Staff Software Engineer, Home Infrastructure

Software Careers; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 480,000 - 492,000; Full time

Job summary

Google in Warsaw seeks a Staff Software Engineer for Home Infrastructure to lead and grow a team focused on scalable, low-latency distributed systems powering the Google Home ecosystem. You will drive engineering quality, review code, and collaborate with teams worldwide to deliver critical infrastructure.

You will work on high-impact projects, shaping architecture and performance while mentoring engineers and fostering a strong engineering culture within a dynamic, global platform.

Qualifications

• Experience building high-QPS distributed systems.
• Proficiency in Java and C++ for large-scale software.
• Ability to lead teams and manage cross-geo projects.
• Familiarity with information retrieval, AI, and NLP.
• Experience with security and performance in distributed infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Hire and grow the team in Warsaw, establish engineering culture, and manage engineers.
• Develop, maintain, and ensure reliability and low-latency performance of high-QPS distributed systems.
• Review code and provide feedback to ensure best practices and testability.
• Facilitate alignment across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines.
• Deliver projects for Home Infrastructure with cross-location collaboration.

Skills

Java

C++

Software Development

Infrastructure

Distributed Systems

Large-scale Design

Storage Systems

Networking

Security

AI/NLP

UI design

Technical Leadership

Code Review

Team Building

Job description

# Staff Software Engineer, Home Infrastructureat Google • Warsaw, PolandBack to jobs1. Home2. Jobs3. Poland4. Staff Software Engineer, Home Infrastructure—G## Staff Software Engineer, Home InfrastructureGoogle00Software EngineeringFull-timezł480000 - zł492000 (PLN) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefitsWarsaw, PolandApply Job### Job DescriptionGoogle'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 Health and Home (H&H) team, part of Google's Platforms and Devices product area, aims to improve lives across two key domains: health and home. We are empowering longer, healthier lives via Fitbit, the Personal Health Coach, and AI-powered insights and creating a home that cares for its inhabitants and the world. We build the Google Home app and Nest ecosystem, using Gemini to enhance automation, security, and energy management. H&H integrates the AI and hardware/software to deliver seamless experiences for user well-being. The Health and Home Infrastructure team empowers these experiences with scalable serving and offline infrastructure, coherent developer platforms, and trusted data services. We maintain mission-critical, high-Queries per second (QPS) distributed systems that guarantee reliability and low-latency performance for all Home and Health services. The Health Platforms and Devices team builds innovative products and services that help our users live longer, healthier lives. We bring together the best of Google technologies and AI, health behavior science, and user-centered design to help users organize the health and wellness data, get insight from it, and take action toward their health goals. We do this with a suite of apps, services, and health wearables. We aim to make consumer health more personal, proactive, and actionable. Responsibilities: Hire and grow the team in Warsaw, establish the engineering culture, and manage engineers while maintaining engineering best practices and ensuring high engineering quality. Develop, maintain, and ensure the reliability and low-latency performance of high-queries per second distributed systems. Review code and provide feedback to ensure best practices, including style guidelines, accuracy, testability, and efficiency. Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines while managing project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. Deliver the projects for Home infrastructure by ensuring high engineering quality and working collaboratively with teams in different locations.### Skills Required* Java* C++* Software Development* Infrastructure Development* Software Design* Software Architecture* Large-scale Distributed Infrastructure* Storage Systems* Distributed Data Processing* Technical Leadership* Project Management* Engineering Management* Information Retrieval* Distributed Computing* Large-scale System Design* Networking* Data Storage* Security* Artificial Intelligence* Natural Language Processing* UI Design* Mobile Development* High-QPS Distributed Systems* Reliability Engineering* Low-latency Performance* Code Review* Engineering Best Practices* Team Building* Cross-functional Collaboration* Stakeholder Management* Problem Solving