Software Engineer, Cloud SQL

About the job

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

The team provides a managed SQL Server offering, which is the fastest growing database service in Cloud SQL. The team handles all aspects of database service implementations, which includes high availability, backups, database point of time recovery, performance improvements, integration with Google Cloud Ecosystems, and growing the customer base with our premium Enterprise Plus offering.

As an engineer in the team, you will play a critical role in designing and building a highly reliable and scalable infrastructure to run Cloud SQL for SQL Server products. You will explore and adopt new cloud based infrastructure technology, adapt and grow in a fast-paced agile environment.Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Responsibilities

• Drive end to end implementation of features and improvements that ensure the industry's leading availability, reliability, and security.
• Design software while adhering to best practices and architectural considerations on a project level.
• Write robust, reliable, efficient, and testable software; take ownership of your projects, meeting deadlines and delivering high-quality work, including documentation and design contributions.
• Collaborate with team lead's and managers on the technical direction, engineering plan and execution.
• Participate and driving technical debt reduction analysis and the implementation efforts.