Senior Infrastructure Engineer, Distributed DB (Spanner)

Google; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Cloud is seeking software engineers to help build distributed storage systems and high-availability databases for global deployments. You will work across the stack on performance optimization, debugging, and design reviews, collaborating with product teams and customers.

The role emphasizes ownership, innovation, and impact within a fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates bring 5+ years of C++ experience, knowledge of concurrency, and a strong background in distributed systems, with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with programming in C++.
• Experience designing and developing distributed databases or storage systems.
• Experience with concurrency, multithreading and synchronization.
• Experience in performance analysis, debugging, and optimization for distributed or low-level systems.

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.

Skills

C++

Distributed storage

Concurrency

Performance analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's or PhD in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Google Cloud is seeking software engineers to help build distributed storage systems and high-availability databases for global deployments. You will work across the stack on performance optimization, debugging, and design reviews, collaborating with product teams and customers.

The role emphasizes ownership, innovation, and impact within a fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates bring 5+ years of C++ experience, knowledge of concurrency, and a strong background in distributed systems, with