Senior Software Engineer, Sustainability Data, Climate Operations

Senior Software Engineer, Sustainability Data, Climate Operations

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By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following:
Mountain View, CA, USA;
New York, NY, USA;
Portland, OR, USA;
Seattle, WA, USA;
San Francisco, CA, USA
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• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, Go, Java, C++) and managing large datasets using SQL.
• 3 years of experience in designing, maintaining, or launching data warehouses, ETL/ELT pipelines, and data integration solutions in a production environment.
• Experience with software design and architecture, specifically regarding data modeling (e.g., conceptual, logical, physical) and performance optimization.

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Environmental Science, or a related technical field.
• 5 years of experience applying data structures and algorithms to build scalable data architecture, including solutions for anomaly detection, forecasting, or scenario modeling.
• 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role, driving technical strategy for data governance, documentation, and cross‑functional engineering initiatives.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform data tools (e.g., Big Query, Dataflow) or internal Google tools (e.g., Blaze), with an interest in sustainability and climate science.
• Experience developing accessible technologies.

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.

Google's Climate Operations (Climate Ops) team is the central engine driving the company’s aspiring goal to reach net‑zero emissions across all of our operations and value chain. Within this organization, the Sustainability Data and Technical (Tech) team builds the digital nervous system that makes this possible. We lead the development of technology and data infrastructure that empowers Google to measure, report, and act on critical sustainability insights—from energy consumption in our data centers to decarbonization in our global supply chain.

In this role, you will blend the disciplines of Software and Data Engineering to design the foundational architecture for Google’s sustainability strategy. You will apply your technical expertise in distributed systems and data modeling to solve some of the most urgent environmental issues of our time.

The Global Sustainability team enables Google to build a more sustainable future for everyone by driving strategy and solutions. We drive the development and implementation of Google’s global sustainability strategy to further empower action, ensure alignment and prioritization, identify leadership opportunities, and mitigate risks. We drive sustainability strategy and programs on carbon, circular economy, water, product integration, reporting, and…