Is Google a good company to work for as a Senior Software Engineer-L3?

Senior Software Engineer-L3 professionals working at Google have rated their employer with 4.4 out of 5 stars in 37 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Google employees being 4.4 out of 5 stars. Search open Senior Software Engineer-L3 Jobs at Google now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Senior Software Engineer-L3 interview questions at Google .

Does Google pay Senior Software Engineer-L3 employees well?

Senior Software Engineer-L3 professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Google with 4.2 out of 5 stars based on 37 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 6.9% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Senior Software Engineer-L3 salaries at Google.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Google?

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What are the pros of working at Google according to real employee reviews?

"My teammates were really great people and did a lot to help me get up and running."" ((in 4235 reviews)); "great benefits and I do believe they build some of the best products out there." ((in 3740 reviews)); "Great environment and culture for each individual to proactively dive into what ever they are working on." ((in 3486 reviews)); "In those positions you can have a good work/life balance and just use all the benefits" ((in 2661 reviews)); "the pay is good and the fellow engineers are very smart" ((in 2316 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Google according to real employee reviews?

"Long hours and lots to learn if you are not a learner it might not be the best place" ((in 810 reviews)); "Bad management and quite bureaucratic" ((in 745 reviews)); "Recent layoffs (I've not been impacted) have felt really sad to experience." ((in 579 reviews)); "People are forced out by bad managers via bad annual reviews and PIP program to get there friends in there." ((in 578 reviews)); "Bad leadership and goal progress" ((in 305 reviews))

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4.4

99% would recommend to a friend

(37 total reviews)

Sundar Pichai

88% approve of CEO

94% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.7

Diversity & inclusion

4.6

Career opportunities

4.4

Work/Life balance

4.2

Compensation and benefits

4.1

Culture & values

3.6

Senior management

Senior Software Engineer L3 employees have rated Google with 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 37 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Software Engineer L3 professionals have an excellent working experience there. Google is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Software Engineer L3 professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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37 reviews

5.0

Jul 9, 2026

Good place to work

L3 software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Mobility Big tech Security Different things to work on

Cons

Too big a company. Difficult to have a 0-1 impact at this stage.

3.0

Dec 30, 2025

Nice people around always

Software engineer - l3

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Food, Nice people, Activities, Good office

Cons

Office politics, your full year of work can be thrown into trash. Ratings are just decided based on perception and quota, promos attract favouritism

4.0

Jul 15, 2025

Great Company

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good salary and benefits, amazing engineers to learn from.

Cons

Can be a bit slow, easy to be siloed into a specific line of work. Layoffs were a downer

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