Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Storage

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

Job summary

Google Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking software engineers to build planet-scale distributed storage and cloud infrastructure. You will work on Google Cloud Storage services powering Drive, Gmail, Photos and YouTube.

The role focuses on large-scale systems, distributed storage, I/O intensive workloads, and performance improvements, with opportunities to switch teams as projects evolve.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development using C++.
• 2 years of experience designing, building, and maintaining large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, or storage architecture.
• Experience developing solutions on Cloud Computing platforms or building SaaS products.

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.
• Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product updates.
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing sources of issues and impact on hardware, network, or service operations.

Skills

C++

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

SaaS

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Google Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking software engineers to build planet-scale distributed storage and cloud infrastructure. You will work on Google Cloud Storage services powering Drive, Gmail, Photos and YouTube.

The role focuses on large-scale systems, distributed storage, I/O intensive workloads, and performance improvements, with opportunities to switch teams as projects evolve.