Senior Software Engineer, Infra Spanner

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

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Job summary

Google Sunnyvale, CA seeks a Senior Software Engineer to help extend Infra Spanner with large-scale features for distributed databases and storage systems. In this role you will write and test core code, participate in design reviews, review peers, and contribute to documentation.

In-person interviews are typically conducted as part of the hiring process. This position emphasizes leadership, mentoring, and delivering scalable, reliable infrastructure at Google.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of C++ programming or 3 years with an advanced degree.
• 5 years designing and developing distributed databases or storage systems.
• Experience with performance analysis, debugging, and optimization.
• Experience with concurrency, multithreading and synchronization.

Responsibilities

• Write and test product or system development code.
• Participate in or lead design reviews to decide amongst available technologies.
• Review code by others and provide feedback on best practices.
• Contribute to existing documentation and adapt content to updates.
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve.

Skills

C++

Distributed systems

Performance analysis

Debugging

Multithreading

Concurrency

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Share Senior Software Engineer, Infra Spanner

Google Sunnyvale, CA, USA

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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 programming in C++, or 3 year of experience with an advanced degree in an industry setting.
• 5 years of experience designing and developing distributed databases or storage systems.
• Experience in performance analysis, debugging, and optimization for distributed or low-level systems.
• Experience with concurrency, multithreading and synchronization.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• Experience with database internals and diagnosing of issues such as memory leaks, data corruption, database performance and tuning.
• Experience with transactional database systems.
• Understanding of distributed computing concepts, consensus algorithms (e.g., Paxos).

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.

Spanner is a globally-replicated, scalable, SQL-aware database that provides strong consistency guarantees and is a key asset of Google’s product portfolio of storage services.

In this role you will be responsible for building critical features and enhance their scalability, reliability, and availability. You will have opportunities to work with a broad range of areas in the Data Protection domain. You will build deep knowledge of and contribute to many crosscutting technologies throughout Spanner's stack. In this role, you will be working on large-scale feature development and integrating with other products in the wider Spanner ecosystem. We are seeking software engineers to extend and build out the core components of Infra Spanner so that they meet the growing needs of our most demanding customers at Google.

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

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• 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.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google's EEO Policy , Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal , Belonging at Google , and How we hire .

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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