Google Staff Software Engineer reviews

4.3

97% would recommend to a friend

(235 total reviews)
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Sundar Pichai

58% approve of CEO

77% positive business outlook

Staff Software Engineer employees have rated Google with 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 235 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Staff Software Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Google is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Staff Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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235 reviews
2.0
Jan 10, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Many of my colleagues are very smart

Cons

The top execs have done everything they can to cut costs slowly and painfully. They're pushing people out but that's by design because they over-hired during covid. Now all they care about is the stock price, not the user experience and definitely not the employees.

4.0
Dec 25, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Stability.. varied surfaces. Does a lot of thing

Cons

Everything is matured. Not much innovation

4.0
Oct 31, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Strong leadership and vertical integration in AI. Cutting-edge research and product synergy make it an exciting time to be at Google.

Cons

High variability between teams; frequent framework migrations and reorgs as leadership adapts to the rapidly evolving AI landscape.

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