Senior Performance Engineer, Platform Infrastructure

Google; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 210,000; Full time

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Job summary

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search.

We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from areas such as information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking, data storage, AI, NLP, UI and mobile; the list grows daily.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience programming in C++ or Python.
• 2 years of experience with performance, large-scale systems data analysis, visualization tools, or debugging.
• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
• 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms in academic or industry settings.
• Experience developing accessible technologies.
• Proficiency in code and system health, diagnosis and resolution, and software test engineering.

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 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

Programming in C++/Python

Performance analysis

Large-scale systems

Debugging

Distributed computing

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Master's degree or PhD in CS

Job description

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search.

We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from areas such as information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking, data storage, AI, NLP, UI and mobile; the list grows daily.