Staff Software Engineer, Home Infrastructure: Scale & Impact

Owen Thomas B Corp; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Google in London is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Home Infrastructure to lead and shape scalable systems that power billions of users. You will guide the technical direction, mentor engineers, and collaborate across product and platform teams to deliver robust infrastructure in a fast-paced environment.

The role emphasizes leadership, hands-on coding, and cross-team coordination, with a focus on distributed systems, storage, and AI-enabled services. Visa sponsorship: check with employer.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 3 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies or storage.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.

Responsibilities

• Set and communicate team priorities that support the broader organization’s goals. Align strategy, processes, and decision-making across teams.
• Develop the mid-term technical direction and roadmap within the scope of your teams. Evolve the roadmap to meet anticipated future requirements and infrastructure needs.
• Design, guide and vet systems designs within the scope of the broader area, and write product or system development code to solve ambiguous problems.
• Review code developed by other engineers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).

Skills

Technical leadership

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master’s degree or PhD (Nice to have)

Job description

Google in London is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Home Infrastructure to lead and shape scalable systems that power billions of users. You will guide the technical direction, mentor engineers, and collaborate across product and platform teams to deliver robust infrastructure in a fast-paced environment.

The role emphasizes leadership, hands-on coding, and cross-team coordination, with a focus on distributed systems, storage, and AI-enabled services. Visa sponsorship: check with employer.