube stands as a testament to Google’s strategic expansion.