Senior Software Engineer, Large-Scale Storage & Systems

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

Job summary

Google is seeking software engineers for the GCS Blob Efficiency team in Sunnyvale to optimize storage overhead and reduce costs across large-scale distributed systems. You will work on projects critical to Google Cloud Storage with opportunities to switch teams and tackle new challenges inside Google.

The role emphasizes experience with distributed systems, large-scale storage, and compute technologies, and offers a path to impact trillions of objects and exabytes of data across Google's

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience required.
• 2 years of programming experience in C++.
• 2 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or compute technologies/storage/hardware architecture.

Responsibilities

• Write product or system development code.
• Participate in design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide among technologies.
• Review code and provide feedback to ensure best practices.
• Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and update it as needed.
• Triage issues and debug/resolve impact on hardware, network, or service operations.

Skills

C++ programming

Distributed systems

Compute/storage hardware

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's degree or PhD in CS or related field

Tools

Object storage systems

Job description

Google is seeking software engineers for the GCS Blob Efficiency team in Sunnyvale to optimize storage overhead and reduce costs across large-scale distributed systems. You will work on projects critical to Google Cloud Storage with opportunities to switch teams and tackle new challenges inside Google.

The role emphasizes experience with distributed systems, large-scale storage, and compute technologies, and offers a path to impact trillions of objects and exabytes of data across Google's