Staff Software Engineer, Google Cloud

5 Months ago • 8-14 Years • Research & Development • Full Stack Development

Job Summary

Job Description

Google Cloud seeks a Staff Software Engineer to lead high-impact projects, mentor engineers, and manage project deliverables. Responsibilities encompass designing, developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining large-scale software solutions. The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of software development experience, including expertise in data structures, algorithms, testing, launching products, and software architecture. Experience in a complex, matrixed organization and technical leadership roles is highly desirable. This role involves working on critical projects within Google's fast-paced environment, requiring versatility, leadership, and a commitment to pushing technological boundaries.
Must have:
  • 8+ years software development experience
  • Data structures/algorithms expertise
  • Testing and product launch experience
  • Software design and architecture skills
  • Technical leadership
  • Project management
Good to have:
  • Master's/PhD in related field
  • Experience in a complex organization
  • Technical leadership in project teams

Job Details


Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in software development, and with data structures/algorithms.
  • 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products, and 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
  • 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
  • 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.

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.

With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

Google Cloud accelerates organizations’ ability to digitally transform their business with the best infrastructure, platform, industry solutions and expertise. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology – all on the cleanest cloud in the industry. 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

  • 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.

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