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.
The Google Home Front Ends and Protocols team is responsible for bridging 100M+ smart home devices with LLM-powered services in the cloud. Our scope includes smart speakers, displays, cameras, doorbells, locks, thermostats, and CO/smoke detectors made by Google Nest and third-party partners. By managing long-lived network connections and bidi data streams, distributing requests among backend orchestration and data systems, and delivering high-performance protocol translation layers, we enable seamless, low-latency, and reliable AI experiences across diverse input modalities (voice, touch, video). As the product landscape evolves rapidly toward more complex and conversational user journeys, we continually modernize and consolidate our front ends while deprecating older protocols.
The Google Home team focuses on hardware, software and services offerings for the home, ranging from thermostats to smart displays. The Home team researches, designs, and develops new technologies and hardware to make users’ homes more helpful. Our mission is to create a home that cares for the people inside it and the world around it.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.Based on 108 disclosed Frontend salaries on RoleSuite, the role pays a median of $185K/year, with most offers between $145K and $222K (10th–90th percentile: $122K–$246K).
Google ranks among the higher-paying employers for this role, at a $214K median across 4 disclosed postings.
This posting lists $174K–$253K, above the $185K market median.
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