Staff Software Engineer, Google Cloud Platform

3 Months ago • 8-14 Years • Full Stack Development

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Staff Software Engineer at Google Cloud Platform, you will provide technical leadership on high-impact projects, influence and coach a distributed team of engineers, and facilitate alignment across teams. Responsibilities include managing project priorities, designing, developing, testing, deploying, maintaining, and enhancing large-scale software solutions. This role requires a minimum of 8 years of software development experience, proficiency in data structures/algorithms, and experience with languages like Java, C/C++, or Python. Experience in software testing, product launches, design, and architecture is essential. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills and the ability to work effectively in a complex, matrixed organization.
Must have:
  • 8+ years software development experience
  • Data structures/algorithms expertise
  • Proficiency in Java, C/C++, or Python
  • Software testing and launch experience
  • Software design and architecture experience
Good to have:
  • Master's degree or PhD in a related field
  • Technical leadership experience
  • Experience in a complex, matrixed organization

Job Details

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in software development, and with data structures/algorithms.
  • 8 years of experience with one or more general purpose programming languages (e.g., Java, C/C++, Python, etc.).
  • 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.

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

  • 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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