Welcome back! As most of you know i've been talking about the most popular programming languages that massive companies use, now let's talk about what Google uses for backend development. In order for me to find what Google uses I went over to there career page, looked at their position descriptions and noted the most popular requirements I saw:

The Languages

The languages Google uses for backend development are: C / C++ / C#, Java, Python and Go, they also required experience with: Agile software development, building cloud applications, natural language processing and deep learning. If that's all you wanted to know then you're welcome 😉 , otherwise let's get into more details about these programming languages!

C, C# and C++

First off we have C, C# and C++ which are very popular languages that i'm sure everyone knows about. C is one of those languages that whatever software engineering position (even some data science positions) are going to require it regardless. C++ is another very popular language, this language was originally known as "c with classes". Since it's origination, it's pretty much been it's own language. You can build out a lot of different things with both C and C++: Games, Applications, Operating Systems, etc.. As some of you may know, C# is a language actually developed by Microsoft, but it's used in a ton of different companies. This language is a object oriented language with a ton of different uses.

Java

Java is a very popular language used in tons of companies across the world, Apple is one of those companies. This language is a object oriented language with a large community behind it, so if you plan on learning this language, you will have a large community to help you.

Python

This is one of the most popular languages right now, this language can be used for software engineering or data science. First off, I saw this language as a requirement in a ton of different positions from Google, so if you plan on applying at Google, learning Python will allow you to apply to a ton of jobs. On top of this, Python isn't extremely hard to learn, it's still hard to become an expert (just like any other language) but it's still a very solid language to know.

Go

Go is actually a lesser known language, commonly known as Golang, this language was actually built by Google themselves. Based on what i've seen, it is commonly noted to be fairly similar to C, but there are a few notable differences. First off, Go has memory safety, garbage collection, structural typing and CSP-style concurrency, so even though it's not as popular as C, there are still some massive reasons to learn this language since Google built it themselves.

There you have it, those are most of the common languages I saw required by Google for backend development. Like I mentioned before, even though the programming languages are important, the frameworks and technologies they require are very important to the positions as well.

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