Software Engineer III, Full Stack

Google

📍New York, NY
Posted May 23, 2026

Job Overview

Position

Software Engineer III, Full Stack

Company

Google

Location

New York, NY

Work Type

On-site

Job ID

li-4407988689

Job Description

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

  • 2 years of experience programming in C++, Python, or Java.

  • 2 years of experience programming in JavaScript or TypeScript.

  • 2 years of experience with front-end frameworks, full-stack development, or API development.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.

  • 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms in either an academic or industry setting.

  • 2 years of experience with performance, large-scale systems data analysis, visualization tools, or debugging.

  • Experience developing accessible technologies.

  • Proficiency in code and system health, diagnosis and resolution, and software test engineering.

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.

With your technical expertise, you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $147,000-$211,000 + 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

  • Write product or system development code.

  • Participate in, or lead, design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.

  • Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).

  • Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.

  • Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.

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 .

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Practice Questions

💡Technical Questions (3)
  • 1.How would you design a full-stack application using Python for the backend and TypeScript with a front-end framework for the UI, ensuring the API layer supports high-traffic, large-scale data retrieval?
  • 2.Google products must handle information at a massive scale. How do you approach debugging and resolving performance bottlenecks in a distributed full-stack system?
  • 3.When developing accessible technologies in a full-stack environment, what specific front-end and API design practices do you implement to ensure compliance and usability?
🎯Behavioral Questions (3)
  • 1.Tell me about a time you participated in or led a design review where the team had to decide amongst available technologies. How did you guide the decision?
  • 2.Describe a situation where you had to triage and debug a critical production issue impacting hardware, network, or service operations. What was your process?
  • 3.Give an example of a time you reviewed code developed by a peer and provided feedback that significantly improved code health, testability, or efficiency.
🧩Situational Questions (2)
  • 1.You are tasked with building a new feature that requires real-time data visualization, but you notice the current API is too slow to support the front-end rendering requirements. What do you do?
  • 2.You switch to a new team at Google and are assigned to a project with tight deadlines, but you discover the existing documentation is outdated and the test coverage is poor. How do you manage your priorities?

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Full-stack developmentPythonTypeScriptC++Large-scale systemsAPI developmentData structures and algorithmsPerformance optimizationSoftware test engineeringAccessibilityCode reviewDebugging

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