Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Spanner Graph Platform

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

Job summary

Google Sunnyvale is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and implement the next-generation Graph Query Engine within the Spanner Graph Platform. You will build high-performance C++ systems for globally distributed, petabyte-scale data and advise customers on complex architectures.

The role emphasizes leadership, architectural discussions, and collaboration with Google Cloud teams. In-person interviews are typical, and compensation includes a substantial base, bonus target, and equity.

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 distributed databases, compilers, and database internals.

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

C++

Distributed databases

Large-scale infra

Programming languages

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Master’s or PhD in CS or related

Job description

Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Spanner Graph Platform

Google Sunnyvale, CA, USA

Mid

Experience driving progress, solving problems, and mentoring more junior team members; deeper expertise and applied knowledge within relevant area.

X In most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.

• 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 distributed databases, compilers, and database internals.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• Experience developing accessible technologies that has high unit economics.
• Experience with query compilers, query optimization, and execution engines with knowledge of GQL or Cypher.
• Understanding of concurrency control, consensus algorithms (Paxos), and data replication strategies.

About the job

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 all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

About the job

As a key member of the Spanner Graph Platform team, you will lead the design and implementation of our next-generation Graph Query Engine—a market-unique graph database offering built to power both mission-critical enterprise serving and advanced AI infrastructure, including knowledge graphs, context retrieval, and AI memory. In this role, you will bridge the gap between relational and graph paradigms, engineering high-performance C++ solutions that operate on globally distributed, petabyte-scale datasets. Beyond core systems development, you will act as a technical authority, navigating ambiguous requirements to deliver critical features and consulting with high-value customers to optimize their most complex data architectures. Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $174000 - $252000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits.

Learn more about benefits at Google.

• 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.

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