Senior Developer Relations Engineer, Google Cloud

The application window will be open until at least June 7th. This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date.

Note: Google’s hybrid workplace includes remote and in-office roles. By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following:

In-office locations: San Francisco, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA.

Remote location(s): United States.Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.5 years of experience in coding in one or more general purpose languages (e.g., Java, Python, Node.js, or Go).3 years of experience as a technical practitioner in a developer community.Experience with open source tooling, continuous integration, and testing in one or more general purpose languages (e.g., Java, Python, Node.js, or Go).

Preferred qualifications:

Experience speaking at technology conferences, blogging/writing technical articles with an existing follower base, or contributing to popular open source projects.Ability to take ownership of solutions and exert influence without authority.Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the desire to share technical knowledge and information with others.

About the jobPassionate people are everywhere at Google. In Developer Relations, we get excited to collaborate and connect with the communities that love technology as much as we do. Part community manager and part developer advocate, Developer Programs Engineers collaborate with developers at conferences and online, and advocate for developers interests internally at Google. Not afraid to be hands-on, you write sample code and client libraries as well as participate in developer forums and support queues to troubleshoot and debug coding problems developers encounter. Internally, you work with product engineering teams improve our products by conveying feedback from developers, reviewing API designs and testing new features. Chrome, Android, App Engine, HTML5 as well as our core Google Apps and Ads APIs are just some of the platforms you promote and support.

With your technical expertise, you drive strategy around fostering a community of developers who work with Google technologies. An ardent advocate for these developers, you represent their voice internally to our Product Managers and serve as their Google support in application development and technology implementation.

In the Google Cloud Developer Relations Engineering (Cloud DevRel) team, we build and support the platform that powers an experience so that Google Cloud can organize and grow the samples catalog and help developers succeed at scale. We create and maintain the multi-product recommended practices and patterns for solving developer problems.The US base salary range for this full-time position is $142,000-$211,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. 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

Redesign or refactor code or systems to address technical debt, improve readability, and more easily facilitate future improvements to promote a healthy and sustainable samples ecosystem.Identify opportunities of adoption of Google Cloud technologies to improve and scale the work.Develop and publish technical content that teaches practitioners how to solve the problems of development workflow, development operations and observability through code samples, demo applications, written tutorials, interactive tutorials, blog posts, and social media.Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).Work with product and developing teams to define strategies, craft narratives, and align OKRs and roadmaps across teams around new products and features.

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 .

Key Skills

• Backend
• CSS
• Python