Google Sr. Software Engineer reviews

4.3

90% would recommend to a friend

(1,570 total reviews)
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Sundar Pichai

63% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

Sr. Software Engineer employees have rated Google with 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,570 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Sr. Software Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Google is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Sr. Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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2K reviews
4.0
Jun 1, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great WLB on average (Ads, GenAI teams are worse though). Great colleagues. Great technical support and focus.

Cons

You start to become rusty at Google. L5 to L6 scope is becoming very limited. Pay increase is slow.

5.0
May 28, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great team mates, great work life balance, top tier 2-1.5 compensation. Great learning enviroment

Cons

I currently don't have much. Maybe the food is very bad...

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