Senior Web Solutions Engineer, Global Affairs

About the Job

As a Web Solutions Engineer, you will leverage the full software development life cycle to help the business intelligence group enable a more data-driven/predictive Global Affairs (GA) organization. By partnering directly with stakeholders, you will distill loosely defined business problems into scalable software solutions. GenAI is poised to make a significant impact in global affairs. Whether building long-lived production platforms or prototyping temporary applications, you will navigate ambiguity in a fast-paced environment to develop web applications that directly drive cross-GA strategic initiatives and enable AI-driven business decisions at scale.

Responsibilities

• Drive the design, development, deployment, and improvement of elegant, scalable, and modern full-stack web applications using standard and Google-specific software development tools, proposing new technical solutions which may include ensuring reliable backends, implementing responsive and User Experience (UX)-rich frontends, or enhancing the performance of existing tools and services.
• Architect and optimize complex pipelines and back-ends to serve data, via representational state transfer application programming interface, anticipating future issues to build for scale.
• Make critical technical contributions including writing and leading reviews for design documents, tests, and code using frameworks like Angular and React while identifying dependencies.
• Lead the development and implementation of data driven web applications, with a focus on responsive front-end interfaces that connect users to LLM APIs, collaborating across teams to address complex business problems in global affairs.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Math, a related quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience in software development.
• 6 years of experience in full-stack software development and system design.
  
• Experience with front end languages (e.g., JavaScript or TypeScript).
• Experience with backend languages (e.g., Java, Python, or C++).
• Experience working with database technologies (e.g., SQL, NoSQL).

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field.
• Experience leading root-cause analysis for live, high-traffic applications and implementing innovative solutions to drive systemic improvements during critical operations.
• Experience designing and architecting scalable web applications that connect agent solutions to enterprise knowledge bases and enhance Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
• Experience proposing and integrating new AI technologies, frameworks, or stacks to augment, improve, or automate the development process and drive engineering efficiency.
• Experience developing applications used within law firms, in-house legal/compliance departments, government, or related industry experience.