Google Senior Software Engineer reviews

4.3

89% would recommend to a friend

(1,545 total reviews)
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Sundar Pichai

63% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

Senior Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Google with 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,545 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Software Developer Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Google is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Software Developer Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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5.0
Jul 9, 2014

Google Tokyo

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Pros

Smart people everywhere. Work in Tokyo, but without the bureaucracy of a typical Japanese company (no timecards! no fax machines!). Salary very high for a Tokyo-based job. Work at a Google, but without all the commuting of the main HQ. Make things people actually use.

Cons

Smart people everywhere. Getting overcrowded. Perks, kitchens are worse than in other Googles. Office essentially segregates the engineers from the non-engineers (different floors), gives it a weird feeling. Harder to get promoted higher than senior in a non-MTV office.

4.0
Jul 8, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Fantastic benefits. A culture that motivates a strong work ethic. Access to some of the worlds best leaders in areas of machine learning and large scale data algorithms.

Cons

Not as much freedom to innovate as one might expect. The quarterly review cycle tends to throw out the idea of trying for a longer term vision.

5.0
Jun 20, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I have something to compare with. This is the place where you can spend life working on interesting problems, and picking the team where you want to work.

Cons

None. I mean it. It is a corporation now, but still most of the things are very very reasonable

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