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Software Engineering or SRE, PhD Intern, 2027

On-site in London·Full-time·Added 1 month ago

Google

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Overview

Job details

  • Full-time

    Per the ad.

Requirements

  • Work on-site in London

    No relocation package mentioned.

Skills

Nice to have

Requirements

Minimum qualifications:
  • Currently enrolled in a PhD degree in Computer Science or a related technical field in the EMEA region, and in your penultimate/final year of education.
  • Experience working with data structures and algorithms during coursework/projects, research, internships, or practical experience in school or work (e.g., open-source coding).
  • Experience with one or more general purpose programming languages (e.g., Java, C/C++, Python, JavaScript, Go, etc.).

Preferred qualifications:
  • Relevant practical or internship experience (e.g., research assistant, teaching assistant, personal projects, etc.) with programming in either: C++, Java, Python, or Go.
  • Research experience in algorithms, architecture, artificial intelligence, compilers, database, data mining, distributed systems, machine learning, networking, or systems.
  • Relevant practical or internship experience with one or more of the following: web application development, Unix/Linux, mobile application development, distributed and parallel systems, machine learning, information retrieval, NLP, networking, developing large software systems, or security software development.
  • Ability to complete a 13-17 week full-time internship in the UK starting in either May, June or July 2027.

The role

We offer a range of internships in either Software Engineering or Site-Reliability Engineering across EMEA. Durations and start dates will vary according to project and location. Our recruitment team will determine where you fit best based on your resume.

Software Engineering Intern:
As a key member of a versatile team, you will work on a specific project critical to Google's needs. We need our engineers to be versatile, and enthusiastic in addressing problems as we continue to push technology forward. You will design, test, deploy and maintain software solutions as you grow and evolve during your internship.

Site Reliability Intern:
Our engineers create, fix, extend and scale the code to keep it working and to harden it against all the bad actors of the internet. We drive reliability and performance on a massive scale. You will work on software development projects to keep important business generating-critical systems up and running, from code-level troubleshooting of traffic anomalies to maintenance of our services; from monitoring and alerts to building automation infrastructure.

Google is an engineering company at heart. We hire people with a broad set of technical skills who are ready to take on some of technology's greatest challenges and make an impact on users around the world. At Google, engineers not only revolutionize search, they routinely work on scalability and storage solutions, large-scale applications and entirely new platforms for developers around the world. From Google Ads to Chrome, Android to YouTube, social to local, Google engineers are changing the world one technological achievement after another.

Responsibilities
  • Research, conceive and develop software applications to extend and improve on Google's product offering.
  • Contribute to a wide variety of projects using natural language processing, artificial intelligence, data compression, machine learning, and search technologies.
  • Collaborate on scalability issues involving access to data and information.
  • Utilize exposure to large-scale production software troubleshooting.
  • Help maintain mission critical services.

Hiring process

4 steps3 interviewsa task to do6–8 weeks in all
  1. Apply online

  2. Assessments

    Online test · Not every role

    You may be asked to take the Google Hiring Assessment (workstyle skills) and, for some roles, role-related assessments such as a coding exercise.

  3. Recruiter conversations

    With a recruiter · Phone call · 1–2 sessions

    One or two shorter conversations assessing key skills, sharing information about the organisation and team, and asking about your preferences such as location.

  4. Project work

    In your own time · Not every role

    For some roles, a small project before interviews: a case study, writing or code samples.

  5. Interviews

    With a rotating cast of Googlers

    A panel of structured interviews, over video or in person, with a rotating cast of Googlers; open-ended role-related questions scored against the same rubric for every candidate, no brainteasers.

  6. Decision and offer · With a recruiter

  • Structured interviews: every candidate for a role is scored against the same rubric; no brainteasers.
  • AI tools are not permitted during interviews.
  • For some roles, pre-selected interviews happen virtually before final interviews onsite.

About Google

Industry
Technology
Founded
1998
Employees
100,000+
Headquarters
Mountain View, USA
Website
google.com
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