Senior Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure, Google Cloud

Google Cloud accelerates organizations' digital transformation by delivering enterprise-grade solutions leveraging Google's cutting-edge technology.
$248,000 - $349,000
Distributed Systems
Staff Software Engineer
In-Person
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 lead infrastructure initiatives that power their enterprise-grade cloud solutions. This is a high-impact technical leadership role where you'll be responsible for designing and developing large-scale distributed systems while providing technical guidance to teams.

The role combines deep technical expertise in distributed systems and infrastructure with strategic leadership responsibilities. You'll be working on critical projects that help organizations accelerate their digital transformation using Google Cloud's cutting-edge technology stack.

As a senior technical leader, you'll influence architectural decisions, coach engineering teams, and ensure alignment across multiple workstreams. The position requires both hands-on development skills and the ability to drive technical strategy across complex projects.

The compensation package is highly competitive, ranging from $248,000 to $349,000 base salary plus bonus, equity, and comprehensive benefits. This reflects Google's investment in top senior technical talent.

The ideal candidate brings 8+ years of software development experience with deep expertise in large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, and technical leadership. You should be passionate about solving complex technical challenges while mentoring others and driving engineering excellence.

This role offers the opportunity to work on Google Cloud's core infrastructure, collaborating with world-class engineers while having significant technical impact. You'll help shape the future of cloud computing while working with cutting-edge technologies at massive scale.

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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
  • 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 preferred
  • 8 years of experience with data structures/algorithms preferred
  • 5 years of experience in technical leadership preferred
  • 3 years of experience working in complex, matrixed organizations preferred

Benefits For Senior Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure, Google Cloud

Medical Insurance
Equity
401k
  • Medical Insurance
  • Equity
  • 401k

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