Google Software Developer reviews

4.4

88% would recommend to a friend

(9,696 total reviews)
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Sundar Pichai

83% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Google with 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 9,696 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Google is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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10K reviews
4.0
Apr 6, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent work life balance, freedom, chill managers

Cons

Oncall can be hard and there is a lot of time spent dealing with spammy bots/alerts. Internal ai tooling has not caught up with Claude code / codex

5.0
Apr 5, 2026

Great culture

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Google provided absolutely best perks and culture I ever imagined. This includes the help in insurance for me and my parents, excellent food, and most importantly the people around

Cons

The main cons is the length of the interview process. Rest all is great.

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