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Meet Reto Strobl, an engineering manager at Google Zurich
We sat down with Reto Strobl, an engineering manager at Google Zurich, about how he fell in love with computer science, why he likes being ...
Meet Andrew Swerdlow, a privacy analysis engineer
Which is tougher: innovating on the bleeding edge of privacy technology or summiting the highest peak in the United States? We sat down with the ...
A rare inside look at Google’s top-secret data centers
With all the talk about cloud computing, it’s easy to forget that the 20 billion pages Google ...
Women in leadership at Google
As Eileen Naughton put it, she didn’t want to miss this party. Women at Google lead major portions of the business, growing their careers and ...
We want people to feel good about using Google products. One way we try to do that is by making environmentally-responsible choices in all aspect ...
Why I'm leaving Harvard
When he left academia to join Google full time, Matt Welsh explained that the allure was the scope and impact of the work he could ...
Google’s Hamina Data Center
Thinking outside the box helped our infrastructure teams turn an 1950s paper mill into a high-efficiency data center cooled with seawater from Finland Bay. Check ...
Google's switch to the next wave of networking
Urs Hölzle details our adoption of new, open-source infrastructure technology, OpenFlow in this article from Wired. Not only is the shift the largest infrastructure change ...
A chat with Google’s Seattle video-chat guru
Engineering director Chee Chew and his team in Kirkland, Washington were trying to better connect with their teammates in Stockholm, Sweden. So they built an ...
The front lines: Yvette and Sean on fighting the war on bugs
People depend on Google Maps every day to get them where they need to go. One wrong turn could leave our users lost and frustrated. ...
Whoa, Google has designers
Googler Jon Wiley, User Experience Designer, gave this presentation on our visual refresh during UX Week 2011. Jon dishes the details on how we approach ...
Search engineering at Google
Hear from the engineers that work on the product that’s been there since our beginning: Google search. They share why they’re excited to come to ...
Google's Thomas Williams finds creativity in computers
Engineering director Thomas Williams encourages Googlers to "build their own treadmills," giving them freedom to set their own objectives, find creative solutions and even hit ...
The Google Gospel of Speed
"Speed isn’t just a feature, it’s the feature." So says Urs Hoelzle, head of our infrastructure team. Urs shares how milliseconds mega-matter for everything from ...
Working at Google Sydney - Alan: Site Director
Why should an engineer work for Google in our Sydney office? You get to do cool things that matter, make an impact and find technical ...
Alan Eustace on innovation behind the scenes
Alan Eustace shares how some of the biggest innovations at Google happen behind the scenes. Ultimately, these influence the products and services that millions of ...
Working at Google Mountain View - Raman: Research Scientist
"Building things at Google is fun," Raman explains. That’s because when you create something in Google’s labs, it doesn’t just stay a "research toy." Raman ...
Alan Eustace on Google’s engineering culture
Engineers that join Google have an incredible foundation to build upon. Alan Eustace shares how our massive user base and infrastructure allows small engineering teams ...
Alan Eustace on taking it all in
Alan Eustace describes how Google is modeled after universities to create an environment built on curiosity, research and innovation. This commitment, coupled with tremendous existing ...
Working at Google London - Tim, Software Engineer
Tim talks about how the small team sizes at Google helped him execute quickly and make critical changes in direction as demanded by the project. ...
Google web grows in city
"Many of the most talented and creative engineers and scientists in our field of computer science want to be here," says Alfred Spector in this ...
