This Is What Google Uses Python For

Welcome back! Python is an awesome programming language with a ton of capability, and Google is a massive software and hardware company, so, let’s take a look at some ways that Google uses Python!

Software Engineering

First up we have software engineering, Google (much like other companies) utilize Python to develop out a bunch of software. Now, Google does require experience with other languages as well (including Java, Go and C++), so what makes Python different? Well, Python has several web frameworks available, including Flask and Django, making it an awesome language for both software engineering and web development. Below is a screenshot of a sample software engineer qualifications page:

Data Science / Machine Learning Engineering

Next up, one of the main reasons why Google uses Python is for their Data Science / Machine Learning projects, why Python? Well, this language has become one of the most popular languages for these types of projects, taking a look at some of their Data Science positions, almost all of them require experience with Python / several Python related packages: