Google Staff Software Engineer reviews

4.5

97% would recommend to a friend

(239 total reviews)
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Sundar Pichai

58% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

Staff Software Engineer employees have rated Google with 4.5 out of 5 stars, based on 239 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Staff Software Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Google is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Staff Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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239 reviews
4.0
Aug 13, 2025

Mostly good

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent colleagues Challenging work Reasonably relaxed, but you get out what you put in.

Cons

Increasingly focused on bottom line, so not what it used to be. Turning away from remote work as an option

3.0
Jul 24, 2025

Not so good not so bad

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Bus, people you're working with, benefits

Cons

On-site, crazy deadlines, hard competition

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