Software Engineer 6 – Discovery Innovation

Software Engineer 6 – Discovery Innovation

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to empathize with end-users, maintaining a product-focused mindset that aligns technical direction with product objectives.
• Comfortable in ambiguous, fast-paced environments, adept at prototyping, experimenting, and iterating—including discarding code—to achieve product-market fit.
• Demonstrate sound judgement in determining whether to augment existing systems or to quickly prototype new features.
• Deep technical expertise with a proven track record in setting strategic technical directions, making architectural decisions, and influencing cross-functional teams.
• Practical problem-solving skills that consider trade-offs and avoid over-engineering, coupled with a strong motivation to learn and expand your expertise across new domains.
• Experience in designing, building, and operating distributed systems characterized by high availability, throughput, fault tolerance, and performance.
• Self-driven and highly motivated, with a passion for guiding and mentoring colleagues, and effective at conveying complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Skilled in developing strong relationships with cross-functional teams through clear communication, curiosity, and a collaborative approach.
• Ability to work with senior leadership to develop long-term technical strategies and map business goals to appropriate technology investments.
• Curiosity about a broad range of technologies, organizational structures, and product visions, with a commitment to high-quality and high-performance product outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Dive deep and understand problems across the major investments within Search & Discovery.
• Partner with other senior technical ICs across Consumer Engineering to champion significant technical investments that pave the way for long-term success.
• Work alongside ICs from different organizations to promote comprehensive solutions that balance innovation velocity with technical excellence.
• Contribute to the career growth of your peers by actively mentoring individuals and building the IC technical community across the organization.
• Join the Search & Discovery staff playing a crucial role in shaping organizational, partnership, and technical strategies.
• Operate with a product-focused mindset, ensuring that technical directions align with product objectives and vice versa.
• Translate diverse product requirements into fundamental capabilities, enabling the team to scale effectively and achieve exponential impact.

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.