Google · 11 hours ago
Principal Engineer, Merchant Shopping
Mountain View, CA, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$294K/yr - $414K/yr
15+ years expGoogle is a leading technology company, and they are seeking a Principal Engineer for their Merchant Shopping team. This role involves designing protocol schema and interfaces for commerce capabilities, providing technical leadership, and engaging with a global community of partners and developers to shape the future of commerce.
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Responsibilities
Lead the design and evolution of the UCP core protocol, including new capabilities, extensions, and handler models for identity, payments, and future verticals
Author and refine technical specifications, JSON schemas, OpenAPI/OpenRPC definitions, and enhancement proposals for review by the Tech Council (TC)
Design, build, and maintain high-quality software development kits (SDKs), validation tools, reference implementations to accelerate protocol adoption and ensure compliance
Serve as a technical leader within the UCP community, engaging with Domain Working Groups (DWGs), partners, and contributors to drive consensus, gather feedback, and guide technical implementations
Provide technical direction and mentorship to contributors and team members, establishing best practices for API design, security, extensibility, and backwards compatibility. Work closely with the Tech Council (TC) and Governing Council (GC) on the protocol roadmap and governance processes
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or other relevant engineering discipline, or equivalent practical experience
15 years of experience working as a technical software engineering leader
10 years of experience in software development, with a focus on API design, protocol development, or large-scale distributed systems
Preferred
Master's or PhD degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or other relevant engineering discipline
Experience designing for extensibility and backwards compatibility in APIs or protocols
Experience in the domains of e-commerce, payments (e.g. PCI-DSS), or identity (e.g., OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, WebAuthn, Verifiable Credentials)
Experience leading the architecture of large-scale integration platforms, software development kits (SDKs), or protocols
Experience building and maintaining developer tools, software development kits (SDKs), or libraries used by external developers
Benefits
Bonus
Equity
Benefits
Company
Google specializes in internet-related services and products, including search, advertising, and software. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$26.1MKey Investors
Kleiner Perkins,Sequoia CapitalAndy Bechtolsheim
2004-08-19IPO
1999-06-07Series Unknown· $25M
1998-11-01Angel· $1M
Leadership Team
Sundar Pichai
CEO
Thomas Kurian
CEO - Google Cloud
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