Senior Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure, Google Cloud

Google Cloud accelerates organizations' digital transformation by delivering enterprise-grade solutions leveraging Google's cutting-edge technology.
Cloud
Staff Software Engineer
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5,000+ Employees
8+ years of experience
Enterprise SaaS · Cloud

Description For Senior Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure, Google Cloud

Google Cloud is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to join their Infrastructure team, playing a crucial role in developing next-generation technologies that impact billions of users. This position offers an opportunity to work on critical projects at one of the world's leading tech companies, focusing on large-scale infrastructure and distributed systems.

The role combines technical leadership with hands-on development, requiring expertise in software development, data structures, algorithms, and large-scale systems. You'll be working in Google Cloud, which serves customers in over 200 countries, helping organizations digitally transform their businesses using Google's cutting-edge technology.

As a Senior Staff Engineer, you'll lead high-impact projects, mentor team members, and drive technical direction. The position requires strong leadership skills, with responsibilities including managing project priorities, facilitating cross-team alignment, and designing large-scale software solutions. You'll have the opportunity to work on various aspects of Google's infrastructure, from distributed computing to system design and security.

The ideal candidate brings extensive experience in software development, particularly in building large-scale infrastructure and distributed systems. You'll need to demonstrate strong architectural skills, leadership capabilities, and the ability to work effectively in a complex, matrixed organization. This role offers the chance to shape the future of cloud computing while working with cutting-edge technology and talented engineers across Google.

Working at Google provides the opportunity to impact billions of users while enjoying a collaborative culture that values diversity, innovation, and technical excellence. The position offers the chance to work on challenging problems at massive scale, with the resources and support of one of the world's leading technology companies.

Last updated 6 days ago

Responsibilities For Senior Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure, Google Cloud

  • Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects
  • Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers
  • Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines
  • Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables
  • Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large scale software solutions

Requirements For Senior Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure, Google Cloud

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  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
  • 8 years of experience in software development, and with data structures/algorithms
  • 7 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks
  • 5 years of experience with design and architecture; and testing/launching software products
  • Master's degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field (preferred)
  • 5 years of experience in a technical leadership role (preferred)
  • 3 years of experience working in complex, matrixed organizations (preferred)

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