BigQuery Query Optimization Engineer High-Impact Analytics

Google; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 151,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Sick time

Maternity leave

Baby bonding leave

Holidays

Job summary

Google is seeking a software engineer for the Query Optimization team in BigQuery based in Washington. The role focuses on high-performance, scalable data processing, algebraic SQL enhancements, and materialized views within a cloud-native data warehouse.

You’ll tackle execution dynamics, tuning, and customer-focused innovations across crucial workloads while collaborating across teams. The role offers a path to impact a global platform used by millions and emphasizes versatility, leadership,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
• 3 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies or storage.
• Experience programming in C++.
• Experience with the following: Distributed Systems, Debugging.

Responsibilities

• Write and test product or system development code.
• Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
• Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
• Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.

Skills

Software development

C++

Distributed systems

Debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's or PhD (preferred)

Job description

Google is seeking a software engineer for the Query Optimization team in BigQuery based in Washington. The role focuses on high-performance, scalable data processing, algebraic SQL enhancements, and materialized views within a cloud-native data warehouse.

You’ll tackle execution dynamics, tuning, and customer-focused innovations across crucial workloads while collaborating across teams. The role offers a path to impact a global platform used by millions and emphasizes versatility, leadership,