Senior Staff Software Engineer, Google Cloud Storage Performance
Description For Senior Staff Software Engineer, Google Cloud Storage Performance
Google Cloud is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer for their Cloud Storage Performance team. This role involves defining and driving strategic directions for storage platforms roadmap, cross-stack storage efficiency, and working with leaders to improve storage TCO, performance, reliability, and fleet efficiency. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in software development, data structures/algorithms, and design/architecture. They will collaborate on hardware/software co-design, evaluate hardware features, develop tools for performance analysis, and build vendor relationships. The position requires expertise in OS and storage systems, computer architecture, distributed systems, and excellent problem-solving and communication skills. This is a critical role in shaping the future of Google Cloud's storage infrastructure and capabilities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define strategic directions for storage platforms roadmap
- Collaborate on hardware/software co-design
- Evaluate and enable hardware features for Google workloads
- Develop tools for performance analysis and optimization
- Identify infrastructure issues and devise solutions
- Drive new system implementations with high standards
- Build vendor relationships and support cross-team collaboration
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
- 8 years of experience in software development and data structures/algorithms
- 5 years of experience with design, architecture, and launching software products
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's or PhD in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science
- Experience with OS, storage systems, and performance analysis
- Expertise in computer architecture, distributed systems, and related areas
- Excellent problem-solving, collaboration, and communication skills
This role offers a competitive salary range of $237,000-$337,000 plus bonus, equity, and benefits. It's an opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology that impacts billions of users and shapes the future of cloud computing.
Responsibilities For Senior Staff Software Engineer, Google Cloud Storage Performance
- Collaborate with internal and external vendors on hardware/software co-design through performance analysis, evaluation, and optimizations
- Evaluate and enable hardware features to benefit Google workloads
- Develop tools and methodology to measure, evaluate, analyze, and improve Google infrastructure performance, TCO, and reliability
- Identify infrastructure issues and devise software, hardware, or other solutions
- Drive NPI of new systems with high standards for performance, power, cost and reliability
- Build vendor relationships to influence and align priorities with Google's needs
- Support cross-team and cross-stack collaboration to uncover new opportunities
- Help product areas understand Performance/TCO tradeoffs for system design and deployment choices
- Explore and apply innovative AI techniques for engineering productivity and performance optimization
Requirements For Senior Staff Software Engineer, Google Cloud Storage Performance
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
- 8 years of experience in software development, and with data structures/algorithms
- 5 years of experience with design and architecture; and testing/launching software products
- Experience with OS and storage systems, with the ability to root cause performance issues
- Experience with computer architecture, performance analysis, performance modeling, distributed systems, networking, queueing theory, and related software infrastructure
- Excellent problem solving skills
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills
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