Performance Software Engineer III, Cloud Platforms

Google; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 141,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

Google in Sunnyvale, CA is hiring a Software Engineer III for the Performance team within Google Cloud Platforms. The role requires solving complex problems at scale and mentoring more junior engineers while shaping system-wide performance improvements.

The position emphasizes leadership, full-stack versatility, and the ability to drive projects from design through deployment. A base salary range is provided for the US with bonuses and equity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
• 2 years of experience with data structures or algorithms.
• 2 years of experience with performance, large scale systems data analysis, visualization tools, or debugging.

Responsibilities

• Write 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 engineers and provide feedback to ensure best practices.
• 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

Data structures

Algorithms

Performance analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree or PhD

Job description

Google in Sunnyvale, CA is hiring a Software Engineer III for the Performance team within Google Cloud Platforms. The role requires solving complex problems at scale and mentoring more junior engineers while shaping system-wide performance improvements.

The position emphasizes leadership, full-stack versatility, and the ability to drive projects from design through deployment. A base salary range is provided for the US with bonuses and equity.