Google's Sustainability Data and Tech team needs to design and build scalable software and data solutions to support the company's sustainability objectives, enabling sustainability insights and decision-making, and managing critical data to empower operations and strategy.
Requirements
- 2 years of experience with software development (e.g., Python, Java, C++, Go), including full-stack development.
- 2 years of experience in the software product life-cycle (e.g., testing, maintenance, launch), including 1 year of experience in software architecture and design.
- Experience with data warehouses/platforms, data modeling, architecture, ETL/ELT processes, and data integration.
- Experience in SQL for data querying, manipulation, and analysis.
- 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
- Experience applying Machine Learning concepts to data analysis or production systems.
- Experience in Python or Go, designing and building systems/products from scratch.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and continuously improve software applications, data pipelines, and backend systems supporting sustainability initiatives.
- Build and manage scalable data integrations, Extract, Transform, Load/Extract, Load, Transform (ETL/ELT) pipelines, and well-structured data marts to ensure reliable sustainability data.
- Partner effectively with internal teams (e.g., program managers, sustainability experts, data analysts) and stakeholders to understand needs, define technical requirements, and implement software/data solutions that optimize internal sustainability processes.
- Adhere to and promote high standards in software development practices, including writing clean, maintainable, and testable code, comprehensive technical design documentation, testing, efficient build, deployment processes, and proactive issue resolution.
- Balance the need for building, long-term engineering solutions with the ability to prototype, iterate, and explore innovative approaches to sustainability data tests.
- Develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another.
- 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.
Other
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and drive results cross-functionally.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
- Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
- Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: San Francisco, CA, USA; Boulder, CO, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA; Portland, OR, USA.
- 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.
