Senior Software Engineer, Performance — Cloud-Scale Systems

Google

Sunnyvale (CA)

On-site

USD 166,000 - 244,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Google is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Sunnyvale, CA to drive performance improvements across large-scale systems. You will write and test critical code, participate in design reviews, and ensure robust, maintainable solutions.

The role emphasizes leadership, mentorship, and delivering high-quality software within fast-paced AI/Infrastructure initiatives. The team focuses on building scalable platforms, analyzing data for performance insights, and collaborating across disciplines to

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of experience programming in C++ or Python.
3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
3 years of experience with performance, large-scale systems data analysis, visualization tools, or debugging.

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.