Core Runtime Engineer for BigQuery — High-Performance Systems

engineeringjobs.net, Inc.; Town of Montana (WI); On-site; USD 147,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Sick time

Maternity leave

Baby bonding leave

Holidays

Job summary

Google is seeking a Software Engineer for Core Runtime in BigQuery, based in Kirkland, WA. You will contribute to large-scale query processing, optimize distributed runtime components, and mentor teammates, with a focus on performance and reliability.

Ideal candidates have mid-level experience in distributed systems, expertise in C++ and SQL, and a track record of building scalable infrastructure in cloud environments. This role offers competitive compensation, equity, and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of software development experience or 1 year with an advanced degree.
• 2 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or compute/storage.
• Experience in database internals, query processing, performance analysis, SQL.
• Experience programming in C++.

Responsibilities

• Write product or system development code.
• Participate in design reviews 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

C++

SQL

Distributed systems

Database internals

Query processing

Performance analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related fields

Tools

Google Cloud

Cloud platforms

Job description

Google is seeking a Software Engineer for Core Runtime in BigQuery, based in Kirkland, WA. You will contribute to large-scale query processing, optimize distributed runtime components, and mentor teammates, with a focus on performance and reliability.

Ideal candidates have mid-level experience in distributed systems, expertise in C++ and SQL, and a track record of building scalable infrastructure in cloud environments. This role offers competitive compensation, equity, and comprehensive benefits.