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Frontend-focused SWE modernizing Colab's architecture for data science and ML users
Google is hiring a Software Engineer for the Colab team to modernize the frontend architecture serving data science and ML practitioners, and to support production via on-call rotation. The role requires 2+ years of software development with a specific emphasis on front-end and UI work using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
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Likely format
Google's standard SWE process: recruiter screen, 1-2 technical phone screens (coding), then an onsite loop of 4-5 rounds covering coding, Googleyness/leadership, and for this role likely a front-end/system-design focused round.
What this interview tests
- Frontend architecture and modernization/migration strategy
- HTML/CSS/JavaScript/TypeScript proficiency
- Production on-call debugging and incident response
- Data structures and algorithms fundamentals
- Accessible, performant UI development
- Cross-functional collaboration with product and engineering
Common question themes
Design an extensible frontend architecture for a growing set of features
How would you migrate a legacy frontend codebase to a modern stack incrementally
Describe debugging a production issue you were paged for
Coding questions on data structures and algorithms
How do you make UI accessible and performant for a technical/data-science user base
Tell me about collaborating with product to define a new feature
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