Staff Software Engineer, Consumer Payments Growth

Google LLC; Singapore; On-site; SGD 230,000 - 340,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC in Singapore is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for Consumer Payments Growth to drive the evolution of payment capabilities across markets. You will lead cross-functional efforts to design, build, and operate scalable backend systems.

The role emphasizes technical leadership across multiple teams, AI-assisted development, and a strong focus on low-latency, high-availability architectures in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience programming in Java, Go, C++, Python, or equivalent codebases.
• 8 years of experience designing, building, and operating scalable backend distributed systems, microservices architectures, or high-throughput APIs.
• 6 years of experience leading the end-to-end strategy, execution, and launch of multi-quarter software engineering projects.
• 6 years of experience with software architecture, driving technical consensus among globally distributed stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the technical strategy across multiple areas within consumer payments, prioritizing efforts across different market-specific growth initiatives.
• Write scalable, maintainable code and design architecture for critical, high-ambiguity system components. Use data and technical judgment to simplify domain complexity and guide targeted investments that eliminate technical debt.
• Partner with Directors, PMs, UX, and TPMs across Singapore and global engineering centers to drive consensus and align technical strategies across markets.
• Advocate for AI-accelerated development workflows by defining team-wide policies for the verification, security, and maintenance of AI-generated code.
• Provide technical guidance and oversight to multiple concurrent workstreams, acting as an "Uber TL" rather than being tied to a single delivery team. Mentor and coach senior engineers across multiple areas, set high-bar engineering standards, and conduct rigorous design/code reviews.

Skills

Java

Go

C++

Python

Distributed systems

Microservices

Team leadership

Architectural design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

Google LLC in Singapore is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for Consumer Payments Growth to drive the evolution of payment capabilities across markets. You will lead cross-functional efforts to design, build, and operate scalable backend systems.

The role emphasizes technical leadership across multiple teams, AI-assisted development, and a strong focus on low-latency, high-availability architectures in a fast-paced environment.