Help Wanted: Google

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Animal Health Expert
Location: Mountain View or San Francisco

No, Google hasn't opened its own branded zoo - yet - but its philanthropic arm, Google.org, is looking for an expert in animal pathology to help evaluate potential public health investments (such as Avian-Flu research).

The ideal candidate will have at least five years of veterinary experience.

Software Engineer, Japanese Product Focus
Location: Mountain View, CA

Google announced its interest in mobile-phones last spring, so it's no surprise that the company is looking for engineers with experience in the Japanese market, where cellphones are both a fashion accessory and a national obsession.

Fluency in Japanese and C++ skills are required, and the ability to predict trends of Japanese schoolgirls a bonus.

Corporate Counsel, Music/Digital Media
Location: San Bruno, CA

Google needs help handling its ongoing legal battles with the content providers - chief among them Viacom - who sued the company last spring for posting unauthorized video clips on YouTube, Google's newly acquired video-sharing site. The company is looking for an experienced lawyer to negotiate licensing deals with Hollywood for both video and digital music.

Expertise in copyright infringement is a must.

Strategic Negotiator, Submarine Cable
Location: Mountain View, CA

Google won't confirm rumors that it's building an undersea fiber optic cable across the Pacific Ocean, but the search giant definitely needs someone who knows how to negotiate good rates for cheap bandwidth.

Google already leases submarine cables to deliver huge files at high speeds to its worldwide data centers, and as online video becomes more popular, Google's bandwidth needs will only grow.

Expect to travel at least 50% of your time.

Director, Green Business Strategy and Operations
Location: Mountain View, CA

Want to participate in Google's "greenification"? The company is actively recruiting experts to lead its environmental strategy and initiatives.

Responsibilities include researching renewable technologies and implementing energy-efficient measures at the Googleplex.

Mobile Wireless Application Developer
Location: Mountain View, CA

Are information-retrieval algorithms your thing? Google is looking for a few good developers to design, build and support applications for mobile phones.

"We're always looking for superb and accomplished software engineers to help us achieve our goals," says Andy Rubin, the company's director of mobile platforms and creator of its new Android operating system.

Director of Other
Location: Mountain View, CA

Google is known for collecting experts in any field it wants. It already has on staff a chief economist, a former bullfight promoter and an epidemiologist who helped eradicate smallpox. Now it's looking for an expert in "other."

That's Googlespeak for the last part of the company's famous 70/20/10 work ethic, whereby employees spend 70 percent of their time on the core business, 20 percent on related projects, and 10 percent on other projects of their own initiative. Coding in Java isn't a requirement, but you must be a successful "inventor and builder."

Via CNN